weddings in church of ireland church

Karlrove

Couple of questions,is it possible to have a catholic wedding ceremony in a church of ireland church?

anyone know of a decent wedding venue in Leinster thats a private house/castle or hotel.

Thanks for any help

NextSteps

Karlrove wrote: »

Couple of questions,is it possible to have a catholic wedding ceremony in a church of ireland church?

I doubt either side would be too pleased with that arrangement! You'd have to talk to your priest and to the rector, but... why?

baby and crumble

I can't imagine so, what would be the point of it? You can't have a Catholic ceremony in a Mosque, it's the same thing. Plus the rector wouldn't have the ability to perform the Catholic ceremony, and if a Catholic priest came in, it's kind of like just renting out a 'nice church', and everyone gets fierce protective about these things. None of the books, relics, layouts would be right for a catholic ceremony either... seems a bit odd.

Dostoevsky

I'd imagine that the point is that all the lovely, historic Christian churches in Ireland were stolen by the English/Church of Ireland and that ancient aspect, and the acoustics, would be a huge pull for me. There are some truly gorgeous Church of Irelands where the historian and lover of medieval church music in me, at any rate, would absolutely love to get married.

Karlrove

exactly.....

baby and crumble

all the lovely, historic Christian churches in Ireland were stolen by the English/Church of Ireland

:rolleyes:

Neyite

no way of knowing until you ask the rector of the Church of Ireland. I would imagine you would need a pretty good reason for them to agree though.

I do know of a town where the two religions shared the COI premises for about 6 months or more when the Catholic one was undergoing major structural renovations. they just worked out some sort of roster for the sunday masses i think.

so ya never know.

Quality

Church of Ireland is catholic. Are you referring to a roman catholic ceremony?

Karlrove

yeah,but what exactly would be the problem if it was rom catholic if both are catholic?

Fluffybums

Been to a wedding where a minister and priest co-celebrated the service, but then again that was in Scotland. The wedding was in a Church of Scotland church.

charlemont

A family member got married in a Protestant church yet both are Catholic, but i think its a mixed church nowadays, it was always Church of Ireland up to the 90's.. i know you mentioned a church in Leinster but this church itself is in Munster, Marlfield near Clonmel..Not too far from Leinster by the way..


Private house very near too , Marlfield House...

Quality

I think it would be down to the vicar in question! What parish are you thinking about?

I am rc and got married in a coi church in a coi ceremony, we left out the mass and just had the reasons singing and ceremony!

Lovely service and over in a flash.

If you have a priest to marry you perhaps ask him to approach the vicar for permission for the church!

baby and crumble

Church of Ireland is catholic. Are you referring to a roman catholic ceremony?

yeah,but what exactly would be the problem if it was rom catholic if both are catholic?

The problem is that there are elements of the service that are very very different. Yes, both religions are catholic, but taking away semantics, being catholic and being protestant are different. if they were the same why has there been so much fuss in this country (and continues to be)?

I'd definitely check out the possibilities, like a previous poster said some parishes have shared churches, but most churches require you to get a letter from the priest/ rector/ vicar to marry you in that church. if you are catholic and take communion in the Church of Ireland, is that not frowned upon by the priest, especially if he's old? The communion is the big difference.

Quality

No that is incorrect Coi masses also do communion!

All denominations are welcome to take it

baby and crumble

Ok, first off, I realise this thread has gone off topic so I'm going to post once more and then bow out.

I know the church of ireland celebrate communion. I was raised in the church of ireland. I also know that anyone is welcome to partake in the communion in church of ireland services (it isn't mass). BUT the key thing is that the meaning behind the 2 communions are different. It is in fact the main difference within a service. COI communion is symbolic- unlike the roman catholic communion, the church and celbrants don't believe that the bread turns into the actual body of christ. Therefore, while in COI services anyone is welcome to take communion, it is rare the other way around.

I was simply making the point that i would find it highly unlikely that a roman catholic priest would be happy for 2 of his parishioners to get married in a different religion (especially when in mixed marriages it it somewhat frowned up for the catholic to get married in a COI service- in the eyes of the RC church they are not married, same as with a registry office wedding. they are legally married but not in the eyes of the church) and i also highly doubt they'd take too kindly getting married somewhere that is not a catholic church as the rituals and blessings that happen there are different.

I also think it's a bit weird to want to get married in a church but only a 'pretty' one. I actually think if you're going for splendor that catholic chapels tend to be a bit grander.

But hey my plan is to have a humanist ceremony with a handfasting and balloons, so whatever you want, go for it. I just wanted to point out the slight misinformation, that's all.