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Catholic Ceremony outside of Church

  • 16-01-2017 8:20pm
    #1
    drewmichael
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    Hi all.

    Missus and I getting married next year. I'd like a catholic ceremony but we also love the room for civil services/blessings at our wedding venue.

    What is the procedure for getting married officially while having a catholic wedding outside of a church? Can it be done?

    It's on a Friday if that makes any difference.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    neemish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    No, a Church ceremony must take place in a Church. Some priests are happy to give a blessing after a Civil Ceremony, but tbh it isn't really encouraged


  • #3
    lazygal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,644 ✭✭✭✭lazygal


    You'll have to ask the priest in your church where you attend mass whether it is possible.


  • #4
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,998 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    Under Catholic canon law, a marriage between two Catholics, or between a Catholic and another baptised Christian, normally has to be celebrated in a parish church. It can be celebrated in another church or chapel with the permission of the Parish Priest, and this is common enough - e.g. marriage in a university chapel, or in a hospital chapel. It can be celebrated in "another suitable place" with the permission of the bishop, but this would be very rarely given.

    Different rules apply if you have a marriage between a Catholic and someone who is not baptised at all. In that case the rule is just that it "can be celebrated in a church or in another suitable place". So if one of you has never been baptised, what you want may be possible.


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