Wedding Ceremony Question

UnBridled

Hi, we are getting married in October 2021. Our ceremony won't be in a church but in the wedding venue. I've read about what this would entail but am still left with questions.

It will be a Saturday and we don't want to have a registery office day beforehand. Does this mean our only option is for a humanist ceremony and would we be legally married after one?

Smee_Again

I'm not sure if humanist is your only option but you are legally married after a humanist ceremony, there's no need to do that separately.

stargazer 68

You can't have the HSE Registrar on a Saturday but there are plenty of other options. Humanist Association of Ireland, Spiritual Ceremonies, Interfaith Celebrants. Do a google and see which you would prefer.

Legally binding so just one ceremony.

buttercups88

We had a spiritual ceremony and it was perfect it was so personal we got to include some religious aspects but it was mostly poems, quotes and songs which we chose. It was entirely legal so we were married there without needing a second day.

buttercups88

We had a spiritual ceremony and it was perfect it was so personal we got to include some religious aspects but it was mostly poems, quotes and songs which we chose. It was entirely legal so we were married there without needing a second day.

UnBridled

Thanks all. Humanist wouldn't be for us because my Fiancé is agnostic rather than atheist. Also I'm on the fence about whether or not ghosties exist We will look in having a spiritual ceremony instead.

woodchuck

There's a Register of Solemnisers available online here:
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/077ce8-register-of-solemnisers/?referrer=https://www.welfare.ie/en/downloads/RegisterOfSolemnisers.pdf

So long as the person who performs the ceremony is on that list, it'll be legal.

You will still have to make an appointment with the HSE to get your marriage registration form ("green folder") and pay the 200euro fee. But everyone has to do that, regardless of the type of ceremony they have.

lazygal

You don't need to be atheist to have a humanist ceremony.
The Spiritualist Union is well weird.

UnBridled

lazygal wrote: »

You don't need to be atheist to have a humanist ceremony.
The Spiritualist Union is well weird.

Really? I found an article on The Independent about the different types of ceremonies and it did say that a Humanist celebrant may ask if our views align with theirs. I’ll go have another read.

UnBridled

I can't attach the link but this is what it said.

"Humanists do not believe in a god or the supernatural, and ask that couples consider if they share the same philosophy before hiring a humanist solemniser"

stargazer 68

We had a humanist ceremony and it was lovely. No idea what their philosophies are tbh!!

Cakerbaker

UnBridled wrote: »

I can't attach the link but this is what it said.

"Humanists do not believe in a god or the supernatural, and ask that couples consider if they share the same philosophy before hiring a humanist solemniser"

A family member had a humanist ceremony but had a religious family member do a religious reading among the secular poems / songs / other readings they had. The celebrant had no issue with it.

lazygal

Our humanist celebrant had no idea what we did or didn't believe. His suggested readings and ceremony options included some religious and spiritual stuff which we didn't want.

Faith

Our Humanist celebrant also didn’t ask about our beliefs. They just don’t include religious elements in their speaking bits, but if you want a hymn or religious reading, I’m sure that’s your choice. If you want the celebrant to refer to god, you won’t get that with humanists.