My fiance and I are planning an out of town wedding in a Catholic church. Right after we got engaged in Nov we called the church and the priest said we should work with our own priest and that he wouldn't put us on the calendar until speaking with our priest (probably trying to see if we actually practice). Our priest in our town, who we know well, agreed to work with us and do our preparation and even preform the ceremony. We met with our priest a couple weeks ago and he said he would contact the out-of-town priest.
We are planning for Sept 2011, so we have awhile, however the reception location books very quickly and is a summer only location, so we want to book it as soon as possible, which we made clear to our priest. Well, he still hasn't contacted the out-of-town priest! He told me last week he would call within the week (which he said 2 weeks ago), but I'm getting really frustrated. I'm worried it's going to take weeks for them to figure this out and do the paperwork. I just want to book our reception but I thought we should book the church first. I e-mailed the out-of-town priest last week just to let him know our priest would be contacting him but didn't get a response. I don't know what I have to do to get the wedding on the church calendar! Has anyone else had trouble with booking a church? I'm thinking I have to just be patient but every day that goes by I'm worried the reception location will get taken. We're not getting married out of town unless the reception place is available. Any tips?