I was raised catholic and my fiancé recently converted. Needless to say were not the best practicing Catholics. the church we were planning on getting married in is in his home town in Indiana but we recently found out that it is being torn down and reconstructed during the time of our wedding. Ironically, My fiancé and I really would like to be married outside but my very catholic mother isn't too keen on the idea. She said we HAVE to be married in a church regardless if a priest marries us. Is this true?
Also, including myself and my fiancé only about 10 of our estimated 120 guests are practicing Catholics. We really didn't want to put them through a long ceremony and I'm wondering if it's necessary to have a long drawn out event?
Any help would be great!