Hi everyone! This is my first post. My fiancée is in the army, we live in Virginia. We are having a ceremony and the reception at a beautiful historical mansion in NY, where we are both originally from. We are doing the ceremony before the reception at the venue. I don't want to get married inside a church, the venue is gorgeous and I love the idea of everything being in one place.
We plan on marrying before the "Wedding" but I would like it to be recognized by the church without having to have the ceremony at a church. We were thinking maybe getting married on base at the chapel, but not sure if that would be recognized by the Catholic Church? Anyone know? Did that make sense?