Did you Have Catholic and Hindu Ceremonies?

laurlaur414

These questions are for Knotties who held (or will hold) Hindu and Catholic ceremonies.

Did you throw them on the same day? same weekend? or a couple days, weeks, or even months apart from each other?

Did it matter which came first? Which one did you have (or will you have) first?

Was your Catholic priest receptive to you participating in both ceremonies?

Thanks!!

temurlang

We had both Christian (Episcopal) and Hindu ceremonies.  I know Episcopalians and Catholics although similar in religion are often different in their views on things like this.  Also, there aren't that many Episcopalians, so there's not the expectation of "marrying in."  Our priest was very supportive of us having both ceremonies, and he also incorporated some non-Christian readings, as well as Bible readings.

We had the Christian ceremony first and the Hindu ceremony 3 weeks later.  It was for purely logistical reasons.  We needed to get married in the US first for DH's immigration and I'm Christian.  Then we went to India and had the Hindu ceremony there.  Mostly it was his mother that really wanted it.

The pandit in India was not happy that we already had a Christian ceremony.  However, he was a difficult person generally, so I wouldn't say that's necessarily typical.

When we looked for a priest in the US, the first thing I asked and looked for was if they were open to interfaith marriages.  It was important to me that we were on the same page in terms of beliefs and I didn't want to feel like we had to "pretend" anything about religion.  I would suggest you find this out when you interview the priest.