Fi and I are getting married in the church I grew up in although most of the priests I was familiar with have since moved on to other parishes it's the church where I received all of my sacraments except Baptism and it meant a lot to me to be married there. Well my problem so far is this, any time I have to get something done with the church it takes usually 4 phone calls and 2 to 3 months for the priest to get back to me, I know they are busy but I think that's a little ridiculous as we are a fairly small parish. I got all my paperwork(the freedom to marry form, the Pre Cana registration form, the copies of Baptismal certificates etc) back to them about a month ago there was no place to put in which Pre Cana dates I wanted to do(my church does Pre Cana in fall, winter, and spring, we were advised to do it in either fall or winter to make sure if we had to miss a date that we would be able to make it up) and I was told by the secretary that the priest would call me to discuss it...Well it's been a month and I have called and my call has not been returned. Keep in mind I've already paid for the Pre Cana and Fi and I really wanted to do the fall program but I have a feeling it will be booked up by the time the priest returns my call and I will be really REALLY annoyed if that is the case. My biggest problem with all of this is it's making me really resentful of my church, and frankly why do I want to have this man marry us when he can't even take 5 minutes to return my phone call. this has been a problem from the start, I actually had to fill out two wedding intake forms(the second after not receiving any call or call back for 8 months!) and the only reason we actually even got in was I happened to call at a time he was there and not doing anything and I actually got to speak with him directly. I almost feel like maybe the secretary just isn't forwarding my messages. I'm so frustrated right now. sorry just wanted to vent, has anyone else had a problem like this?