Disparity of Cult Dispensation

HelloKaty37

Has anyone on this board gone through the process of getting a dispensation to marry an unbaptized person in the Catholic Church?  I just got engaged last month and I'm beginning the paperwork for pre-Cana, etc, and I would like to hear others' experiences with the process to get a better idea of what I will be facing in the coming months.

Basically, I was baptized Protestant, officially converted to Catholicism last Easter after attending Mass for about five years.  My fiance is unbaptized (father is a lapsed Catholic, mother Baptist) but agreed without argument to get married in my church, raise children Catholic, etc.  We have been together for five years, and began living together three years ago.  Through all these years, he has completely supported my choice of faith, even reminding me to go to Mass on Sundays when I lose track of what day it is or had a long week and want to sleep in.  He has no intention of converting, but I feel that the past five years have proven that, quite the opposite of drawing me from my faith, he pushes me to be a better Catholic than I would be otherwise.

I imagine that both our different religions and cohabitation will come up in the dispensation process.  Anyone dealt with either of these?

unplainjane

my FI is catholic and i am not baptized. we also live together before marriage. our priest didn't have a problem with any of this. he did all the paperwork and we did the marriage classes. basically one of you have to be catholic and neither can have a previous divorce. it's definitely good to be registered at a church and attend mass regularly. as well i had to state that i would not stop my FI from practicing his religion. so if that means that he wants our children to be catholic i can't stop that. this certainly wasn't a problem as we've talked about this very early on in our relationship. though it depends on your priest. some of stricter then others about these things. good luck!

doctabroccoli

Generally your priest gets the dispensation.  He literally goes to the (Arch)Diocese to get a form signed.  It's very simple.  It's not something you personally should have to worry about it.  Good luck .