I'm so sad. Our priest announced that he will be retiring at the end of November! I'm really nervous about this whole situation. My FI is non-Catholic and I know that my priest would make him feel comfortable and not make him feel like we wanted him to convert. He is just the nicest man. I'm now worried about meeting with the new priest to talk about the marriage stuff. I don't have any sort of relationship with him yet (obviously, since he's new!) and my current priest has been my priest my ENTIRE life-did my baptism, first communion, and confirmation.
This will be interesting! Luckily, my priest said that he will come back to help with the ceremony, but I really hope we can still do marriage prep classes with him....
Re: Priest Retiring!
I mention this because depending on his situation, he can still be "your" priest that does everything with you. Many times ones that change assignments or retire continue to follow through with all of their previous commitments.