iso catholic priest willing to work with interfaith couple...

PamelaGtoBe

hello ladies!!! if anyone knows of a catholic priest in the valley area who would be willing to work with a catholic bride and her hindu husband to be, please let me know!! i got a doom and gloom speech from my family priest so i am pretty sure he will not perform the ceremony or maybe he just didn't want to do it to begin with?? idk. some background... DrGtoBe is indian, born and raised here in the US...his family in india has requested we go there for a ceremony, then we would follow it up with a catholic marriage and reception back here the following month. i have posted on the south asian board also...apparently family priest has reported that we can only have one or the other of the two ceremonies, not both, which i know that other brides have been able to have both without a huge issue. so, if anyone can recommend a good priest who is a little more flexible, that would be great!! we are hoping to be able to have the catholic ceremony at packer memorial church at lehigh university in may of 2011... thank you

xlizellx

did you go to bloomsburg?

xlizellx

ok, beyond that.... my cousin was having similar problems for his Philly wedding (she is Catholic, he is not) so they found a retired priest - he could still do the whole mass and everything but it wasn't held to the same standards and didn't have to be in the Catholic Church (they're holding it at a country club). She is happy because it's a Catholic service and he is happy because he doesn't need to make the raise-the-kids-in-the-church-promise (yet) and it could be held outside of a Catholic Church. Maybe see if there is someone retired in the area who would still do a wedding. I know that isn't specific, but it may help. Also, for the 2 ceremonies, you certainly CAN have 2, but only one can be the legal one - I think I would recommend the one back in the states because the paperwork would be easier than the one held in India. If we did the exact same ceremony but hadn't filled out the marriage certificate paperwork, we would not legally have been married - meaning we could have that ceremony over and over again. Good luck!

PrincessMegan716

I had a hard time getting permission from the Roman Catholic Church to get married in a different Roman Catholic Parish! Even though both me and my fiance are Roman Catholic and are having a Roman Catholic ceremony! It's really tough to deal with them on some things. Maybe if you leave out some details about the 2nd ceremony... lol jk. Or maybe try a different branch (or whatever you call it) of catholicism. Like Byzantine or Orthodox or something like that....  I wish you the best of luck. You have lots of time though...  I wish I could help more but all the priests I know are sticklers.

PamelaGtoBe

haha liz i did!!! check your facebook yes, i just need to find a priest who is willing to do this...ugh. other knotties on the south asian board have been able to do it no problem. it just makes me so upset. the priest literally told me my "soul would be in peril" if i had both ceremonies or the hindu ceremony first. ridiculous!!!

kris10bar1

I found a retired catholic priest that will travel to NEPA to do weddings. He is performing our ceremony next October in the Poconos. We are both catholic but wanted to get married outside and he was recomended by our wedding planner. I saw some stuff on his website about interfaith weddings. The website is www.fatherrich.com.