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Catholic Officiant that will do an outdoor wedding?
Hi All,
My fiance and I very much want to have an outdoor ceremony. Both of us were raised Catholic, however neither of us would consider ourselves Catholic now, but our families are still very much so. As a compromise to not having the ceremony in a church, we would still like a priest to officiate the wedding. Does anyone know of a Catholic priest that is willing to perform weddings outside of the church? This would have to be in the Westchester, NYC area.
I look forward to your feedback.
Thank you!
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Re: Catholic Officiant that will do an outdoor wedding?
You may be able to find a former priest or minister who will perform a religious ceremony, but it won't be a Catholic ceremony.
Reverend David James is who I am using and we love him.
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I am in a simialr boat and we are about to book Reverend Jim Francek (http://ceremonieswithoutboundaries.com/). He used to be a catholic priest but left the church to get married. He'll tailor the ceremony however you'd like it.
[QUOTE]Hi...we wanted a catholic ceremony but annullment proceedings delayed us ( we got such back two weeks before wedding) so we used someone who does 'catholic-like' ceremonies.<strong> Nobody will know the diffe rence. </strong>You can use Rev James or our person if I could remember his name...I am having a mental block right now, but as soon as I recall it I will forward you his info. He is from Put Valley
Posted by Crissyo[/QUOTE]
This is absolutely not true as any Catholic would know that a Catholic ceremony can only be held in a church, and one outside obviously is not.
We used Father Rich Hasselbach...a former Catholic priest who left the priesthood for several reasons....but he will perform a ceremony in the Catholic tradition (that is what we had) or any other ceremony you wish.
My hubby was previously married, i was not. he has a child and although he is legally divorced, he would have had to get his marriage annuled for the church and he refused because of his son. I was in agreement. Plus I heard horror stories of the process ... including someone waiting ONE YEAR to find out it wasn't accepted. I didn't want the church telling me when and if i could get married.
Father Rich was a great compromise.
I wanted to have a Priest at our ceremony but opted to use a Judge instead for our November wedding. Judge William Corbett allows you to customize your wedding cermony to include unity candles and traditional vows. This is his phone number: 516-775-6849...good luck with your planning!
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Catholic Officiant that will do an outdoor wedding? : This is absolutely not true as any Catholic would know that a Catholic ceremony can only be held in a church, and one outside obviously is not.
Posted by kristinanddan[/QUOTE]
I guess your right if its outside....but mine was done inside in a gorgeous chapel where they hold both catholic and non catholic ceremonies. My priest is a priest, he is just no longer ordained as roman catholic, and he did a ceremony that was exactly the same as my brother's ( except that we chose some different songs and readings to make ours unique)...so NOBODY knew the difference. We do plan to convalidate our marriage sometime this year now that the annullment is official.
PM me if you want his contact info