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Ceremony Locations in Northeast Ohio and other questions..

bwalsh15bwalsh15 member
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Hi Everyone!

My fiance and I have finally decided on our location for our reception (LaVera Party Center in Willoughby Hills, OH) and now we need a place to actually get married!

My father wants us to have a Catholic Ceremony (not necessarily a Mass - but have at least a Priest/Deacon marry us). My fiance is not baptized and was not brought up with any Religion - I was born/raised/went to 12 years of Catholic School.

I am not a practicing Catholic but we both agreed if it makes my father happy, we will at least have the Catholic Ceremony.

Would we be able to have a Catholic Priest/Deacon marry us without my fiance being baptized and neither of us practicing Catholicism? My father says we should be able to - but I didn't know if anyone else ran in to this at all?

Thank you so much!
Brittany
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Re: Ceremony Locations in Northeast Ohio and other questions..

  • saraparasarapara member
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    edited December 2011

    I went to Catholic schools but do not attend church regularly (or at all).  My fiance is not Catholic either.  I spoke with the priest from my grade school (St. Mary's Painesville) and he agreed to marry us without a problem.  We will be attending Pre-Cana for a day and I think the priest said he will meet with us twice, but that is standard practice for anyone getting married there.  We are doing a Catholic ceremony, no mass.  It really depends on the parish/church what they will do.  St. John Vianney in Mentor said we would have to attend mass weekly for at least 6 months before they would even consider letting us marry there - - no thanks!  I would check with the parish that you grew up with or where you went to school.

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  • kaederosekaederose
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    edited December 2011
    I think it's at the discretion of the pne marrying you if his not being baptized will be a problem.  As PP said, you'll pretty much have to do a Pre-Cana, and possibly some counselling prior to the ceremony, but that's kind of standard.
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