Traditional Beach Question

Re: Traditional Beach Question

• 2dBride member

  

  September 2010

  You could check out Rent A Priest, which is a referral service for Catholic priests who have married.  They could do a ceremony for you that would follow the Catholic traditions.  However, if you are serious about your Catholicism, you should be aware that at least in most situations, a wedding outside of the church will not be recognized by the Catholic church.

  
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• bibliophile2010 member

  

  September 2010

  Assuming you genuinely want a Catholic wedding recognized by the Church:
  
  I would look to incorporate the beach into your reception and perhaps some other details. If you are going to have a wedding in the Catholic Church, you are going to be very limited in making it "beachy." Flowers, dresses, paper -- those can reflect the beach. The ceremony (whether you have a mass or just the ceremony) is going to be like a mass with wedding vows (albeit your mass, and you have some autonomy in choosing readings and the like), and little to no room for the secular -- even God's beach creation. This is a sacrament, after all.
  
  Can you have your reception by the beach? Take engagement pictures on the beach? Do a photos after or a TTD session on the beach? You may even be able to find a chruch/chapel closer to the beach than your home parish. There are lots of options for incorporating the beach into the wedding day -- just not a Catholic wedding itself.

  

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