How far in advance to turn in baptism, etc papers?

Re: How far in advance to turn in baptism, etc papers?

• bibliophile2010 member

  

  March 2012

  Usually baptism certificates, etc. have to be newly issued (within 6 months) to make sure that there are no impediments to marriage. Other than that, I would imagine that most parishes would prefer stuff be taken care of expediently.
  
  IIRC, your wedding is this summer, so I would imagine that the sooner the better would be great. 30 days sounds more like the deadline than the first day to drop stuff off.

  

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• Eliz77 member

  

  March 2012

  That's what I thought. Not a big deal since we both live in the same county as the Churches we need to get our papers from. Thanks!

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• Ciardasully member

  

  March 2012

  We had our second meeting with our Priest tonight!  It's so exciting.
  
  We are seven months out and had our Baptism records though we are a little ahead of the curve.  My FI is from the same diocese as he was baptized and I was baptized in a different state.

  

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• mgg242

  

  March 2012

  Our priest had us turn in our baptism papers with our completion documents from our classes.  We go in next week to talk about the ceremony!!!!!

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• Calypso1977 member

  

  March 2012

  maybe its different in other parts of the country, but here in MA, all i had to do was contact the church where i was baptised (VT) and they sent everything directly to the church where we married.  once the priest received it, he just had me verify that it was mine.

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• Ciardasully member

  

  March 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_how-far-in-advance-to-turn-in-baptism-etc-papers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:888fb3a8-eaf3-4cb8-be22-92e8ff38a632Post:1fef0e34-2e27-4b1c-8598-30f9fc8a198a">Re: How far in advance to turn in baptism, etc papers?</a>:
  [QUOTE]maybe its different in other parts of the country, but here in MA, all i had to do was contact the church where i was baptised (VT) and they sent everything directly to the church where we married.  once the priest received it, he just had me verify that it was mine.
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  It's funny you say that because in NY, they sent FI his own record but I was baptized in MA (Billerica) as well and they sent it.  I did call my parish here in NY so they would keep an eye out for it.

  

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• bibliophile2010 member

  

  March 2012

  Hmmm....my H was baptised in New Jersey, and they sent the record directly to our parish here. I was received into the Church (in Arizona) at the parish where we were married, so the parish just took care of it internally. I wonder if there are regional differences or if it just whatever the parish does.

  

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• Ciardasully member

  

  March 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_how-far-in-advance-to-turn-in-baptism-etc-papers?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:888fb3a8-eaf3-4cb8-be22-92e8ff38a632Post:3c351059-13b9-4063-9ddb-320c9e73f812">Re: How far in advance to turn in baptism, etc papers?</a>:
  [QUOTE]Hmmm....my H was baptised in New Jersey, and they sent the record directly to our parish here. I was received into the Church (in Arizona) at the parish where we were married, so the parish just took care of it internally. I wonder if there are regional differences or if it just whatever the parish does.
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  Probably a little of both?  Who really knows.  I was just worried it was going to get lost though my parish I was baptized at said they would call me if they couldn't find and and I had called my current parish to be on the lookout for it and they told me they would call if they didn't get it.  No call and all was good.

  

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