Destination wedding & a Catholic church ceremony.

Re: Destination wedding & a Catholic church ceremony.

• HobokensFury member

  

  July 2012

  I responded to you one the budget board. For future reference write XP in front of the title of the post when you post it on more than one board.

   
   

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• Avion22 member

  

  July 2012

  I would recommend the Catholic board under "Cultural Wedding Boards."  

  
  

  I would think it would pretty hard to find a Catholic priest who will marry you in a destination, as they will not be your home church, and may not feel comfortable performing a ceremony if they don't know who you are or anything about your standing in the church.  Though it's possible that you can find someone like Kristan's friend in Rome who will agree to do it.  

  
  

  Otherwise, you'll probably need to do a civil wedding at your destination, then a Catholic ceremony back home, which is called a "convalidation" and is a blessing of your marriage.   I would recommend you talk to your priest about what your options are for blessing a marriage that has already taken place elsewhere.  Also you will want to check to see if a marriage abroad will even be legally reconized in the US.  If not, then you might rethink the destination elopement.  

  
  

  
  

  

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