Hi Ladies, I'm new around here and was hoping you could give me some advice on the Catholic church. I posted this on the Ceremony board but thought it would be helpful to get some insight specific to Catholic weddings.
My fiance and I are planning an out of town wedding in the Catholic church. We were both raised Catholic and went to Catholic schools, have made all the sacraments, etc. Right after we got engaged in Nov we called the out-of-town church and the priest said we should work with our own priest and that he wouldn't put us on the calendar until speaking with our priest. Our priest in our town, who we know well, agreed to work with us and do our preparation and preform the ceremony which we are very happy about. We met with our priest about two and a half weeks ago and he said he would contact the out-of-town priest.
We are planning for Sept 2011, so we have awhile, however the reception location books very quickly and is a summer only location, so we want to book it as soon as possible, which we made clear to our priest (I thought). A week ago today I called him to check in, and he still hadn't contacted the out-of-town priest! He told me last week he would call within the week (which he also said 2 weeks ago), but I'm getting really frustrated. Also a week ago I e-mailed the out-of-town priest and explained the situation and said my priest would be contacting him, and to please let me know if our date is agreeable, and haven't heard back. I'm worried it's going to take weeks for them to figure this out and do the paperwork. I just want to book our reception but I thought we should book the church first. I don't know what I have to do to get the wedding on the church calendar! Has anyone else had trouble with booking a church? It's very frustrating because a full Catholic wedding is very important to us and I feel the church should be welcoming us and assisting with planning the ceremony. Has anyone else had trouble like this?