I'm Catholic...he's not

Re: I'm Catholic...he's not

• ootmother2 member

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_im-catholiches-not?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural Wedding BoardsForum:615Discussion:61966647-41c7-419e-95d8-352a7eb9f818Post:c6a717e1-5a13-47e0-92e6-6321fbbdc521">Re: I'm Catholic...he's not</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: I'm Catholic...he's not : It would be a great intro to joining both families, Catholic celebration is all about the booze!  It's one big way to tell an Irish Catholic from an Irish Protestant. :P  I'm sure you'll be ok.  Congratulations and come back to tell us all about your Big Day!
  Posted by clearheavens[/QUOTE]
  
  and when the Irish Catholics are all B.C. grads, you're in real trouble!!

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• mjessie84 member

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  I know I am a bit late on this subject and I usually lurk, but this is was a concern for our wedding and I just wanted to post my experience on it. I am a baptized/confirmed Catholic, my husband is Jewish (non-practicing). We had a Catholic wedding. We did not have a mass and communion because my husband would not be able to partake and neither would the majority of our guests (mostly Protestant Christians). Instead, our Catholic wedding was a "Rite of Christian Marriage" which is basically the first part of the mass minus the Communion. Our priest explained this is what is generally done when a baptized person marries a nonbaptized person. It didn't bother me to not have communion because our marriage was still considered valid in the Catholic Church and I was glad our wedding was not excluding any guests from participating. My best  friends brother (who is NOT Catholic but a baptized Christian) married a Catholic and they had a full mass with communion. Their wedding was considered a sacrament, mine was not. It was explained to me that to be a sacrament, the wedding would have to be a full mass.

  June 19, 2010!

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• agapecarrie member

  

  November 2010 edited December 2011

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_catholic-weddings_im-catholiches-not?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:615Discussion:61966647-41c7-419e-95d8-352a7eb9f818Post:90eb4f53-515d-4259-8e2b-915b4d901057">Re: I'm Catholic...he's not</a>:
  [QUOTE]I know I am a bit late on this subject and I usually lurk, but this is was a concern for our wedding and I just wanted to post my experience on it. I am a baptized/confirmed Catholic, my husband is Jewish (non-practicing). We had a Catholic wedding. We did not have a mass and communion because my husband would not be able to partake and neither would the majority of our guests (mostly Protestant Christians). Instead, our Catholic wedding was a "Rite of Christian Marriage" which is basically the first part of the mass minus the Communion. Our priest explained this is what is generally done when a baptized person marries a nonbaptized person. It didn't bother me to not have communion because our marriage was still considered valid in the Catholic Church and I was glad our wedding was not excluding any guests from participating. My best  friends brother (who is NOT Catholic but a baptized Christian) married a Catholic and they had a full mass with communion. Their wedding was considered a sacrament, mine was not. <strong>It was explained to me that to be a sacrament, the wedding would have to be a full mass.</strong>
  Posted by mjessie84[/QUOTE]
  
  This is not true. A marriage is a sacrament between 2 baptized people. If one is Catholic they must get married according to the correct form (or have a dispensation). If both are non-Catholics, they can marry wherever. Correct form means with the rite of marriage, using the vows, a priest or deacon witness, etc.
  Having a mass does not determine the sacramentality of a marriage.

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