Catholic Church Wedding Fees & Requirements

My husband-to-be and I are both from Irish Catholic families, so no major religion differences exist. But we are having difficulties securing a church for our wedding. We understand that pre-marriage counseling is required and have a family priest who can offer that when we next visit my family. It.... [Read more]

Church or garden wedding?

I am at my wits end. My mother raised me catholic however I am not a regular church goer. Since her children have grown neither is she. My fiancee's parents have beautiful gardens where my dream wedding could take place, however my mother refuses to speak of it because it is not a catholic church.... [Read more]

Do you tip the wedding officiant (minister)?

We are contracting a pastor (found him on the internet) to be our wedding officiant. We've met up with him once before and he is really a very pleasant man and is making a lot of effort to make sure the 1/2h ceremony are exactly the way we want it.

1) Is it considered "good manners" to send him a.... [Read more]

Are all sacraments required to have our wedding in a catholic church

My partner and I are planning our wedding for next year. I am Roman catholic. My partner was baptised a Roman catholic but raised protestant, church of Ireland. He received no protestant sacraments but attended the local protestant school. He considers himself church of ireland and has only.... [Read more]

Wedding Officiant Problems

Our wedding is coming up in August and my fiance's cousin who is a Minister agreed to perform our ceremony. Tonight, we were informed that our Minister has decided he no longer wishes to perform. This naturally brought confusion and all my fiance's mother would tell us was that he didnt think what.... [Read more]