Hi everyone, i'm getting married on 30th June this year the church is booked but i have no idea what paperwork i need to organise so that we are able to get married on that date or even how i go about getting any needed paperwork. Also we are not getting married in our local church, why do i need to go speak the the local priest when its not a church we've ever been to??? Is there anyone that can help me out?
CommentAuthoralmost a year wife!!
hiya i think you need to see the preist so he can get to know you and what you want from your i expect...im not catholic so ive no idea if you need paperwork (you dont 4 CofE u c) ???????????????????.........................
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CommentAuthorbridalmiss
We're C of E and we needed to get our banns read at our local parish church as well as the one we're getting married in - it's to ask for prayer support and also because it's almost a check that no-one knows if you're already married yet - like putting the notice on the board for a registrar wedding. You need to contact your local church too as the CofE banns only last for 3 months, so we're getting married 3rd June and ours are being read in the second half of April (need 3 consecutive weeks) - the wedding church will read theirs around the same time and you can't get married in CofE unless both sets have been completed.
Best thing is to ring the admin office of either church and ask the priest for advice on what to do :-)
CommentAuthorsar
You will need new copies of baptism certificates and first holy communion and confirmation certificates for both of you or whoever is catholic. If one of you isn't catholic then you need dispensation from the bishop to get married. You will also need the notice of intent to marry from registry office. Also if one of you is not catholic you need two letters from people who have known the non catholic since they were sixteen to say that they have not been married before. If you go to church in a different parish you may also need to get permission from your current parish priest. You may also have to do marriage preparation but your priest should be able to talk you through what needs to be done! x
CommentAuthorAprilT
I am not catholic ( h2b is ) but i have been christened in a c of e church so i'll look into getting a copy of the certificate, the reason we are not getting married in the local catholic church is because we don't like the priest. When we first looked into churches he was very disrespectful of the fact that i was pregnant at the time and also gave my partner a leaflet called "if you really have to marry a non catholic" not exactly endearing, do i really have to go speak to him again????? The priest who is marrying us mentioned a blue form, who do we get this from? he's away at the moment so can't ask him directly. Also if i need to go to the registry office does it need to be in the same county as the church i live on the border of 2 counties we are getting married in lancashire but i tend to go over to north yorkshire for most things as thats where i work. Sorry gots loads to organise its alot more complicated than i thought, there was me thinking u just book the date then rock up on your wedding day with not much organising in between, ooops
Sar has pretty much covered it - your child needs to be christened catholic aswell. But you may get around this depending on the priest - he may be ok if the child is christened CoE.
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CommentAuthorKellyD
heyah im catholic and getting married in a catholic church. if your catholic all you need to do is fill the marriage form out that he will give you. on this form it asks for you full name, address, what church you were baptised/christened at etc. if you are catholic the church itself will go through their archives and find your baptism certificate for you free of charge. my partner however is church of england so obviously he had to go and get his own certificate and he got charged. you need to make an appointment to see the priest as really he needs to get to know you as a couple so that you can tell him what sort of stuff you want to happen on your day. i.e whether you want the organist playing etc. also the priest needs to organise a wedding meeting as every couple who get married in a catholic church have to do this. its not that bad. definitley ring up the church that you are getting married in to organise a meeting!! xxx
