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Can you have a priest at your wedding and it is not in a church?
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∙ 13y ago
The only source I found couches the information in generalities:
- The marriage ceremony is not a private ceremony, but rather a public ritual. It is celebrated in the community prayer space (the church building, not outdoors) and encourages those who have gathered not only to witness the vows of the couple, but also to participate fully in the liturgy.
- The church is the appropriate setting for a wedding because it is a place sanctified by communal worship and the place where the sacrament of marriage is more significantly symbolized.
- The wedding usually takes place in the parish church of the bride's family.
- When a marriage takes place between two Catholics of mixed rites, it is the rite of the groom that determines the service to be used. The power to transfer rites from the groom's church to that of the bride rests with the Church.
Reading between the lines it would appear that you have an option to argue for whatever you want if you connect the reasons to produce a legitimate reason for an alternate location.
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Can a Catholic priest of a church in Iowa officiate at Wisconsin wedding?
For a Catholic priest to celebrate any sacraments, he must have a Celebret which is a signed document which is sealed by his Bishop attesting that he is a validly ordained priest and free to say Mass. He must be in possession of his Celebret to officiate at any sacraments where he is not personally known. To celebrate a sacrament (such as marriage) outside of his own diocese, he must have specific permission from the Bishop of the diocese in which the Church resides, in addition to his Celebret;, and specifically for a marriage, he must also have permission of the pastor of the Church where the wedding is to be held. If he has all of those permissions, then, yes, he may celebrate the wedding.
What is the best Catholic wedding venue in Ontario?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe best person to ask would be your priest or the secretary at your local Catholic Church.
Where can a priest perform a wedding?
Where priests normally perform their sacramental functions- a church. The church has always frowned on novelty or unorthodox weddings- such as in parks, indeed out of doors ( one can always take pictures of wedding parties in a park- why not) - but the ceremony is a Sacred one- best done- In a Church. in other words In-House (Of God). Church weddings- a sacrament ( matrimony) are performed and celebrated in a Church!
Who performed the weddings in the middle ages?
A priest. ----- Most weddings of the Middle Ages were not performed in a church, and in many places, a wedding only required a man and a woman swear to each other that they were taking each other as spouses. The people who performed the wedding were the people getting married. No priest was needed, and even witnesses were not required. There is a source link below.
