Being married in a cemetery or other sacred non-Church building?

[HungerNThirst4R]

I was recently reading something on another site that suggested that a priest told a woman that she could be married in a Catholic cemetery because it is sacred ground as is a church. Is this true?

Also, could places where liturgy is celebrated that is not an official church building hold a wedding? It just seems odd to me that the sacrament of the Eucharist could be held there but not the sacrament of marriage. For example I live in a hospitality house where liturgy is celebrated weekly, would it be invalid if the sacrament of marriage was held in such a place by a priest? I am not asking because I want to be married in some exotic place like a beach, but because I am curious as to why exactly it has to be a church building (monetary reasons)? If a host can be consecrated in these places and Jesus is truly present there, why cant the sacrament of marriage also take place there?

 

[1ke]

Can. 1115 Marriages are to be celebrated in a parish where either of the contracting parties has a domicile, quasidomicile, or month long residence or, if it concerns transients, in the parish where they actually reside. With the permission of the proper ordinary or proper pastor, marriages can be celebrated elsewhere.

Can. 1118 §1. A marriage between Catholics or between a Catholic party and a non-Catholic baptized party is to be celebrated in a parish church. It can be celebrated in another church or oratory with the permission of the local ordinary or pastor.

§2. The local ordinary can permit a marriage to be celebrated in another suitable place.

§3. A marriage between a Catholic party and a non-baptized party can be celebrated in a church or in another suitable place.

 

[Usige]

I was recently reading something on another site that suggested that a priest told a woman that she could be married in a Catholic cemetery because it is sacred ground as is a church. Is this true?

It might be possible if the Bishop gave the couple approval to be married in a cemetery, but there is nothing in canon law that says marriages can be conducted anywhere there is hallowed ground. It would really come down to requesting approval through the the Chancery and stating “why” a cemetery is a “suitable” place.

I can think of a couple different reasons “why” it needs to be in the parish church, but they would be conjecture. The one reason it is not stipulated is for financial reasons. A couple can get married in my parish during a regularly scheduled mass for zero cost. They can’t decorate, reserve seats, et cetera like they can if they pay for the use of the Church, but they can still have a nuptial mass at no cost.

 

[joeybaggz]

In the two dioceses I have resided in the past 30 years, it is mandatory that a wedding mass or ceremony where the Catholic party is a member of the diocese, be held in a Catholic Church sanctuary. I assume the Bishop could waive this provision, but I don’t see many logical reasons why he would.
One often forgotten (or unknown) reason this is so is that the sacrament is a statement to the world at large that marriage is a sacred union, instituted by God and affirmed by His Son. It is simply to provide a positive example.

Shalom