Is this marriage a sacrament?

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Our godson is going to marry a Mormon girl in our local Catholic Church, but not with a Nuptial Mass. Is this marriage ceremony considered a sacrament?
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meg:
Our godson is going to marry a Mormon girl in our local Catholic Church, but not with a Nuptial Mass. Is this marriage ceremony considered a sacrament?
Thanks.
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No, Both persons must be validly Baptized in order for the Marriage to be a Sacrament. I will assume that all the necessary dispensations have been requested and received from the Bishop so that the Marriage will be valid, but not Sacramental.
 
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No, Both persons must be validly Baptized in order for the Marriage to be a Sacrament. I will assume that all the necessary dispensations have been requested and received from the Bishop so that the Marriage will be valid, but not Sacramental.
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While the Catholic Church holds that a Mormon baptism is not valid (there was a CDF declaration on that several years ago), the question of the sacramentality of a marriage between a Mormon and a Catholic could be complicated if the Mormon had previously been baptized in a valid way, i.e. if he/she were a convert to Mormonism and had been baptized prior to that conversion.

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No chance of a previous baptism. She has been in the Mormon church since infancy (although not practicing at this time).

**Actually, her fiancee (a devout Catholic) approached our pastor about taking classes, and he told them there was no hurry, and to consider it after they were married. Nothing like discouraging a possible conversion!! **
**It is very discouraging to see the luke-warm attitude of many pastors today toward orthodoxy in our Faith. **
 
Br. Rich SFO:
No, Both persons must be validly Baptized in order for the Marriage to be a Sacrament. I will assume that all the necessary dispensations have been requested and received from the Bishop so that the Marriage will be valid, but not Sacramental.
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I thought both persons, whom are Catholic, must be validly confurmed from what I have read in the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Norwich, CT’s webpage (Link directly links to the wedding section). :confused:.

As others have said, I agree, that only baptizimal records are only required for the sacrement of marrage if one is a non-catholic. Think.
 
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No chance of a previous baptism. She has been in the Mormon church since infancy (although not practicing at this time).

**Actually, her fiancee (a devout Catholic) approached our pastor about taking classes, and he told them there was no hurry, and to consider it after they were married. Nothing like discouraging a possible conversion!! **
**It is very discouraging to see the luke-warm attitude of many pastors today toward orthodoxy in our Faith. **
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I think that the pastor acted correctly. It is the same reason why Pastors tell anyone who is pregnant to wait to get Married until the baby is two years old.
 
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I thought both persons, whom are Catholic, must be validly confurmed from what I have read in the Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in Norwich, CT’s webpage (Link directly links to the wedding section). :confused:.

As others have said, I agree, that only baptizimal records are only required for the sacrement of marrage if one is a non-catholic. Think.
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Confirmation is not required by Canon Law for a valid Catholic Marriage.

Baptismal records are available to parishes from other parishes for Catholics.
 
It is the same reason why Pastors tell anyone who is pregnant to wait to get Married until the baby is two years old.
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I never heard this one, and I don’t know why any pastor would do this, and recommend a child be deprived of two parents during those critical years.

Yes, a rush-job marriage isn’t the ideal. But they still often work out and are worth the chance, IMO, for the sake of the children. In 2 years , the man might decide he doesn’t want to get married at all, or perhaps hooks up with someone else.

In which case, the kid stands a much higher chance of poverty, and homosexuality as well without a strong father figure.
 
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I never heard this one, and I don’t know why any pastor would do this, and recommend a child be deprived of two parents during those critical years.

Yes, a rush-job marriage isn’t the ideal. But they still often work out and are worth the chance, IMO, for the sake of the children. In 2 years , the man might decide he doesn’t want to get married at all, or perhaps hooks up with someone else.

In which case, the kid stands a much higher chance of poverty, and homosexuality as well without a strong father figure.
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I think It is a good practice because the all of the Marriages that are not entered into freely (because of the pressures of the stuation) are more than likely invalid and null anyway. If the
Marriage was to be then the persons involved would both care for the child for those two years and plan to receive the Sacrament of Marriage in two years.
 
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