More and more people want Catholic weddings in places other than church

[ljprevo]

No way can it be taught in CCD alone, however, the CCD instructors HAVE to touch each subject as some parents are lax in their duty to instruct children in the Faith.

While you explain why, it is also important to let kids know that there are things we HAVE to do. There are rules, and the kids need to know that there are non-negotiable rules. While we all strive to attain perfect contrition, imperfect contrition still serves a purpose

Oh trust me, we let them know things have have to be done and that are non-negotiable.

 

[Kielbasi]

This really isn’t copasetic according to canon law.

What people should do, if they have a yen to have a wedding out of church is to have separate civil and church ceremonies. This is certainly allowed, and in many countries (not the US) is required.

The Mick and Bianca Jagger wedding back in the 70s followed that script, where the couple was married both in city hall as well as the local chapel.

Its not allowed to have two different religious ceremonies, but that’s not the suggestion here.

 

[Jerry-Jet]

Frank Llloyd Wrightas an architect designed houses thatseemed like they blended from the inside to the outside–sometimes you couldn’t tell if you were inside or outside.

Are there any Catholic Churches in the world that don’t have a roof over the entire church?

I think there are some beautiful places in the world where a Catholic Church could be built that way and that alot of people would like to be married there.

Do any such Catholic Churches exist?

 

[Brenda_V]

That’s why as a youth minister I am teaching it to our teens because obviously they are not getting it in their catechism classes where it sticks. Maybe they were taught in grade school when marriage was not an issue to them. But they are fast approaching that age when marriage is a possibility.

I am also putting the message in bulletin articles and using it on occasion as part of my homilies. But unfortunately, our engaged couples still want what they want…

stbruno - thank you for “sticking to your guns” on this! Also, thank you for teaching the teens in your care! As a CCD teacher who has mostly taught the little one (k-garden or 1st grade) with the occasional foray into 5th, 6th or 7th grade I can tell you right now that many of the students don’t seem to remember what you taught them from year to year - we only have them for 1hr to 1.5 hrs a week for about 18 weeks if we are lucky and there is so very much to teach them. This discussion actually helps me in knowing what needs to be re-inforced, especially with Halloween coming up and the little girls sometimes wanting to dress up as brides, what a wonderful opening for talking about a Wedding Mass, what a pretty bride they will make in front of Jesus in the Tabernacle!

Brenda V.

 

[maryrd]

Could it be possible to receive the sacrament of marriage on the beach from a Catholic Priest? I always thought you could only get married in a Church. I’m attending a wedding in Florida and supposedly there is a Catholic priest conducting the marriage (however there will be no mass).

 

[kage_ar]

You might go through this thread

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=182790

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

Could it be possible to receive the sacrament of marriage on the beach from a Catholic Priest? I always thought you could only get married in a Church. I’m attending a wedding in Florida and supposedly there is a Catholic priest conducting the marriage (however there will be no mass).

No, it is usually not possible to get the Bishops permission to celebrate the Sacrament of Marriage outside a church building.

 

[1ke]

Could it be possible to receive the sacrament of marriage on the beach from a Catholic Priest?

Possible? Yes. Likely? No

In order for this to occur, the Bishop would have to give permission, and that is very unlikely to the point that I have never encountered one single person who recevied such a dispensation.

I always thought you could only get married in a Church.

You are correct.

I’m attending a wedding in Florida and supposedly there is a Catholic priest conducting the marriage (however there will be no mass).

There are only a couple of options:

(1) The couple received permission to be married outside their home parish; the couple received a dispensation from the bishop in their home parish for marriage outside canonical form; and the priest received permission in the diocese where the ceremony is going to take place to officiate.

or

(2) No such permission is received and the marriage is invalidly performed by a renegage priest OR a schismatic priest not in communion with Rome.

My money is on #2. Although, there is always a first time for everything.

You should reconsider attending this wedding, as it gives scandal and approval to an invalid attempt at marriage. If I were you, I’d ask some questions and get some answers before committing to attending.

 

[Seatuck]

There are a few dioceses in the US that allow weddings out of the church building . You have to check. There are renegade priests who are performing invalid weddings for people who refuse to follow their Bishop. You have to figure out which situation you have in this case.