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Anne1964
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My husband is Jewish, but is not practicing his faith. I was not practicing mine either when we married. Three years after we were married I came back to the Catholic Church.
My husband wasn’t initially too happy about that, but he did agree to have our marriage convalidated. As this is a first marriage for both of us, that was a fairly easy process. Because my husband isn’t baptised we had to be granted a dispensation for disparity of cult by the Bishop, and although our marriage is valid, it is not considered to be sacramental.
As to issues in our marriage, we haven’t had any major ones. We married a bit late to have children so we don’t have to worry about child rearing. I do sometimes feel a bit lonely going to Mass by myself all the time, and I would probably be more involved with church activities if my husband was Catholic.
The only argument we have had about religion so far is that when we go on vacation he doesn’t want me to attend Mass. He says that’s our time together and he resents my desire to attend Mass. Other than that he hasn’t objected to anything, and is always willing to listen to what I have to say about religion.
My parents were also in a mixed marriage. My father was Catholic and my mother is, to the best of my knowledge, not baptized. She went to church with my father for 25 years and agreed to raise me in the Catholic faith. After my father died she never returned to church after his funeral Mass. To this day she hates the Catholic Church and was amazed that I came back to it. I don’t know if she and my father had disagreements over religion or not.
Although I haven’t had serious problems in my marriage, I would have to say it would have been easier and less stressful if I had married someone in my own faith, particularly in regards to children.
My husband wasn’t initially too happy about that, but he did agree to have our marriage convalidated. As this is a first marriage for both of us, that was a fairly easy process. Because my husband isn’t baptised we had to be granted a dispensation for disparity of cult by the Bishop, and although our marriage is valid, it is not considered to be sacramental.
As to issues in our marriage, we haven’t had any major ones. We married a bit late to have children so we don’t have to worry about child rearing. I do sometimes feel a bit lonely going to Mass by myself all the time, and I would probably be more involved with church activities if my husband was Catholic.
The only argument we have had about religion so far is that when we go on vacation he doesn’t want me to attend Mass. He says that’s our time together and he resents my desire to attend Mass. Other than that he hasn’t objected to anything, and is always willing to listen to what I have to say about religion.
My parents were also in a mixed marriage. My father was Catholic and my mother is, to the best of my knowledge, not baptized. She went to church with my father for 25 years and agreed to raise me in the Catholic faith. After my father died she never returned to church after his funeral Mass. To this day she hates the Catholic Church and was amazed that I came back to it. I don’t know if she and my father had disagreements over religion or not.
Although I haven’t had serious problems in my marriage, I would have to say it would have been easier and less stressful if I had married someone in my own faith, particularly in regards to children.
They get divorced anyway
I dont even know why they bother getting married.