What should I do in a non-Catholic church?

[jlbregin]

My younger brother has decided to get married in his fiancee’s church, I think it is a non-denominational church. The rest of our family is Roman Catholic. Is it okay to make the sign of the cross in their church? Should we genuflect when we enter a pew? What traditions of theirs we are not allowed to follow during the ceremony?

 

[Michelle_Arnold]

Genuflection is a sign of reverence for the Eucharist, reserved in a tabernacle near the altar in most Catholic churches. For that reason, I do not recommend genuflection in any non-Catholic church that does not reserve a valid Eucharist. As for the sign of the cross, you are free to do that if you wish. I do not know the customs of this particular church and so can only speak generally, but the main ritual in non-Catholic churches in which Catholics cannot participate is reception of communion.