I just want to be married in a church setting, We dont want to have to meet with others to discuss are relationship, where can this been done around cleveland ohio
2006-12-20 08:43:57 · 19 answers · asked by JEssica B 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
You cannot avoid Pre Cana if you want to marry in a Catholic Church. It's really not that bad, trust me. You can learn some good relationship skills there.
If you really are against it, you would have to get married in a different denomination church...or a multi faith chapel of some sort.
2006-12-20 08:46:38 · answer #1 · answered by nottashygirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as your fiancee is Catholic and has received the sacraments of baptism and confirmation, then you two can get married in the Catholic church without you needing to convert. If you are a baptized Christian, then it will make things easier for the two of you, but if not, you can work around that. You will be required to do the same premarital counseling as any other couple that gets married in the Catholic church and possibly a bit more if you are not Christian (Jewish, Muslim, etc.). More than likely the priest will not want the two of you to do a full mass for the ceremony since you are not Catholic and cannot receive communion, but the final decision with that will be up to you two. The best thing to do is to contact the priest at the church you want to be married in (the church your fiancee is a member in would be best) and speak with him about the process. Good luck!
2016-05-23 01:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just got married in the Catholic church in April. We had to go to Pre Cana which consisted of one Saturday from about 8-4:30 and Sexuality class too that was a saturday class too. We did not go to any overnight retreats or anything. It was boring but we did it. Oh and we didn't take any test either but I heard other people talk about taking the test. My priest is older and very laid back about everything so it was pretty painless.
2006-12-20 09:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by Chat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not get married in a CATHOLIC Church without attending PreCana classes first. You can get married in a non denominational chapel. Why are you not into the retreat? They do not question whether or not you or your fiance should marry. All they give is advice....you take it or or you leave it. I think its a great experience for Catholic couples...you think about areas of marriage that maybe you nor he have discussed.
Check out your local archdiocese and talk with someone in charge with this.
2006-12-20 08:52:49 · answer #4 · answered by Beje 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you want to be married within the walls of the ANY Catholic church you must go through the counceling and retreats and all that crap.
I'm having a Catholic priest marry us in an open setting.
2006-12-20 08:46:15 · answer #5 · answered by gzam415 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to get married according to the Catholic church you will have to follow the rules. When my wife and I got married, the priest did not make us go to any classes or anything. Maybe because we were older (pushing forty) and he figured we knew what we were doing. Some couples I know have said the Pre-Cana classes were interesting and helpful, others said it was a waste of time.
2006-12-20 08:55:48 · answer #6 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to marry in the Catholic church you have to follow all their "rules" as I call them. Jump through the hoops, and donate money, go to church X amount of times..... But if being married in a church is important to you then you'll have to do it. Most of the stuff isn't that bad.
2006-12-20 08:55:17 · answer #7 · answered by fiestyredhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are going to have go through the Pre-Cana stuff.
Go for the counseling and the 1 day retreat. They aren't that bad. Besides, it does help.
If this is what you REALLY want, I suggest you do it. It's worth the time effort.
2006-12-20 08:52:53 · answer #8 · answered by Lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since you are not sincerely into the Catholic process, get married in another church like Presbyterians or something.
2006-12-20 08:52:37 · answer #9 · answered by kate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not that bad, my fiance & I attend our "retreat" & it's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Unfortunatly in order to get married throught the Catholic church you have to go. Either follow their rules or done't get married there.
2006-12-20 09:37:13 · answer #10 · answered by MEYost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋