i m a catholic and my fiance a noncatholic we both wanna get married in a catholic way.can we get married.?

Question

we both are in love i am a catholic and my fiance is a noncatholic.but we both wanna get married in catholic way and hindu way also.can we get married.will there be any objection

Answer 1

you can still be married in a catholic church. you just need to take classes both you and hubby together. mine lasted for a year

Answer 2

Your fiance does NOT need to convert, what the others are telling you is wrong and very out-of-date.

The Catholic church WILL marry you, with a full religious ceremony, in a church, if one is Catholic and the other is from a recognized religion (Protestant, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist etc. - am pretty sure Hindu and Sikh are also ok, just check).
(You only have to promise to raise the children Catholic - that means baptism, communion and confirmation.)

And you do NOT need to go shopping for a priest or minister who "approves". That's also very old-hat.
(The way Catholicism is these days, they are glad for anyone with a pulse.)
Just pick a priest you like and get on with and discuss all this stuff with them privately - it's no big deal at all.

Yes you have to do the premarital course, but so do Catholics anyway. And it's not six months, just a few evenings and a weekend.

Lastly, you can have a Catholic ceremony or two separate ceremonies. And if you have a dual ceremony, the Catholic one does NOT have to come first.

(Where do some of these people get their information?!)

Answer 3

It really depends on your diocese and the preference of the priest. My sister (Catholic) married a Baptist and the priest just did the first part of the mass (liturgy of the word) and flat out refused to perform liturgy of the eucharist because he said a marriage should be uniting and not dividing. I think his reasoning was that my brother-in-laws protestant friends and family wouldn't be able to come up for communion.

I think it helped that my brother-in-law had been baptized a Christian in the Baptist church. It's my understanding from my sister that had he not, the priest just would have "blessed" the marriage. Both of them also had to sign something that said that if they had any children that they would be raised Catholic.

I have been to other weddings of Catholics/non-Catholics where everyone who wanted to go up during communion could - the non-Catholics just crossed their arms across their chests to receive a blessing.

Give your parish a call and see what their policies are - I'm sure you'd be able to get married somewhere close by!!

Answer 4

I'm not sure about the Hindu but mixing Catholicism is going to be a problem. The fiancee has to convert to Catholicism in order for it to take place in a Catholic Church or to be married by a Catholic priest. Also, along with the converting and that does take a length of time, there are several other factors; communion, confession, stations of the cross, baptism and a few other things I'm sure. Memorization of the prayers and responses might also come into play.

Answer 5

This all depends upon your parish and diocese; you need to check things out with your local priest. Where I am from, you would be able to be married in a Catholic ceremony. You would both take premarital classes, but would both have to commit to raising the children Catholic. You two have to discuss this seriously and see how that meshes with the Hindu being involved, too.

Answer 6

Unless your families are hardcore catholics or Hindus then their should not be a problem.
Even if they do have a problem with it, no one can stop you from getting married.
Although, you will be hard pressed to find a catholic priest that would get involved in a ceremony like that.
I would find someone nondenominational and plan a ceremony that includes traditions form each of your religions.

Answer 7

Let me tell you about legality of your marriage either in a Christian form or Hindu form will not be legal & valid under the eye of law, if both of you are not professing the same religion according to which form you are getting married. But you can marry in a legal way if without any of you changing the religion get married under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 which provides marriage between any two Indian Citizen of any religion, caste, creed to marry if boy is 21years & girl 18years, not related to each other, neither of them not suffering from any mental disorder & both are unmarried at the time of such marriage. All such marriages are preformed in presence of the marriage officer/registrar, 3 adult witnesses & a certificate is issued with this regard, that is a valid legal document which you can use anywhere in India or any other country. Such marriage is commonly called court marriage. After this form of marriage you two go & get married to each other in any form of marriage you want whether Catholic (Christian) or Vedic (Hindu) it hardly maters. For more details/clarifications send me direct email. I am lawyer with 24years experience.

Answer 8

If you want to be married in the Catholic church and have your mairrage recognized within the Catholic church then he will need to be confirmed within the Catholic church. He will attend CCD classes and be confirmed just as you were when you were younger. Again, this will have to be done BEFORE your mairrage! I'm not sure about the Hindu mairrage/religion customs!

Good luck and congrats!

(This is the rule for the Catholic church in my area, I assume all Catholic churches follow this rule, but I am not certain. Check with your priest to be sure!)

Answer 9

Your wedding day is about the two of you and how you plan on spending you lives together - practicing Catholicism, Hinduism, or both. Both of you can incorporate what you feel are the most important elements of each faith into your ceremony. Once you make a decision on how to do it, let people know that it will be an interfaith marriage and then don't worry about the objections!

Answer 10

I know the catholic church has changed some of their practices on marrying non-catholics. My husband is methodist & I'm catholic. When we got married we couldn't go up to the altar. We were married at the altar rail. We both had to go to pre cannon counseling. Contact your local pastor & an official at your fiance's mosque. They should be able to help you.

Answer 11

You can marry in the catholic church as long as one of you has been baptized in the catholic church. I'm sure that the church will have concerns about the religon you will be raising any children you may plan on having but, I dont see any other issues.