is it true that catholic priest are not allowed to conduct a wedding aoutside the church?

Question

i am planning to have a garden wedding but somebody told me that priest dont so that is it true?

Answer 1

I saw in the movie, they can.

Just get a christian pastor, the same and less speech too.

Answer 2

Remember that in the Catholic Church, marriage is a SACRAMENT.

Marriage is a sacrament, and like all sacraments, they ordinarily take place within the Church building. The church building represents the entire faith community, the body of Christ and his bride, and the sacraments take place within the Church, unless a just reason suggests otherwise. Sickness is a just reason for a person to receive the anointing of the sick and Holy Communion outside a church building. Baptisms are also ordinarily celebrated in the church building, unless some proportionate reason suggests otherwise -- such as danger of death. Confessions also are ordinarily celebrated in the confessional inside the Church. The purpose of building the church building is to have a place to celebrate the sacraments.

This also gets at the difference between the sacred and the profane, which is a distinction being lost in our world today. The sacred is consecrated to God. The profane is secularly or wordly. The profane world is not evil but simply not dedicated to God. The goal of the Church is to santify the whole world, to consecrate the whole world to God. However, when we lose a sense of the sacred, everything become profane, and that idea of consecrating the world to God becomes lost. After all, this will only be achieved fully with the second coming of Christ.

Jesus did the same thing with marriage. He took a natural instituion, basically good, and raised it to the dignity of a sacrament. Therefore, marriage has been made sacred. So it ordinarily takes place in a sacred setting.

Marriage is public act of the Church, like an ordination of a priest or the religious vows of a professed nun. Marriage is not just a private contract. It gives the parties a recognized status in the Church as a married couple. Having marriage celebrated in the church building reflects the fact that the marriage is a public act of the church.

Marriage involves not just the two people but also God. Taking place in a church building underscores this spiritual reality.

By highlighting the religious nature of marriage, it emphasizes the seriousness of the commitment involved. In our current society, this emphasis is needed now more than ever.

There is nothing wrong with a garden or other settings for the reception. But the sacred vows of marriage themselves should be exchanged in a sacred setting.

Answer 3

For a Catholic to enter a valid marriage, Jesus has to be present and part of the vows (it's a three-way union for Catholics, not just a two-way union). The priest is there to be the Lord's servant and Catholic marriages are therefore always conducted in front of the Lord made present in the Eucharist.

Unless you get married in a sanctioned outdoor chapel with the Eucharist present in a tabernacle of some sort, it's not a valid marriage. That's why Catholic priests do not officiate at garden weddings.

If your spouse-to-be (or you) are protestant, then you have the option of the protestant minister marrying you at your garden wedding, provided that the Catholic spouse receives dispensation to be married in such a ceremony. It wouldn't be a Catholic wedding, but with the dispensation, it would be valid.

Please consult your parish priest for more information.

Answer 4

Catholic weddings traditionally take place inside a Catholic house of worship.

If you wish to have the wedding at another venue, you MUST seek permission from the Bishop running the Diocese in which the priest/deacon presiding over the ceremony takes place.

Unless something necessitates having the wedding outside of a Catholic house of worship, permission is hard to come by but the option is still worth seeking.

If your request is turned down, perhaps you might consider having your wedding pictures taken in this garden in which you want the wedding to take place.

Answer 5

It's true. A family member could not find a single priest to perform her ceremony on the beach. She's technically not married in the eyes of the catholic church. And to have a ceremony in the church was outrageously expensive. Not so much use of the church, but the fact that you either had no music or hired THEIR singer and organist. Fees for this that and the other, it's a scam

Answer 6

I think that is true - I know they can't officiate at a wedding at another church, unless maybe they get special permission to do so from their bishop.

But if you're Catholic and want to be married by a priest, you could have your wedding at the church and a garden reception?

Answer 7

Well, I just asked my bf who grew up in a catholic family. He said he's had relatives who married outside of churches (with a priest). I'm guessing it's like most religions- some people or denominations are more strict about certain protocol than others.

Answer 8

Not exactly.

Although the usual practice is for a Catholic marriage to be celebrated is in a parish church, the bishop can give permission for the marriage to be celebrated in another suitable place.

For more information, see the Code of Canon Law, Canon 1118: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P40.HTM

With love in Christ.

Answer 9

<> confident, this is actual. <> Weddings could be held outdoors a Catholic homestead of worship yet in basic terms while there's a reason it ought to be, and permission from the bishop interior the Diocese the marriage is occurring is gained.

Answer 10

No, it isn't true. Although they do let their diocese know first out of courtesy. My cousin (a Catholic priest - Diocesan) has performed outdoor weddings.

Answer 11

i have no clue. but why would it be true? what makes that so wrong from anywhere else? it's not like it's impossible to get married outside of a church--so why do catholics believe they have to get married inside a church? that doesn't make sense.