So relating to previous question?

Question

I'm gonna call basically every church in the Pittsburgh area on Monday to see if a Catholic church will marry me (hopefully one will since there are 150+ in the Pittsburgh area). However, if I can't get married by a priest within my time restraints... which is next month... what other options do I have? I don't really want to do a court house wedding, so what could I do to have a unique ceremony for two people with no guests?

No Vegas... No. We both love Christmas and we love winter and the cold. We're strange like that.

Answer 1

Hi, i just read your other question and I am from pittsburgh. If you can't get married in a church then I would see if you can get a judge to come and marry you. Since you love the winter you could ride the incline up and get married on the over look in mt. washington (if your from pittsburgh you have to know what I'm talking about) heres a picture if you dont http://www.flickr.com/photos/glindsay65/48637830/

It would be so cool just you and your husband in your dress riding up and then walking with your judge to the overlook. Just call the allegheny court house and ask if they have any one that will marry you on location or go online and have a friend ordanied.

Another thing would be to go out to the suburbs of pittsburgh and see what you could do, I have even heard of people getting married in the byham before a play. Maybe they would let you do it backstage befor the ballet.

GOOD LUCK!!!!


Edit:
I thought of a few more ideas for places
1. the andy warhol museum, there such a unique venue I bet you could get married after hours
2. Station Square
3. Ogelbays resort in wheeling wv, it about 30 mins or less from downtown and has tons of places you could do a very private ceremony.
4. the meseum , I saw a person get married there once.

Answer 2

If you really want to get married in the Catholic church, wait until there is an opening. Once you are married, by someone other than a priest, the church will NOT recognize the marriage. My friend did a court house wedding before he husband shipped out. When he came home 3 years later, they wanted to have a Catholic wedding. The church would not wed them b/c they had been living in "sin" for three years since the church does not recognize any marriage that was not originally sanctioned by the church.

Answer 3

There are 150+ churches in your area. If by some reason all of those are full at the exact time you want, you could merely expand your search a little bit. Perhaps 30 minutes around the Pittsburgh area. But that time you'll be up to like 300+ churches and one of those will definitely be free.

You could also get a priest to marry you outside of the church.

Or you could merely change the time by a little bit to be more accommodating. Does it have to be Saturday? Does it have to be at one certain time? If Friday is acceptable or 2pm instead of 4pm you will definitely be able to find a church in less than 30 calls.

Answer 4

i live in pittsburgh too. there are a vast number of catholic churches you could get married in, but the problem is the time restraint. if you want a nice wedding, you should either take more time to prepare it, or start going around to the various churches in your area and looking into it. most catholic churches require you to take marriage classes though, this could add to your problems. i was the best man in my buddies wedding exactly 1 month ago, and they didn't have to take any marriage courses. it too, was catholic.

if it is important to you, you might want to just consider waiting until after the holiday season. you should realize that churches are going to be very busy with the upcoming holiday season. just a thought. good luck, and congrats.

Answer 5

Seriously? Vegas. At least it would be somewhat warm and you can have one hell of a Christmas wedding here.

Understandably Christmas is a special time for you but if you can't do it now within a Catholic church, what's the rush? If your heart is set on a Catholic wedding though, give it a year and go through all the requirements.

Otherwise, hop on a plane and say hello to Vegas.

EDIT:

Well phooey on you then. We can party over here and it DOES get cold. I suspect it'll be warm this winter though. We're still in the mid to upper 70s five days from Thanksgiving. Christmas in Vegas is a blast with all the lights and festivities on the Strip.

EDIT 2:

Psssh. Thanks for the two thumbs down. Damn. Can you get any more uptight around here?

EDIT 2:

Damn. You b*tches are MEAN! Since when is it SO wrong to have an opinion? Holy crap I feel sorry for your men if you are ignorant and RUDE enough to give a thumbs down for an OPINION. F*cking mean as* pampered princesses.

Go ahead you spoiled, uptight BRATS, thumbs me down some more.

Answer 6

it used to be the policy of the catholic church that if a couple told a priest they wanted to be sacramentally married and if he would not marry them, they would settle for a courthouse wedding and leave the church, he had to agree and marry them.