Comments on: How do you get a marriage recognized by the Catholic Church?

By: sarah b

sarah b — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

To marry in the Catholic church needs to meet with your priest, not the focus, preparation for marriage with a priest, and that the meeting was devoted. The priest will be there and will have to be in church if your boyfriend wants to be able to continue receiving the Eucharist. If you are willing to do all this for your boyfriend I'm sure her parents would mind usual. You also have to be open to children in their marriage. You should only practice NFP to space children. You also have to be willing to let her husband raise their children Catholic.
And for anyone who is saying he needs money, this is a lie. We broke and had no money and the church was the wedding for free.

By: Misty

Misty — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

You need to talk to a priest about it.
Your boyfriend would be required to obtain a dispensation from the bishop to marry outside the Church. Failure to do this, the marriage is invalid and can not be recognized by the Church.
"Such a waiver must be obtained in advance. A Catholic who married a non-Catholic ceremony without a dispensation from canonical form is not validly married under canon law. "
"How is this dispensation from canonical form? The process is initiated by the pastor of the Catholic party. It sends a description of the situation to the bishop for review, and the Bishop is informed if the exemption is granted or not. "http://catholicexchange.com/2007/08/23/8 …
Mark D: I think this is married outside the Church, but want to return to communion with the Catholic Church, or were married in a civil ceremony you want to have their marriage blessed. The fact that a different situation than that presented. This is a Catholic who is considering marrying outside the Catholic Church. If you want to be able to continue receiving the Eucharist and be in communion with the Catholic Church has to obtain a dispensation to marry outside the Church. Failure to do this, the marriage is invalid under canon law and should not receive Communion.

By: Roman C

Roman C — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

Talk to your priests. If you have no impediments to marriage should not be difficult. The Church is likely to be considered valid if it is a first marriage for both. Importantly, talk to the first two priests. I know Catholic couples need extensive counseling before the ceremony can be done.

By: ♥allecat♥ †EWTN†

♥allecat♥ †EWTN† — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

You can get your marriage blessed by the church. And it is, unless you tell the difference, most people can not tell the difference between a bishop and the Catholic Mass While theological differences are very large ….. Normally there is no animosity between the two churches today ……

By: ron.ron9

ron.ron9 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

You would have to go to a Catholic RIC or precanier …. is a difference in the Sacraments that has … But I think I consider marriage a sacrament?

By: rac EAC Evil Atheist Conspiracy

rac EAC Evil Atheist Conspiracy — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

I have no idea about the Episcopalians, but the RCC recognizes marriages performed in other churches. You may not, for example, to remarry in the CCR, when you have been married in another church.

By: Jim the nice Creep

Jim the nice Creep — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

If you want to marry a Catholic, would have to take lessons before they could marry in a Catholic church.

By: Veritatu

Veritatu — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

All are first legal marriages recognized by the Catholic church - not be sacramental marriages (literally meaning that they were married in the Catholic Church), but are recognized and respected. You're as married as my wife and I, who are lifelong Catholics who married in the sacrament. Divorce presents a barrier - we'd need to grant an annulment first, even if it were a purely civil ceremony first.
If you want to be a sacramental marriage, it would need a priest or deacon at least co-chair. My cousin and his wife were married in the Methodist church, with his priest and pastor co-chair (there were some funny moments - who shared the sermon and the pastor kept shouting "hallelujah" as the priest was talking about).
I'm glad you love your grandparents but not her wedding. It's yours. Depends on how you decide to start living in your marriage. Consider this - if they expect you to accept the Catholic wedding vows if you are not in compliance with them - as the education of Catholic children?
If you believe in what he calls the sacrament, perhaps consider getting married in the Catholic Church. If not, no - I'd much rather get married where you feel comfortable to take the votes that do not want to meet.
To my knowledge, Catholics and Episcopalians in the U.S. get along very well. Not many bishops, and his theology, though nominally a Calvinist, not stopped them from enjoying the ecumenism of what our two faith traditions have in common A.
Enjoy being hired - not too stress of the wedding.

By: Mark D

Mark D — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

To make your marriage is recognized, you have to make an appointment with the pastor of his girlfriend. You must submit your marriage certificate and legal documentation, their baptismal certificates, and certificate confirming his girlfriend. The pastor will take and copy this paperwork and have it processed with the Diocese.
While everything is in order and there are no specific regulations within the Diocese, the priest will come and ask some questions. After this, if he is able, he will bless and confirm the marriage in the Catholic tradition, and provide documentation as it relates.
EDIT:
Misty:
I'm talking specifically about the situation this person has said that I understood the question: a marriage outside the Catholic Church and after marriage, the party seeking recognition by the Church. Specifically, I'm talking about Canon 1156-1160, the recognition of a marriage outside the Church. Besides, I mean Familiaris Consortio, Section IV, # 78, by John Paul II. He clarified the need for immediate pastoral care and guidance in these cases and illustrates the understanding and validity of the sacrament, as it is between two baptized. If this were a person seeking permission to marry outside the church that would be a valid point, but what I understand this is the search for validation after the fact.
archaic denial of the sacraments to a person in a mixed marriage was abolished years ago for these same documents. My explanation to our friend here is to facilitate easier and healthier way of investigating and hope for recognition by the Church in a way that is both in the positive recognition of the marriage ceremony had taken place previously and in the best tradition of our faith for the sake of the immortal souls of all involved.

By:  Hippie Chick

 Hippie Chick — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:52:33 +0000

that accept cash, even to free them from their sins.
I was Catholic, and wanted to marry a Methodist. My church is going to make us go to classes for 8 weeks to teach him to be "Catholic" and had to promise to raise the children Catholic. After all it really does not recognize the marriage until the divorce came …. then, of course, said he was a sinner by divorce, but never recognized the marriage, for starters …