Catholic wedding outside the church

We are getting married soon and would like a friend of the family to perform the ceremony. He is a catholic priest. My fiancee was never married but I have been divorced for almost 10 years. We have a 5 year old daughter together. We were wondering if a catholic priest could marry us outside the.... [Read more]

Low Budget for wedding in Colorado

Hi, me and my fiancee want to get married end of Feb. or start of March. We need a ceremony area in southern Colorado, and everything that goes with a wedding; flowers, dress, tux, cake, photos, etc. Were going to have it small, around 10-15 people. Only problem is we only have about 2,000 for all.... [Read more]

Getting Married in a Church of a Different Religion

Is it considered odd/rude/disrespectful to get married in a church to which neither couple belongs? Neither my boyfriend nor I are active in a church, nor very religious. There are beautiful churches in town with policies for non-parishoners to use their facility. However, I wonder how this.... [Read more]

Do you tip the wedding officiant (minister)?

We are contracting a pastor (found him on the internet) to be our wedding officiant. We've met up with him once before and he is really a very pleasant man and is making a lot of effort to make sure the 1/2h ceremony are exactly the way we want it.

1) Is it considered "good manners" to send him a.... [Read more]

Church Blessing

In order for my husband and I to get our boys baptized, we were told that we needed to be married by the church. Since we are already married, i am assuming he meant we just need the church's blessing. Since we were married by the courts w/out family or friends the first ime, we wanted to have.... [Read more]