for couples planning a Catholic wedding
1. Getting engaged
2. Contacting your parish
3. Preparing for a lifelong marriage
4. Setting the date of your wedding
5. Choosing the form of your wedding
6. Choosing Scripture readings
7. Choosing music
8. Choosing vows
9. Choosing roles for family and friends
10. Choosing other liturgical elements
11. Creating a program for your guests
12. Dealing with the details
13. The reception, honeymoon, and happily ever after . . .
more . . .
What are the rules and requirements for a Catholic wedding?
If one of us is Catholic and one is not, what are our wedding ceremony options?
Can we have our wedding outdoors?
Can we use popular, non-religious music in our wedding?
Can we get married in the Church if we are already living together?
Will the Catholic Church recognize the marriage of a Catholic to a baptized Christian of another faith?
I am attending a Catholic wedding, but I am not Catholic. What can I expect?
Can non-Catholics receive communion at our Catholic wedding?
Order of a Catholic wedding Mass
Order of a Catholic wedding outside Mass
Catholic wedding readings
Catholic wedding vows
Catholic wedding music
Catholic wedding program
Catholic wedding procession
Additional resources
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