Catholic wedding hymns

The best place to begin looking for Catholic wedding hymns (besides your own parish's hymnal) is at the websites of the major Catholic liturgical music publishers. They have music written specifically for Catholic weddings, as well as hundreds of other songs and hymns appropriate for a wedding, in a variety of musical styles both traditional and contemporary. A link to those websites can be found at the bottom of this page.

Before you go zipping off to the publishers' websites, though, you may want to take the following steps:

1. Review the principles of good Catholic wedding music

Find out more about the Church's criteria for appropriate liturgical music by reading Catholic wedding music: Striking the right note.

2. Find musicians

It is advisable to find musicians before you choose the music for your wedding. Find out more about finding and choosing cantors (song leaders) and musicians by reading Finding and Choosing Cantors and Instrumentalists (Musicians) for Your Catholic Wedding.

3. Find and choose songs and hymns

Finally, start looking for songs, hymns, and other music for your wedding. You will find links to the Catholic hymnal publishers' websites, as well as samples of actual hymns, at our list of Catholic wedding music resources.

A list of some Catholic wedding music

Choosing wedding music
In the "Planning Your Catholic Wedding" section of this website.

Finding and Choosing Cantors and Instrumentalists (Musicians) for Your Catholic Wedding

Finding Songs, Hymns, and Other Music for a Catholic Wedding

Can we use recorded music in our wedding?

Other websites

For examples of diocesan wedding music policies, see the following websites:

Diocese of Albany Wedding Music Guidelines

Diocese of San Diego Wedding Music Guidelines (PDF)

Guidelines for the Use of Music in the Sacrament of Matrimony (Diocese of Baton Rouge) (PDF)

Archdiocese of Santa Fe Wedding Music Guidelines (PDF)