Wedding
Guidelines
The
following guidelines will help you as you make your marriage plans.
Plan
on a minimum of seven contacts with the parish prior to the day of your
wedding:
a) Initial interview:
To get acquainted, set
your date and discuss diocesan and parish guidelines.
b) Pre-Cana Session.
c) Music: contact Stephanie
Honz, the wedding music director and organist.
d) Interviews with priest or deacon.
In your second interview, Father Jim
or Deacon John will go over the FOCCUS
inventory. In the third
interview, Please bring to this session
your baptismal certificate and your completed liturgy planning form.
The priest or deacon will also interview each of you individually to
put in writing your intention for marriage.
e) Rehearsal: the entire
wedding party should attend, including lectors, eucharistic ministers, and
parents.
f)
Please feel free to contact Father
Jim or Deacon John
or call (585) 586-5675 at any time.
These
months of preparation for your marriage will be busy and exciting.
If you find that there are ways in which the parish
staff can be of help, please call.
While
your engagement, showers, rehearsal, reception and honeymoon are all significant
parts of the celebration of your marriage, the Marriage Ceremony is seen
as the center of the Christian celebration.
The
prayers, scripture readings, the vows, the giving and receiving of rings, the
music, the nuptial blessing - all of these, for you, will be an expression of
both faith in God and in each other. They
will also express your confidence that the presence and love of God will
strengthen and confirm your love for each other.
May
these days of preparation hold many blessings!
After
the Ceremony
Having
made the decision to be married in the Church, don’t forget to follow through
and register in the parish as a newly wed couple.
Contact the Ministry
Center or call 586-5675.
The
Catholic Church wants very much to be a presence in your lives as a couple. Please be attentive to parish activities, as there may be
enrichment possibilities for you. Also,
as you decide to start a family, please be in touch with the parish
staff regarding baptism
information and preparation.
Congratulations
