Catholic and athiest wedding??

[Gina_and_Ant]

Me and my partner are looking to get married - im a roman catholic, he is a athiest.. how will this work with a church, i want a church ceremony, he is not fussed?
im guessing this cant be any church??
Does anyone know much about this subject?

Thanks

[MarkRae]

Presumably you want a Catholic church as you're a Catholic? You'll be lucky, even today, to find a priest who will agree to marry an atheist...

[Gina_and_Ant]

yea i would like a catholic church, even though they have made registry offices look really nice these but i cant justify get married there. is there no other options :(

[yogi-bear]

Errrrr.....firstly Gina and Ant, why did you post this in music?

Secondly, you could try Father Ted, Father Dougall or Father "Feck off" Jack :0)

and Thirdly.........Mark is correct in what he says, so please refer to option No 2.

[MarkRae]

> [is] Are there no other options :(

The only option I can see is that your fiancé will have to become a Catholic. And, as you will doubtless know, that's no picnic...

[Gina_and_Ant]

Firsty 'Yogi-bear'sorry, i did not realise i placed it in the wrong topics, no need to get touchy...

Secondly if you have nothing usefull to say please remove yourself from my question!!!!

[yogi-bear]

Suggest you re-post in Body and soul....maybe under relationships and dating as you may get some answers there if any folk know a solution. Best of luck

and Congratulations to you both, by the way :0)

[B00]

I think, you can get married pretty much anywhere now, can't you?

So, assuming the catholic church is out and you dont want it in a registrar, how about a country house? Castle? The list is preety much endless where you can hold a marriage now.

[B00]

Bugger...Pretty*

[yogi-bear]

Ooooh, i think i hit a nerve,.... but as i've had a great day, i wont retort back.....for today anyway, .....so count yourselves lucky, Ant and Dec :0)

[Goodsoulette]

Have you spoken to your priest, he might do it if your other half agrees to take the classes.

[Noraq]

Hi, if Ant was baptised and confirmed a Catholic, I don't see a problem' so long as he keeps stum, if not, only a chat with a friendly priest will get you answers. Best of luck x

[yogi-bear]

p.s....I love the over dramatic use of exclamation marks after "question"......pass the fruit juice please LOL

and tell your b/f to repent.......many times!!! :0)

[Gina_and_Ant]

He wouldnt take classes, he simply doesnt believe which i accept. I will take the castle/country house idea, also i may speak to my local priest and see what he thinks.
Thanks for the idea's guys :) x

[yogi-bear]

"no need to get touchy"...

I only get touchy with those people i like, dec :0)

[tamborine]

The priest will insist on 3 'introduction to the faith' meetings with your partner; no more than 1hour each before he gives his consent. Partner must agree to:

1.bring your children up as catholics
2.attend church regularly
3.practise the faith

[B00]

Eddie51- is my answer invisible to you?

[tamborine]

a catholic married out of the church is not considered married. Very useful, if you want to re-marry ;)

[odinslay]

I was in a relationship and in the same boat as you. My partner wanted a church wedding and i didn't mind too much. the big thing is that a house of god isn't built by the people of god, only designed, whereas a garden is grown from him. If you want a wedding in a Church then have a wedding in a church. A wedding is somthing that unites a 2 people and will last forever. so whether or not you choose to have it in the church or somewhere else is entirely up to you 2.

[andy-hughes]

I am an aetheist and my wife is Catholic. Because my wife's first marraige was annulled, she was able to be married again in a Catholic church.

If your partner is not a seriously anti-religious person, I am sure he can 'go along' with the necessities of getting a Mass in church to follow your beliefs.

I had to prove I was baptised by producing my baptism certificate - this will be an obstacle if your parnter does not have one. Then I had to attend a few informal 'chats' with our then parish priest, when i agreed that any children would be raised as Catholic - no problem for me, my wife's two children were already baptised and in Catholic school, and our third followed in their footsteps.

We had a full Nuptial Mass and it was fabulous. For me, we could have got married in the local cricket pavillion, but it meant a lot to my wife, so no problem for me.

Trivia Fact - our priest was John Tolkien, son of JRR Tolkien who wrote 'Lord Of The Rings'.

Good luck.