Convalidating catholic marriage
14-Jul-2020 03:47
On the campus, he became friends with Kelly, a young Catholic woman who was a student cheerleader.After her graduation, they started dating seriously. When Kelly was expecting their second child, they decided to marry.Originally, Maria and Tony married in a swift civil ceremony not because of any burdensome Church restrictions but because of other factors.Their wish to have their marriage convalidated a decade later surfaced because of several reasons: a visit from their parish priest, their uncomfortable feeling in preparing others for marriage when they had not yet been married in the Church and their decision to start a family.With considerable abbreviation and adaptation, the priest used the basic “Rite for Celebrating Marriage Outside Mass.” The service took about 10 minutes.
Maria’s parents, on the other hand, expressed their delight with the marriage.Catholic Church law ordinarily requires baptized Roman Catholics to marry before a priest or deacon.