AboutReverend John Fliris Expertise Questions on Wedding ceremonies, Wedding etiquette, religious and non religious wedding questions.
Experience I am the principle minister for Indiana Wedding Ministers. Our ministry has been doing weddings for the past 9 years and averaging over 100 weddings each year.
Organizations Indiana Wedding Ministeries, Hobart Assembly of God Church.
Publications This Blessed Day, an on going publication of Wedding Advise that is Web based and changing yearly with new ideas in wedding ceremonies as they happen.
Education/Credentials Licenced and Ordained Christian minister. Senior and elder in an asseblies of God Church.
Question QUESTION: Hello,
I need help, this is a very uncomfortable situation and probably a common thing this days.
I just got engaged,I am catholic and he has not even got baptized, we need to do the civil wedding sooner. so is there a possibility to do a ceremony that can have some blessings from the priest for me and make like a symbolic ceremony????
ANSWER: Dear Carolina: Why two different ceremonies? You can pretty much have the word of God and your wedding blessed my a minister without having 2 ceremonies unless your church has requirements for you both to be members before hand. Carolina you can have the blessings included in the one ceremony. Hope this helped... if you need more information... just let me know. Reverend John
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QUESTION: Thanx for your answer Reverend but does the Catholic church allow to have a wedding ceremony with a non baptized partner? or I need to find a different type of ceremony?
Answer Dear Carolina: I am not a Catholic minister but I believe they do not allow a non baptized wedding, nor do many allow a wedding ceremony for a non-cathilic partner. So you might need to do a ceremony with a non denominational minister. I would say to contact your Priest and ask him about your wedding.. Hope this helped Reverend John
