Your Catholic Wedding

This is a handy portable planbook to aid all engaged couples and their priest in the preparation of a Catholic wedding. From the first detail to last, it guides the couple to a rich and fulfilling wedding celebration.

Drawn from the eponymous blog essays on faith, culture, and lives of Christian discipleship by young Jesuit priests and seminarians for young adult seekers.

The Catholic Wedding Book, now in a new, revised edition of this best seller, will take the pain out of wedding preparations, answer all your questions and make planning your wedding easy. The Catholic Church teaches that marriage is forever. The truth is that no sane person would want to suffer through the preparation for a marriage more than once. Some say that a wedding is God's way of testing a couple to see if they're fit for marriage. In The Catholic Wedding Book, you can find everything you want to know about: Selecting Scripture readings for your wedding; Choosing and decorating the church; The duties of the best man and maid of honor; Wedding ritual options; Marriages between Catholics and other Christians; Making the best use of the rehearsal; Organizing the wedding procession; Putting the ushers to work; Dispensations and how to get them; How to plan your own wedding ceremony; Getting the most out of marriage prep; and dozens of other questions and answers... Easy reading for Catholics of all ages, The Catholic Wedding Book provides practical advice for planning a wedding liturgy and the text of all official forms, readings and prayers approved by the Church - everything you need to make your wedding joyful and meaningful. So read brides magazines for your dress and reception, but be sure to purchase this for the real substance of your Catholic wedding.

Prepared by a priest and a music coordinator who over the past twenty-five years have helped hundreds of couples prepare to celebrate their weddings in the Catholic Church, this book provides in a few brief pages an extraordinary amount of practical considerations regarding such matters as: who makes the final decisions, what paper work is required by the Church and by the State, how and when should plans be made for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, how to handle family and in-law problems, why is time alone together so essential, what are the liturgical options available for the couple, what are the roles of the various members of the wedding party, what about witnesses, licenses, baptismal and confirmation certificates, seating arrangements, processions, recessions, the readings, the vows, the rings, the unity candle, flowers for the Blessed Virgin's altar, music, costs, etc., etc. Each chapter makes use of a short story related to the authors' experiences to illustrate the points that follow. The material covered in this handy guide will save couples planning their Catholic wedding an untold amount of time, money and, above all, grief. It is hoped that, as a result, they will enjoy a particularly engaging, joyous and prayerful wedding liturgy.

In this highly anticipated English translation according to the Second Typical Edition, the Ordo Celebrandi Matrimonium \"is presented with an enrichment of the Introduction, rites and prayers, and with certain changes introduced in keeping with the norm of the Code of Canon Law promulgated in 1983\" (Decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments). The revision of this Ritual Edition, which is divided into four chapters and includes three Appendices, incorporates changes in accord with the Third Typical Edition of The Roman Missal, updated Lectionary texts, and The Revised Grail Psalms. This Clothbound Edition includes all the enhanced features that celebrants have come to know and trust from Catholic Book Publishing: large, easy-to-read type; printed and reinforced end papers; a sturdy cover; and satin ribbon markers to add an elegant finishing touch. Specially produced acid-neutral cream paper from established, quality mills ensures a high level of opacity and consistency of the highest degree. While providing highly readable type for text and music, this volume also boasts a proven layout that respects functional page-turns.

"Combines the best of wedding planning guides with the richness of Catholic faith and practice"--