Marriage / Weddings

The Church rejoices in your decision to get married and offers its continued support to you as you journey together. The Church (the people of God) sees your marriage as a sign of God’s love among us. As ministers of the Sacrament of Marriage to each other you choose to live your married lives within the community of the Church.

The Sacrament enriches your lives in a very special way but it also enriches the community in which you will live. You become witnesses for Marriage to all with whom you make contact. Your parents, family members, friends, colleagues and neighbors celebrate your entry into Marriage and by their attendance at your wedding ceremony offer their continued support to you for your future.

Marriage

Getting Married: The Essential Checklist

Church Requirements 

  • Meet Priest in Parish of area you reside in to set a date and discuss prerequisites.
  • Your Wedding Date – you must give three months’ notice /six months’ notice if under 18 years.
  • Inform Priest of: Name of Parish of the Priest who will assist at your wedding.
  • Name of Church chosen for ceremony.
  • Book church well in advance.
  • Book Pre-Marriage Course Six month in advance of Wedding Date.
  • Discuss ceremony details with celebrant.
  • Choose Readings/Bidding Prayers for ceremony.

Documents Required

  • A Certificate of Baptism (must be current certificate, written in last six months).
  • A Certificate of Confirmation.
  • Pre-Nuptial Enquiry Form (available from & fill in with Priest)
  • Letter of Freedom
  • A Pre-Marriage Course Certificate.
  • Dispensation – if prospective spouse is not Roman Catholic or the marriage is in non-Catholic Church.

Additional Information

In the Archdiocese of Dublin it is a requirement that all couples presenting for marriage will complete an approved Pre-marriage course. The Diocesan agency that deals with marriage preparation is Accord.

Here is a link to find a suitable Pre-marriage course: https://www.accord.ie/marriage-preparation/

In addition to the above, a minimum of three months’ notice must be given to the Registrar of Marriages – this is a Legal/State requirement and is separate from any notice to the Church.:

Civil Registration Office
Joyce House,
8/11 Lombard Street East,
Dublin 2

Opening Hours: Mon – Fri 9:30 – 4:30

Contact: (01) 8638200

Click on www.civilregistrationservice.ie to get details for local Civil Registration Service Offices

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