“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh” – Mark 10:7

We’re delighted you’re taking this important step in your life! Marriage is a sacrament of the Church, given by God and the decision to marry is one of the most important choices of anyone’s life. Catholics are expected to be married in the Church as part of their faith journey. Given the importance of this sacrament, the Church requires the couple to be prepared adequately to enter into this new life.

Please find below the relevant information to be married in the Catholic Church.

Choosing a date

The Catholic Church requires a minimum of six months’ notice to arrange and prepare a couple for marriage. If you live within the parish boundaries, we will have to do your marriage papers, whether you get married in the parish itself or elsewhere.

What is Christian marriage?

The Church teaches that marriage is a life-long partnership between one man and one woman, established by God and ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and education of children. A marriage is formed when a man and a woman freely and irrevocably give and accept one another as husband and wife, according to the rites and laws of the Church. God joins the spouses together in an irrevocable covenant, and gives them His grace to help them love one another and be open to the possibility of having children.