Hi there, my FI and I are both baptized, confirmed Catholics with very Catholic families. Despite this, we have always both dreamed of getting married at this secular chapel on the University of Florida campus. We met and had so many of our firsts at UF, and the chapel overlooks Lake Alice, an important landmark on campus. It is also very beautiful architecturally, and boasts beautiful, large windows, so you feel very close to the surrounding nature. We both really love it there and often went there to meditate or pray during our years in school.
We originally really wanted a catholic priest to marry us in this chapel but I've been doing some research and it seems that is not an option so we are trying to find a compromise. We were wondering if anyone knows if it might be possible to have an intimate religious ceremony with just our immediate family in attendance, followed by a civil ceremony at this chapel with all our friends and family later in the day? It is important to us that our marriage be valid in the eyes of the Catholic church, but it is equally important that our wedding take place at this chapel as it is very meaningful to us both individually and as a couple.
