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View Quoted Comment Hi Kyley, I'm sorry that you're feeling defeated about the Catholic wedding! My fiance and I are having a Catholic wedding in July 2022. I am Catholic and he was raised without religion (but now he's being converted to Catholicism). But it shouldn't be a problem to have one Catholic and one not. Maybe the issue is the specific church? Are you trying to get married in a church that you don't attend (you mention not living in Colorado springs). Maybe you could try a different church or different priest?


I think that the church recommends 6 months or more usually to prepare (maybe they worry about people rushing in to marriage, but I know when my grandmother got married she only prepared for 8 weeks, so I'm not sure why they have this rule).
Also, we went to an "engaged encounter" retreat for our marriage prep, so the additional prep with the priest has not been very much. The priest would just need to approve of you going to the "engaged encounter" weekend.
To be honest, my fiance and I were planning to elope at first, but after praying about it we realized that we needed to have a Catholic wedding with our family and friends. It set back our wedding date by one year (Aug '21 to July '22). However, I think that it is all for the best. Good luck!!!

View Quoted Comment Thank you SO much for this reply! I think you are so right- our main issue is that we are trying to get married in a church that is not our “home parish.” I just truly never realized this would be an issue before this process. 🤦🏻‍♀️ Thank you so much for the info- we have already started one of the classes and we don’t even get married until 10/2023- definitely a long process ! Haha

View Quoted Comment Thank you so much for this info and for saying exactly what I have been thinking 😂 it has been a way crazier road than I ever expected. I love your ideas - we are definitely going to try this advice actually. Thank you!