My fiance's family's religious background is Hindu and mine is Catholic. We ideally would like to have one combined ceremony with Catholic and Hindu elements to be respectful of our families' religious practices and to avoid having two separate ceremonies. My understanding is that the Catholic Church forbids performing marriage ceremonies outside of a Catholic Church and that this would make having a Catholic non-sacramental ceremony outside of a Catholic church virtually impossible.
Has anyone been in a similar situation and if so what did you do? Would a priest even provide a blessing at a combined ceremony? Any insight or advice is greatly appreciated!