Has anyone had 2 Ceremonies??? Catholic and want outside

https://www.brides.com/story/catholics-can-now-marry-outdoors-in-two-us-cities

My FH and I are both catholic, but he's still awaiting his annulment from first marriage so we are doing an outdoor beach wedding and next year we'll have our marriage convalidated in the catholic church.

However for you to have a true catholic marriage your FH will need to go to RCIA and I believe convert to Catholicism?

Catholic priests perform weddings everyday where only one half of couple is Catholic. Unless your fiance is pagan or Atheist, there should not be any issue so you would just have one ceremony. Have you talked to your priest already where the ceremony will take place? If not, do that asap.

If your FI is not a Catholic, but is another Christian religion, You may have a service in the Catholic Church, and he will not have to convert. If he is a non-believer, not a baptized Christian, He would need to go through a long process of classes,, then being baptized , before a priest would perform a wedding for you. This in addition to usual pre-cana classes. Talk to the priest where you attend services or reconciliation ( confession.) My husband's parents are devout Catholics, and were not happy when we said we were not having a Catholic service. I am not Christian. They remember days when the Church encourages new converts, and pretty much saying you wanted to convert meant a few classes, there you go. But now, the one who is Catholic must be a practicing Catholic, and the priests make sure the person really wants to convert, is willing to go through the 8month to a year process, and believe he/she will follow through at least as a Christian, and is not just going through the process to please someone else. I am happily not Christian, and observe my tribal people's faith. And My husband disagrees with many teachings of the Church, though raised on it. The parent's family priest was great about explaining that there was no point in the parents and older family trying to change our minds and please the church. He said, he would not stand at the altar and have us all lie . And given our beliefs, he would not marry us, period.
Then said he spent some time with us, believed that we were both good and moral people, would have a good marriage, and raise our children to be good and moral people who believe in god. He approved of our getting married. But not in the Catholic Church. After that, they were content with our civil ceremony and parts from my religious background, with no attempts to push for the catholic service. It was a relief, for us.

I hate to tell you this but you can't have a Catholic marriage/wedding with a non Catholic. You can have a legal one. You can have a good one. You can have a happy one. The reason it can't be Catholic is you can't make future hubs be Catholic. The biggest part of the wedding is to promise to continue the Catholic faith and raise the kids Catholic.... which he can't do. He can be interested in becoming Catholic later. There are lots of rica classes that can take years but at min is 8 months. But he can't promise to keep being Catholic as a non Catholic.



However we did have Catholic traditions in my wedding that was outside the church. Like, I didn't show my shoulders and our vows were Catholic. But it was not a Catholic wedding because we're both atheist. I was raised a strict Catholic whose services was in latin and my teachers were strict Vietnamese nuns. I may be very old school tho... Taught by nuns will do that...

I'm Catholic and my fiance is non-baptized Christian, and we're having a Catholic ceremony. He doesn't have to convert or take RCIA classes or anything, but we do have to fill out a form to ask for a dispensation (ask your priest or marriage prep person at your church). We do have to agree to raise our kids in the Catholic faith, which he's glad to, in addition to a few other requirements.


Anyways, we're not having two wedding ceremonies, we're having our ceremony in a chapel then reception outside in the garden. I think if you want to do Catholic ceremony first then a civil one another day, the first one will be the actual ceremony where you'll actually be married. The second one wouldn't be an official thing, but if you want to do it I don't see why not!

My DH was raised Catholic and I was raised Protestant. We got married in his families Catholic Church. We chose not to have a mass, just a wedding ceremony with no communion, etc. It worked out fine.

I believe the OP poster wants the ceremony to be outside and the Catholic Church doesn't do this??. I'm not sure about that. I would ask the Priest if he would perform it outside on the Church grounds.

View Quoted Comment That is correct that the Catholic church does not allow outdoor ceremonies. But if you talk to the priest, they may do a private blessing at a later date that isn't in front of guests. You have to find out what the exact steps are.

Fellow Catholic here! During COVID you would be surprised what the bishops will allow as long as you have an altar. I've seen some outdoor altars and masses recently. Of course, you have to check with your local priest. Otherwise, I would do an indoor ceremony, and an outdoor blessing-- I might actually end up doing this if I am forced to postpone my wedding and have a minimony first and a celebration later, with the minimony in the church and the vow renewal outside.

Our daughter got married in the church last year with just parents present due to the pandemic. In 2022 we will have the reception with the couple renewing their vows outdoors. Make it your day, your way...