Catholic weddings
Sacramental marriage ceremonies
Catholic weddings are marriage ceremonies conducted according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, typically held during a Nuptial Mass and requiring adherence to church requirements such as pre-marriage counseling and, for interfaith couples, special dispensation.
The ceremony includes exchange of vows, rings, and often communion: They had a traditional Catholic wedding with a full mass.
- massQuantity of matter
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- till death do us partMatrimonial permanence oath
- altarSacred ritual table
- priestOne who performs sacraments
nuptial · cathedral · sacrament · communion · Our Father · blessing · sign of peace · white · veil · rosary · unity candle · incense · hymns · holy matrimony · marriage vows · ring exchange · processional · flower girl
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- American Catholicismarchdiocese, parish council, archdioceses, cardinals, parochial school
- Asian Catholicism
Catholic weddingscivil ceremonies
Official non-religious observances
civil marriages · civil unions · elopements · common-law marriage
Catholic weddingselopements
Secret departures to wed