Marriage in Mexico - religion (catholic church, money, required, classes)
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I got a couple of questions regarding getting married in Mexico. Thanks in advance for your help, much appreciated! My girlfriend is Mexican (baptized, Catholic) and I am German (baptized, used to be Protestant but quit church a while ago - if needed, re-entry is possible; also becoming Catholic). We plan to get married this year and are quite excited of it.
We would get married in Mexico. It is important that it will be a civil wedding as well as a church wedding. My question with regard to the church wedding: is it possible for us to get married in a church although I am not Catholic? Is being baptized sufficient?
Best answer is to ask a local Mexican Catholic church. Often these sorts of rules are specific to a Diocese. If she has family in Mexico, maybe they could check with their local parish??
I got a couple of questions regarding getting married in Mexico. Thanks in advance for your help, much appreciated! My girlfriend is Mexican (baptized, Catholic) and I am German (baptized, used to be Protestant but quit church a while ago - if needed, re-entry is possible; also becoming Catholic). We plan to get married this year and are quite excited of it.
We would get married in Mexico. It is important that it will be a civil wedding as well as a church wedding. My question with regard to the church wedding: is it possible for us to get married in a church although I am not Catholic? Is being baptized sufficient?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Cheers
Nico
No, it's not enough. They will want you to do communion and confirmation too. Where are you getting married in Mexico? There are a few parishes that expedite the whole thing for this type of situation, but other are more strict and demand the whole instruction period before the ceremony.
I also think you'll need some documents from your church in Germany, like the baptism certificate that your "local" (German) parish can provide. There is a lot of red tape!
I got a couple of questions regarding getting married in Mexico. Thanks in advance for your help, much appreciated! My girlfriend is Mexican (baptized, Catholic) and I am German (baptized, used to be Protestant but quit church a while ago - if needed, re-entry is possible; also becoming Catholic). We plan to get married this year and are quite excited of it.
We would get married in Mexico. It is important that it will be a civil wedding as well as a church wedding. My question with regard to the church wedding: is it possible for us to get married in a church although I am not Catholic? Is being baptized sufficient?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Cheers
Nico
All you have to do is pay the church fee. You just pay for your baptism, confirmation communion and wedding. You can do all the same day if you want. Let’s put it like this, if you had all your catholic certificates and didn’t have money for the wedding fee, you won’t get the wedding.
dont worry you will do just fine.
No, it's not enough. They will want you to do communion and confirmation too. Where are you getting married in Mexico? There are a few parishes that expedite the whole thing for this type of situation, but other are more strict and demand the whole instruction period before the ceremony.
I also think you'll need some documents from your church in Germany, like the baptism certificate that your "local" (German) parish can provide. There is a lot of red tape!
There are ways to do it without all that. Your girlfriend will have to do the classes and speak for you. But no communion or confirmation by you required.
My info might be old but can only give my expirence. Depends on your ages, she needs to be a member of the parish church as we found out. We did find a very small 100 yr old church lickoutsideecico City who did the ceremony....I did have communion and I'm Protestant. Good luck.
I got a couple of questions regarding getting married in Mexico. Thanks in advance for your help, much appreciated! My girlfriend is Mexican (baptized, Catholic) and I am German (baptized, used to be Protestant but quit church a while ago - if needed, re-entry is possible; also becoming Catholic). We plan to get married this year and are quite excited of it.
We would get married in Mexico. It is important that it will be a civil wedding as well as a church wedding. My question with regard to the church wedding: is it possible for us to get married in a church although I am not Catholic? Is being baptized sufficient?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Cheers
Nico
yes you can, but the Priest will ask you that the only condition is that your Children must be catholics if you agree no problem with the catholic marriage if you disagree, no catholic marriage.
No, it's not enough. They will want you to do communion and confirmation too. Where are you getting married in Mexico? There are a few parishes that expedite the whole thing for this type of situation, but other are more strict and demand the whole instruction period before the ceremony.
I also think you'll need some documents from your church in Germany, like the baptism certificate that your "local" (German) parish can provide. There is a lot of red tape!
This hasn't been the practice in any Catholic marriage I've ever known about. Just pointing that out.
Nearly always it's fine as long as 1) the couple goes through the pre marriage counseling that the diocese usually offers, and 2) the non Catholic promises to raise any children as Catholic. And actually #1 isn't always required.
I have literally never heard of a Catholic priest or diocese that insisted that both parties be Catholic or for the non Catholic to go through communion and confirmation. Can you provide a link to this practice?
Answer: The couple has to abide by the same laws that the Catholic party has to. In addition, the Catholic party must promise to remain Catholic and do his or her best to raise their children in the Catholic faith. The marriage should take place in church, but not at a Mass. The priest or deacon who prepares the couple needs to grant permission for them to marry each other.
This hasn't been the practice in any Catholic marriage I've ever known about. Just pointing that out.
Nearly always it's fine as long as 1) the couple goes through the pre marriage counseling that the diocese usually offers, and 2) the non Catholic promises to raise any children as Catholic. And actually #1 isn't always required.
I have literally never heard of a Catholic priest or diocese that insisted that both parties be Catholic or for the non Catholic to go through communion and confirmation. Can you provide a link to this practice?
The thing is the Church hierarchy publishes what they claim is a universal standard. But then the local Bishop interprets it differently depending upon his sect being in the vast majority or the local minority.
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