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Can a Retired Vicar carry out our ceremony?
Dear Resident Reverend, My partner and I are getting married in the church where I grew up and where my parents still live today. I have only met the current vicar once as I moved away 10 years ago. For this reason I would love to have the vicar that I knew 20 years ago [...]
Do they need a connection to the Parish?
Dear Resident Reverend My daughter and fiance got married in a register office in the UK last year, they currently live in the UAE . They would like to renew their marriage in a church in Chester as this area has a special meaning to them even though they have no connection to the parish [...]
A Catholic blessing in a CofE service?
Hello I hope you can help me. I am Church of England and my fiance is Catholic. We wish to marry in a Church of England church in the parish in which I grew up – it is where I was christened and made my confirmation. However, my fiance’s Mother has asked if it is [...]
Church Catchment Areas
hello, me and my fiance have our hearts set on getting married in a certain church however, we dont live in the catchment area nor attend. We have heard the we can get married there because i used to live in the catchment area but no longer do. Do you know if this is true [...]
Finding a Vicar?
Hi, My fiancee and i have recently moved to a new area in London and are hoping to get married there. We have found a great church which is available on the day we have selected (NYE) however the vicar will not be around. He has said that we can still use the church but [...]
Can an Atheist have a Christian Wedding
Are pastors/ministers/vicars (I don’t know the terminology!) in the CoE legally permitted to perform civil marriages? My partner and I are atheists. However, a very dear friend of the family, an Anglican pastor, has spontaneously offered to marry us. This is because of the deep love and friendship he has for my fiance’s deceased father, [...]
When is the right time to send out wedding invitations?
I was chatting to a friend of mine earlier who asked when she should send the invitations out for her wedding. It got me thinking ….. when is the right time? I received a ‘remember the date’ card in a Christmas card last year, for a Wedding I attended in the following October. It was [...]
When did the Church vows change?
Hello Vicar, As is custom in Anglican Church weddings, the Declarations of Consent are worded according to the liturgy. I assume that when Catherine Parr married Henry VIII, her declarations were according to the liturgy, so she vowed: “…to be bonaire and buxom in bed and at board.” Obviously this phrase is not stated in [...]
Banns not read in Ireland?
I was hoping for some advice. Myself and my partner have recently gotten engaged, she is UK national and i am Irish. I am currently job hunting in the UK but still resident in Ireland. We have spoken with my fiance’s local church and they have agreed to marry us but they mentioned that I [...]
Why does the Bride enter before the Bridesmaids?
Hello, I was just wandering why the bride has to enter the church before the bridesmaids? Thankyou Kayleigh
Still no Vicar
Dear Resident Reverend The church I regularly attend and plan to get married at has had no vicar for over two years now. Various vicars have been taking Sunday service, baptisms and funerals, but since the vicar left there has only been two weddings, however I find it very hard to connect with the stand [...]
Catholic ceremony in CofE church? Or Catholic blessing?
Hello I hope you can help me. I am Church of England and my fiance is Catholic. We wish to marry in a Church of England church in the parish in which I grew up – it is where I was christened and made my confirmation. However, my fiances’ Mother has asked if it is [...]
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