Wedding Arrangements

RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE or not later than six (6) months BEFORE THE WEDDING.

OFFERING
An offering of Php 10,000.00 (without aircon) or Php 15,000.00 (with aircon) includes the following:

  1. Wedding ceremony within the Holy Mass.
  2. Marriage Certificate, Registration Forms, Red Carpet (center aisle), Nuptial Candles, Wedding Booklets (for the couple only) 
  3. Flowers in the center aisle and around the altar
  4. Commentator and Reader
  5. Instrumentalist and Soloist


REQUIREMENTS

  1. UPDATED Baptismal Certificates (issued not later than six months before the wedding) of the couple, with the specification FOR MARRIAGE PURPOSES ONLY, must be submitted to the Parish Office.
  2. To avoid expiration of the Marriage License, apply for the license preferably at your Municipality two months before the wedding. (Note: Marriage License is valid for 120 days only.)
  3. Confirmation Certificate (Kumpil) stamped by issuing church “For Marriage Purposes Only.”
  4. Our Parish Office will issue the following forms:
    1. Banns and Permit forms for the Bride to secure permission from her Parish Priest to marry outside of her parish. (Given on the day of interview).
    2. The Banns should be posted in the Bride’s parish church for three (3) consecutive Sundays.
    3. The Banns for the groom announcing his forthcoming marriage should be posted in his parish church for three (3) consecutive Sundays.
  5. Individual 2×2 pictures of the Bride and Groom upon reservation.
  6. Submission of the following at least one month before the scheduled wedding date:
    1. Marriage License
    2. Updated Baptismal certificates of Bride and Groom
    3. Banns and Permit from the respective parishes of the bride and groom duly signed by their parish priest
    4. Confirmation Certificates
    5. Full names of principal sponsors
    6. Complete payment of the wedding fees


APPOINTMENTS
PUNCTUALITY IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE to avoid cancellation of appointment. The dates and time of the following shall be given ahead of time:

  1. Canonical Interview
  2. Marriage Counseling
  3. Marriage Preparation Seminar
  4. Confession and Rehearsal (couple only)

GUIDELINES FOR WEDDING RITES

REGULATIONS

1.    Failure to attend the Canonical interview and Marriage Counseling on the appointed date WITHOUT informing the office, will result in the CANCELLATION OF THE WEDDING DATE.

2.    Guest Priest who is invited to solemnize the wedding, must present his “celebret” (i.e. A document that guarantees his good standing in his Arch/diocese/order) and a photocopy of the Certificate of Renewal of Registration and Authority to Solemnize Marriage (CRASM).

3.    Parish will only give Marriage Application Form to applicants 27 years old and above.

4.    The ceremony will START EXACTLY at the scheduled time.

5.    For the convenience of all, ring and coin bearers and flower girls should be at least five (5) years old.

6.    The Certificate of Marriage will be available right after the wedding.

7.    Showering of flowers, rice, confetti, etc. is not allowed inside and outside the church.

8.    Church personnel and not wedding coordinators will do the arrangements in the parish church.

9.     Proper church decorum is strictly enforced. Ladies (bride, mothers, bridal entourage, sponsors, guests, etc.) are expected to dress properly and decently for church. Ladies wearing dresses with plunging/revealing necklines or backless attires will not be allowed to enter the church. Likewise, gentlemen should wear the proper church attire. (No “sandos” no slippers, no torn jeans, etc.)

10.   To avoid embarrassing situations, it is the responsibility of the bride and groom to inform their entourage, sponsors, guests, ahead of time, of the dress code. (Please refer to no. 9)

11.   The wedding ceremony, including the pictorials, start and end on the scheduled time.

IMPORTANT LITURGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

  1. The rubrics contained in the Rite of Marriage, as approved by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, are normative in the Diocese of Paranaque.
  2. Commercial wedding coordinators and/or photographers have no jurisdiction in determining the music, what happens ritually, or the use of the worship space. The rites and their execution are determined by the norms contained in the Rite of Marriage, as approved by the Sacred Congregation for Worship and the Disciplines of the Sacraments, and are the responsibility of the local Ordinary.
  3. Catechesis for marriage include the teachings on marriage and the family, on the sacrament itself and its rites, prayers, and readings. This would be an appropriate time to discuss the kind of music acceptable for use at a sacramental rite.
  4. Secular music is not acceptable before, during or after the Rite within the sacred space. It should be reserved for other settings during the wedding festivities (reception, etc).  
  5. The music customarily used at the Sunday Eucharist is illustrative of the kind of music appropriate for the wedding rites.
  6. If the marriage is celebrated on a Sunday or solemnity, the Mass of the day is used with the nuptial blessing and the special final blessing according to circumstances”.  Adequate catechesis must be given beforehand to the assembly as well as the wedding party to assure that the prayerful quality and precedence of the Sunday Eucharist remains intact.
  7. When the marriage is celebrated during Advent or Lent or other days of penance, the couple is advised to take into consideration the special nature of these liturgical seasons. Hence, music and floral arrangement should be subdued.  Weddings/Renewal of Vows anytime during the 5th and 6th Weeks in Lent will consider the liturgical practice of shrouded images in the sanctuary.
  8. The music chosen should be accessible to the majority of those present and allow “full, active and conscious participation”.
  9. Enhancing the liturgical setting by the use of appropriate flowers and floral arrangements is to be encouraged, but this, too, should be done in keeping with the nature of the setting as liturgical space and with full awareness and respect for the liturgical season.      
  10. Video taping and picture taking should also be done in the spirit of the ceremony as a sacramental rite and should be mindful of the atmosphere of prayer surrounding these rites. It must not be intrusive or take away from the spirit of reverence and worship.
  11. Recorded music may not be used before, during or after the liturgical celebration.
  12. Since the Eucharist is the source and center of unity, the use of the unity candle should be downplayed. It is not a part of the Catholic Rite of Marriage, but it could be used effectively at the reception.
  13. No standees of the couple are allowed inside the church. These are best placed in the reception.