Marriage is a Sacrament. The bride and groom contract their marriage in the presence of God and of the community of faith, and become a holy sign of Christ’s love for the Church and of God’s faithful love for the world.
For your convenience, we have put all of our wedding policies in a Wedding Guidelines booklet. Note: Recently, there have been a few updates to the Parish Wedding guidelines. If you previously accessed the guidelines on our website (prior to February, 2025), you may not have the most up to date information. Please access the current Wedding Guidelines booklet (updated March, 2025) by clicking here.
For a marriage to be sacramental, two baptized persons:
If you are interested in having your wedding at either St Mary's or St. Bridget's, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page at least six months prior to your desired wedding date. Marriage preparation is required. Many good resources for marriage can be found on www.ForYourMarriage.org.
You will find information on natural family planning education and support here.
If you are not able to fill out the form below, please print this file and complete it. Then return the form to our Parish office.
The Order of the Mass for all liturgies at St. Benedict Parish are in accord with the third edition of The Roman Missal, revised by Decree of the Second Vatican Council and published by authority of Pope Paul VI.
All liturgies also use rubrics and missals in accord with ICEL-2010 (International Commission on English in the Liturgy), unless exceptions need to be made for nuptial liturgies for couples whose primary language is not English.
For information and selections for your wedding readings, please click here.
The Marriage Preparation Team members act as guides for the couples and meet with them in a one-to-one setting to help them through the planning process: to get acquainted, answer any questions they may have, fill out necessary preliminary paperwork, review the “Fully Engaged” profile with the engaged couples, provide them with materials to plan their wedding ceremony, etc.
Resources and training to assist with planning are available to the prep team members. The team of planners are involved in the ministry on a rotating basis as wedding requests arise.
If you’d like to join this ministry or have any questions, please contact the parish office.