Meeting with priest

[greyhoundmn]

I'm a little worried, we haven't met with our priest yet. We're getting married on 9/23. Should I be concerned? We asked him to facilitate but we haven't formally met. How soon did you meet with your priest?

[Angela]

We spoke to our priest over a year ago to set the date. Then we started meeting with him in February. I actually called him and he hasn't called me back. Hmm....must call again today.

I would definitely call him ASAP in case there's some kind of problem, you'll have time to find another officiant.

[jrbecca]

:agreesign: Call your priest as soon as possible. We've met with our priest three times, per our church's requirements, over a five month period (our church recommended starting this process at least six months before the wedding). I'm confident that if his schedule is accomodating, your priest can get what needs to be done before the wedding day, but you'll want to stay on top of making appointments with him.

Is meeting with the priest your only requirement? Or will there be other things to do (e.g. engaged encounters, couple-couple counseling, etc.)?

[greyhoundmn]

I don't think there will be a lot of "extras" that will need to be done, just a certain amount of time with him, but then again he hasn't done a wedding in 9 years. He'll be contacted tomorrow.

[rowanmayfairs]

Our Minister is SO SO SLOW about responding to my phone calls ..

Took a month to contact him, a couple of weeks to arrange a meeting..

So the first of September I will start trying to get ahold of him to make final arrangements.

[greyhoundmn]

Rowanmayfairs, we have the same wed date!

We're meeting with the priest this Sunday, I'm sure we'll be able to get everything done.

Only one month and a day though, mmm...

[rowanmayfairs]

Jaci has the same date too !!

Me and Jaci have been date twins for awhile..but its exciting to have a date triplet now :)

[Sk8ermaiden]

The Catholic church reserves the right to refuse to marry you if you don't meet with them at least 6 months out. (Of course, most priests won't refuse to marry you.) So ASAP! We just met with our priest this month, so we can get into the pre cana sessions this September and not have to worry about it again!

Good luck with your meeting!

[Vanessaness]

:nod: Yes I think you should contact your priest ASAP.

We're not getting married until next year and our church requires at least 12 months advance notice. And I live in a relatively small town!

We're also doing our engagement encounter in December. I hear they tend to book up quite early. Good luck with everything!