Methodist Church
Can i have a ceremony in a Methodist church then again in a Catholic Church?
Me and my fiance are talking wedding plans. His family is Catholic whereas mine is Methodist. His father wants us to be married in his church. However my Grandmother always wanted me to be married in my church. Would it be weird to get married twice in different churches?
If you did it that way then the second ceremony wouldn't be a wedding, it would be a convalidation. And many priests refuse to do it as a seperate ceremony and will rather do it as part of a Sunday Mass.
But there are other loopholes:
Your fiance can go to his parish priest and ask for a dispensation from cannonical form. That way you can be married in the Methodist church but it will still be a valid Catholic marriage. He can also ask the priest to be present and to give a blessing. Then you go to your Methodist minister and ask him if he'll allow the priest to be present and to perform a blessing and maybe do the lighting of the unity candle.
Alternatively you could have a Catholic ceremony and all that entails (like agreeing that any children will be raised Catholic and attending a pre-marriage course). Most priests will have no problem with allowing a Methodist minister to be present and to give his own blessing. I would suggest if you do it this way that you rather not have a full Nuptial Mass if you're given the option because it will mean that you and your family would be excluded from it. His father probably won't like it but so long as your fiance agrees to it, it doesn't matter.
A third choice would be find a non-denominational chapel and then if you want the Methodist minister to be in charge you'll need a dispensation of form from the Catholic church. And if you want the Catholic priest to perform the ceremony then things are the same as a normal Catholic ceremony. But for this you'll need to ask for permission from the bishop (through a priest), however, since you both belong to different religions it shouldn't be too difficult to get the permission.
Any of these options should make everyone happy. None of them will have exactly what they want but it's not their wedding, make them happy up to a point and then do what you and your fiance want to do.
Good luck.
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