Marriage

"The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptised persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a Sacrament"
(Catechism of the Catholic Church 1601).

Love and bear fruit...

Unity between a man and a woman is illustrated in the very first holy scripture as being a fundamental element in God’s design for his people on Earth.

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Those who seek to commit themselves to one another, and their relationship to God, should speak with the Parish Priest at the earliest convenient time. To marry within the Catholic Church, couples will be required to meet with the Parish Priest a number of times as well as completing the short ‘Marriage Care’ instructional sessions.

 

Couples should be regularly attending Holy Mass and satisfy the requirements set out to them by the Parish Priest before a provisional date for marriage is made. 

Engagement and marriage is an extremely exciting time for couples and their families but also for the community they share their faith with. As such, it is advantageous that couples immerse themselves in Parish life to fully celebrate the gift they have received in finding one another. 

 

Couples are advised not to make any firm arrangements for their wedding until they have received confirmation from the Parish Priest that he is satisfied they meet the requirements to marry within the Catholic Church. 


They become one flesh...


Holy Scripture teaches us that man and woman were created for one another: "It is not good that the man should be alone..." The woman, "flesh of his flesh," i.e., his counterpart, his equal, his nearest in all things, is given to him by God as a "helpmate;" she thus represents God from whom comes our help. "Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh." The Lord himself shows that this signifies an unbreakable union of their two lives by recalling what the plan of the Creator had been "in the beginning:" "So they are no longer two, but one flesh

( Catechism of the Catholic Church  1605).








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