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Marriage Preparation
We want to be helpful and supportive to you by making your wedding day a celebration of joy and assisting you in the process of growing in your relationship as husband and wife. To schedule your wedding, you must contact the Parish Office at least six months in advance. At least one party (the bride, groom, or either one’s parents) must be registered as parishioners. Please call the Parish Office at 952-447-2491.
If you would like to learn more about getting married in the Catholic Church and about the wedding policy at St. Michael, please see all the important documents on this web page.
Here are the steps involved:
T he first step is to contact the Jane Keough at the Parish Office to have her fill in a Couples Information form; she will direct you to other staff members for appointments. Marriage preparation at the Church of St. Michael includes the following: A meeting with the priest or deacon (wedding date is not official until this meeting), a Pre-Marriage Retreat, the Prepare/Enrich Program and a meeting with the Director of Music to plan the Liturgy and Music, and a conversation or meeting with the Wedding Liturgy Coordinator. The Wedding Coordinator works with the couple directing the wedding rehearsal and helps coordinate the Liturgy on the day of the wedding.What is the Sacrament of Matrimony?
The Sacrament of Marriage is a covenant or partnership of life and commitment between a man and woman, which is ordered to the unity and love of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children. When validly celebrated between two baptized people, marriage is a sacrament.Please see the Important Marriage Preparation and Planning Your Wedding Ceremony and two Rite of Marriage documents on this web page to the left.
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 baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.
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Parish Officeinfostmichael-pl.org
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