I grew up at this Church. I went to both school and was a parish member my whole life. So of course I wanted to get married in this church. Little did I know that they would charge me 400 dollars for music, that they forced me to play (they wouldn't let my 14 year old sister in law play a violin, all instrumental, piece for my processional. Which I was told was allowed 4 months before and was informed three days before the wedding it was not.)
Then they charged me 125 dollars for a wedding planner that gave me the wrong information and didn't know how to do a traditional Mexican catholic prayer (she knew we wanted to do it 6 months before, and informed the preist the day of). They also did not take a copy of our marriage certificate, so I got an email days after our wedding stating "it's not official until we have a copy" my husband is stationed in CA and we had left by the time they realized they did not have the correct paperwork.
Over all, my parents who have been parish members since my sister and I attended pre school there, and myself were very disappointed of the treatment and the cost of my husband and I getting Gods blessing.
On top of the 525 dollars we were also to give a "gift" to the priest who treated us like we were an inconvenience.
It's no wonder people stray away from continuing their faith, not only is it expensive, but there is no welcoming feeling anymore.
When my husband and I have children and move back to Colorado, we will be finding a different parish to start our family with.
