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Laura
Savvy August 2020

Divorced Catholic to remarry without annulment

Laura, on May 28, 2016 at 3:50 PM

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My Irish fiancé is civilly divorced (married in the Catholic Church). Unfortunately we don't want to file for an annulment, as he applied for US citizenship just after he was married, so the validity of his citizenschip may be called into question. Their divorce didn't end well, so we don't want to...

My Irish fiancé is civilly divorced (married in the Catholic Church). Unfortunately we don't want to file for an annulment, as he applied for US citizenship just after he was married, so the validity of his citizenschip may be called into question. Their divorce didn't end well, so we don't want to go there anyway. As a side note, I am Catholic as well, but I'm not religious enough to require a Catholic ceremony. Other than a civil service, does anyone know what our options are for a religious or spiritual ceremony? Thank you or any insight you might be able to provide!

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  • Original VC
    Master July 2015
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    Celia would know which denominations could marry you, AND she could also tell you which religions have bigger congregations in Ireland. I would definitely suggest Unitarian, but I'm not sure if they're easy to find there.

    Do you live in Ireland as well, or will you just go there to get married? You could have a civil ceremony there, and then a religious blessing in the US, in one of the more liberal churches.

    Also, and I apologize for suggesting this, but some priests would be willing to do a blessing ceremony for, eh, a donation. When DH and I tried to find a priest to marry us (neither of us is divorced, but he's not Catholic), there was one that hinted that if we made a 'donation', he'd perform the marriage. We stormed out after telling him we weren't bribing the church, or starting our married life with a bribe, but if you really want a Catholic ceremony that's an option too.

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  • Laura
    Savvy August 2020
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    @Novak: He has been a US citizen for 10 years now, no worries there.

    @VC: We live in California, so we're just having the wedding there. My family is in CT his family is in Ireland. My family loves to travel, his family has a lot of kids, so Ireland is the most convenient and meaningful location for us.

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    Master July 2015
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    I did a quick google search and found a few resources that could help you:

    http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/don-t-want-to-be-married-by-a-priest-call-the-solemniser-1.2195526

    http://interfaithministers.ie/

    http://spiritualceremonies.ie/

    http://www.dublinunitarianchurch.org/life-events/weddings/

    http://humanism.ie/ceremonies-2/weddings/

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