Non-Practicing Catholic marrying into very religious family. Can I get married in the Catholic church?

A Catholic and non-Catholic can get married in the Catholic church, but the requirements really very from diocese to diocese. Have FH contact the church where he wants to get married for the specific requirements.

You may have tell them that you're not Catholic because they will likely see as Catholic since you were batptized as such. And if they see you as Catholic they'll probably want to see you at church regularly.

In addition, most diocese require Pre Cana which is at least 4 hours (usually longer) and is a kind of marriage prep class. You'll also likely be asked to meet with the priest.

But I really can't stress enough to find out what the requirements are at FH's church. The churches I've been in contact have communicated very different things to me, sometimes different between who I talked to at each church. Good luck!

I think having gone at least to 1st communion Is good. I believe, and I could be wrong, that you need confirmation. Otherwise, attending church is what you must do to be considered a good practicing Catholic. So essentially everything you don't want to do is what you are likely going to need to do. People have interfaith marriages all the time. My Mother is catholic, my father was not. Back then they had to get special permission to marry. My Dad had to agree we would be raised catholic. The thing is, you are catholic so I think you need to talk to the priest.

This varies completely by church. I did research and thought that as a non-Catholic we would have to get permission from the bishop. Turns out since FH is practicing and has been baptized and confirmed we're good to go.

My siblings and I were all baptized catholic. When my sister was married in 2010 her church said she needed to complete her sacraments for a full mass. They could be married without the mass but it meant a lot to her now husband for communion to be offered

My parents got married in a Catholic church even though my dad is Presbyterian. They had to promise to raise their kids as Catholic or something plus take the marriage counseling course. They said the class was pretty annoying because they were 27/28 at the time and all of the rest of the couples were late teens/very early twenties, so the course was mostly about adult/life skills they'd already been managing for quite some time. They weren't super impressed learning to balance a check book, for example. It was really important for my nana that they be married there, so they jumped through the hoops.

Yes, you can.

My father is Catholic and my mother is Buddhist and they got married in a Full Catholic Wedding Mass.

I'm Catholic and FH is Buddhist and we are also getting married in a Full Catholic Wedding Mass.

You may need to ask your church about this because some priests might be more open than others so you will just need to find one that will accommodate your situation.

My friend fibbed. She said she was willing to raise her kids catholic, go to church every weekend as schedules permit, etc. After the wedding (she did have to go to church before the wedding but she listened to her ipod and ignored the service), and they never stepped foot in the church again, did not baptise their kids or anything. All her husband cared about was getting married in the church to make his parents happy, he had no intention to continue to go to church if his bride didnt want too. The point is, do what you have too to get married in the church and then after you can do whatever you want.

I can't say for sure, but my brother (who is not Catholic) was married in his (now) wife's church. Because he is not Catholic they could not have a formal mass with communion... But it was still a beautiful ceremony.

It is funny because my best friend and I were just talking about this exact subject yesterday!! Personally, I am not very religious...and we are not planning on having a religious wedding. However, my best friend is somewhat religious...as far as, she attends church but that is about it. So I knew she would know more on the subject then I would. We started talking about it and she shared her story of her children's baptisms.

Her children are around the ages of 6 and 7 (if I am not mistaken...yes she is my best friend! I should know their ages but I dont...slap myself on the wrist right quick!!). When they were born she wanted to get them baptized by the Catholic church. Literally...the church was EXTREMELY strict on who their godparents were going to be, had they done their communion and all of their other sacraments and blah blah blah. If their godparents they had chosen had not...the catholic church would not recognize them as being godparents. It was a huge to-do...out of her entire family and her husbands, they only had one person (her uncle) who had completed the requirements (and they both have HUGE families!). Finally, they caved and decided to have the other godparent, who was her husbands sister, to be put down as a "Nonrecognized Catholic Practicing Christian" even though she was a practicing catholic church goer...but she had not completed all of the necessary requirements of being a "practicing catholic" by the church. They were extremely upset by this but they were not willing to wait the year plus to find someone willing to go through the process of becoming a "Recognized Practicing Catholic" by the church.

Now of course, each church is different...but they all normally run pretty much the same.

If you do not meet the requirements that the catholic church asks of you to be a "Recognized Practicing Catholic" you will not have a recognized wedding...not saying you cannot have the wedding...it will simply not be recognized by the church itself. If this doesn't really matter to you, then simply take the frowns from the church with a grain of salt. However, a church may flat out decline the wedding because you are not recognized.

Basically, it all depends on which church you wish to have your wedding at. If the church is open minded, you won't have a recognized wedding but you can still have the wedding. If the church is very narrow minded, they may decline your wedding because one or both of you are not recognized.