We're at the 5.5 months mark. 5.5 months till we get married. And this weekend we are headed to a Catholic weekend retreat required by the church we are getting married at to attend. I'm not sure what to expect, as the last time I went on a religious retreat I was probably 12 years old. This whole process of getting married at a Catholic church has been a bit of an ordeal, which we had no clue since we've never been married before. When we finally decided on the church we wanted to get married at, that unfortunately is not our current church because of distance from the venue, we were asked to provide our baptism certificates that have been notarized with a current date. So no old copies. This became a little challenging because we were both baptized in our respective birth countries half way across the world. After weeks of conversation with family and some money exchanged through Western Union we finally got those certificates through the mail. That is when we were finally allowed audience with the priest in order to get our names booked into the church's calendar. During this meeting the lovely Irish priest who always replied with 'grand', informed us of the required engagement retreat and paperwork that required the signatures of two witnesses who declare that we both have never been married. Which brings us today where will be completing this first task this weekend and the latter I'm sure somewhere in the near future. I'm just relieved that our wedding day wasn't taken. Other than that I would like to also report of the suggested donation amount the church requires for this ceremony. All of which we had no idea would cost up to $1000.
So can some of you bride/groom-to-be commiserate with me on similar experiences.
