Wedding in church or venue?

So I skipped a lot of other people's responses because this REALLY depends on the Priest. My fiancee and I found a catholic priest that will co-officiate our interfaith ceremony at an off site non denominational chapel with a Rabbi. There is a suggested donation of $500. We cannot afford that for both officiants so we are doing $250 a piece.

Start calling parishes and asking different priests. Apparently a lot of the red tape that existed before is being peeled away. Good luck!

We are getting married in a Catholic Church. I believe the reason they want you to jump thru all those hoops is because in the Catholic church, marriage is a sacrament and they want to make sure you as a couple are ready to take such a huge step. I appreciate everything that they are putting us through, it is just making us grow as a couple.

Okay ladies, I heard back from my church and it's 1045 total. The pre cana, mass, organist, lector and altar servers. Reasonable?

I am Catholic and was married in the church. the church has a small fee that varies. maybe $200-500. If being married in the church is important to you then do it. the Ceremony is the most important part. The reception is more for the guests. It is less work for you to have the ceremony at the church (Catholics cannot get married outside of the church) because you don't really have to do decorations and they provide the coordinator, music, celebrant, and guide you in making the ceremony. It may be slightly more expensive because if you have the reception and ceremony in the same place you can save on transport in between, the DJ could do music for both and the total time can be shorter.

Just saw your last post. $1,045 for pre cana, mass, organist, lector and altar servers?? for us it was:

pre cana $200 I think

mass $200

coordinator $200

musician $200

altar servers $40

and why are you paying for a lector? you choose a friend or family member to read.

Churches we looked at in my city are about ****. We are paying 2200 for our church. Our engaged encounter prep was $150. Not sure how much the organist will be or if there is a fee for that at ours. Ours is a very historic church in the heart of downtown and the other one we looked at is a Cathedral where the Archbishop usually is.

I am not catholic & we are getting married in a non-denominationl church. It's costing us a pretty penny. $600 to be exact. $150 to pianist, $150 to minister, $350 for use of church.