Weddings and the Catholic Church

zoosermom
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:24:06 +0000

I’d be very interested to know more about the natural birth control class @zoosermom mentioned in post #59. Didn’t know couples were required to do such things. Is this class taught by the parish priest? Is it a customary requirement or does it vary by diocese

I’m not Catholic and neither is my daughter - but they have decided to raise the children Catholic. The class is taught by a woman - I don’t know her actual title, but she is a lay educator and the class has to do with how to time births without interfering with God’s plan. There is a lot of information on the parish’s website about it and I was really shocked that this is a thing. But, as I said, I’m not Catholic. I’m going to look at the websites of the other large parishes in the area to see if it’s done everywhere. I’ve heard (and I have no way of knowing if this is true) that this particular parish is very conservative.

My Protestant denomination is on the plain spectrum and we’ve always been in the live and let live camp. I’m very glad that my daughter is being married in our church and really wish they were raising the kids there as well, but I completely understand and respect their decision. Now, of course, I will not be shy with my opinions on Christening attire, but, really, they just have to suck up some things!