Matrimony

We're pleased that you are interested in celebrating your wedding with us at St. Austin Catholic Parish!

Until you've completed and turned in a Wedding Request Form and met with one of the clergy at the parish, you can't visit with our Wedding Coordinator.

The St. Austin sponsor couple program uses materials called In Faithful Love for a program consisting of a series of marriage preparation sessions held in the home of a married couple who are trained in marriage ministry. It provides a personal approach, addressing the unique needs and issues of the engaged couple in a couple-to-couple fashion. Sessions are scheduled at the convenience of both couples.
 
At the first session, the engaged couple will meet the sponsor couple and take the FOCCUS, a series of questions about life style expectations, interests, personality matches, dual careers, problem, solving religion and values, family of origin, interfaith marriage, parenting, finances, sexuality, and the marriage covenant. This session usually takes and hour so. The FOCCUS inventory is scored by personnel at St. Austin and returned to the sponsor couple.
 
During the next four sessions, which are held usually a week or two apart, the engaged couple works with their sponsor couple on FOCCUS materials with the sessions tailored to issues from the engaged couple’s answers on the FOCCUS inventory. This is a communication program. Much of the time the engaged couple are left alone to discuss things. Each of these sessions last about two hours.

As an engaged couple completing marriage preparation and liturgy planning for a wedding at St. Austin, the parish wedding coordinator will contact you regarding scheduling your FOCCUS testing and preparation schedule, including meeting with a priest, putting you in contact with our liturgy team, etc.  Please turn in your wedding request form to begin this process.
 

St. Austin Catholic Parish conforms to the General Instructions of the Roman Missal and all weddings celebrated in the parish will include the following parts that are sung:

(1) Gathering Hymn or Song (optional),
(2) Responsorial Psalm, and
(3) Gospel Acclamation

If a Mass is to be celebrated, then the following will also be sung by the assembly:

(1) Eucharistic Acclamations,
(2) Agnus Dei and
(3) A Communion Hymn or Song
(4) Gloria (Glory to God) after the opening remarks by the presider may be sung especially if a majority of those in attendance are active in their local parish.

The organist of the parish and a parish cantor will always provide the musical leadership for these portions of the Mass. Additional instrumental music, choral, and solo vocal works may also be included. All music for the Rites must conform to the Church’s teachings and instructions. The music must be sacred and should be pastorally, liturgically and musically appropriate for the Liturgy.

Catholics who were married in a civil ceremony or in a religious ceremony outside the Catholic Church who wish to have their marriage celebrated within the ritse of the Church should contact Pat Lucksinger, our Wedding Coordinator for more information.