My fiance is Hindu and I'm Catholic. We were hoping to get married in a Hindu ceremony and then follow it with a Catholic vow renewal/blessing, but have been told by my priest that this isn't allowed by the Catholic Church. According to him, we can have a Hindu ceremony with a Catholic priest present to give a small blessing, or vice versa.
This was awful to hear, but we were coping. Then I went online, and found dozens of examples of people doing both a Hindu and Catholic ceremony. (In fact, this seemed much more common than the scenario explained by my priest.) Has anyone else had a Hindu/Catholic wedding with two ceremonies? Or, if you had a blended ceremony, to what extent were you able to mix the two traditions?
I should add that I'm not interested in an "interfaith officiant." I feel that, if we're going to do this, it will be within the auspices of both our faiths, and not an imitation, Catholic-style ceremony. Those are totally fine, but not for me. :)
well, we haven't talked to our officiant yet, but I was raised Hindu and my FI was raised Catholic. He's not practicing, so we are having a non-denominational ceremony, with aspects of both. Traditional vows (though we will probably write them or having them be a little more modern that the Catholic ones), maybe a unity candle/sand, and either the 7 steps or garland giving part of the Hindu ceremony. We're not totally sure yet.
My point is that if you're willing to no get married specifically in either religion, you could probably find a way to blend them.
Would your priest let you get legally married at the Catholic ceremony, and then afterwards have a non-legally-binding Hindu ceremony? That way you could still do both exactly as you wanted, just swap the order so that the Catholic one still "counts" to the priest?
My fiance is Hindu and I'm Catholic. We were hoping to get married in a Hindu ceremony and then follow it with a Catholic vow renewal/blessing, but have been told by my priest that this isn't allowed by the Catholic Church. According to him, we can have a Hindu ceremony with a Catholic priest present to give a small blessing, or vice versa.
This was awful to hear, but we were coping. Then I went online, and found dozens of examples of people doing both a Hindu and Catholic ceremony. (In fact, this seemed much more common than the scenario explained by my priest.) Has anyone else had a Hindu/Catholic wedding with two ceremonies? Or, if you had a blended ceremony, to what extent were you able to mix the two traditions?
I should add that I'm not interested in an "interfaith officiant." I feel that, if we're going to do this, it will be within the auspices of both our faiths, and not an imitation, Catholic-style ceremony. Those are totally fine, but not for me. :)
posted by Houligan 3 posts 3 months agowell, we haven't talked to our officiant yet, but I was raised Hindu and my FI was raised Catholic. He's not practicing, so we are having a non-denominational ceremony, with aspects of both. Traditional vows (though we will probably write them or having them be a little more modern that the Catholic ones), maybe a unity candle/sand, and either the 7 steps or garland giving part of the Hindu ceremony. We're not totally sure yet.
My point is that if you're willing to no get married specifically in either religion, you could probably find a way to blend them.
Hope this helps.
posted by MissMallika 6 posts 2 months agoWould your priest let you get legally married at the Catholic ceremony, and then afterwards have a non-legally-binding Hindu ceremony? That way you could still do both exactly as you wanted, just swap the order so that the Catholic one still "counts" to the priest?
posted by bluebell 82 posts 2 months ago