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@RollBride: Is it a Catholic university? My guess is if it is not, Catholics need the special permission because the Catholic Church requires you do so in order to get married anywhere outside of a Catholic church.

@RollBride: The reason you need permission is because your campus chapel is most likely not a parish church. In order to get married outside of a parish setting, you need permission.  For instance, we got married at our alma mater, where the church is actually a parish church on the campus. We could not, however, get married in any of the chapels that are located in the dorms on the campus.  You will also most likely be required to provide a letter of permission from the priest at the bride's home parish, giving you permission to get married outside of your home church. 

Usually it is discouraged to do a full mass (with communion) when only one member of the couple is Catholic (you don't want your FH to be left out).  If you didn't do communion, you really just need the priest.  Usually people just have a deacon when they have a particular reason for selecting that person (family friend/relative, etc), and altar servers really wouldn't have too much to do without communion preparation.  The priest should be able to provide his own vestments if they don't have them at the chapel.  I don't really know a lot about planning a non-Catholic Christian wedding, but I'm pretty sure it would be the same amount of work.  By going with a Catholic priest, however, you will have a few extra rules in place--usually they do not permit secular music, you will have to do pre-cana, etc.