Soon-to-wed couples who plan to have their wedding in a garden, hotel, or beach may put their wedding plans on hold as Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales has banned wedding rites from being held outside the churches.
In a circular released recently, Cardinal Rosales said “all Catholic marriages within the Archdiocese of Manila should be held only within the parish churches, except those in “articulo mortis” cases”. By articulo mortis means ‘at the time of death’ or ‘at the point of death’. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines news site, www.cbcpnews.com, used the religious term in periculo mortis which means ‘in danger of death’.
The Cardinal said he was acting to prevent the sacrament of marriage being ridiculed and to press the observance of “all ecclesiastical laws.”
“I have to ensure that abuses do not creep into ecclesiastical discipline, especially concerning the celebration of the sacrament of marriage”, Cardinal Rosales said.
Title VII Chapter V Canon 1118 does state that wedding should be celebrated in a parish church. However, each bishop may particularize the policy in his diocese.
In an interview over Radio Veritas (DZRV 846kHz) last June 1, 2009, Cardinal Rosales reminded couples to focus on the solemnity of their marriage and avoid placing too much attention on their wedding details. He also reminded soon-to-wed couples of the value of the “mystery of the sacrament.”
In a circular released recently, Cardinal Rosales said “all Catholic marriages within the Archdiocese of Manila should be held only within the parish churches, except those in “articulo mortis” cases”. By articulo mortis means ‘at the time of death’ or ‘at the point of death’. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines news site, www.cbcpnews.com, used the religious term in periculo mortis which means ‘in danger of death’.
The Cardinal said he was acting to prevent the sacrament of marriage being ridiculed and to press the observance of “all ecclesiastical laws.”
“I have to ensure that abuses do not creep into ecclesiastical discipline, especially concerning the celebration of the sacrament of marriage”, Cardinal Rosales said.
Title VII Chapter V Canon 1118 does state that wedding should be celebrated in a parish church. However, each bishop may particularize the policy in his diocese.
In an interview over Radio Veritas (DZRV 846kHz) last June 1, 2009, Cardinal Rosales reminded couples to focus on the solemnity of their marriage and avoid placing too much attention on their wedding details. He also reminded soon-to-wed couples of the value of the “mystery of the sacrament.”
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Kasal.com thanks the following sources for this article:Archbishop of Manila. Circular No. 2004-65. Circular On Weddings In The Archdiocese Of Manila. Retrieved December 1, 2009 from
http://rcam.org/news/2009/circular_on_weddings_in_the_archdiocese_of_manila.html
Lagarde, Roy, CBCP News. Manila cardinal bans weddings outside churches. (Posted November 27, 2009) Retrieved December 1, 2009 from
http://www.cbcpnews.com/?q=node/11369
Franche, Doris and Mer Layson, Pilipino Star Ngayon. Beach, garden, hotel wedding bawal na. (Posted November 28, 2009) Retrieved December 1, 2009 from
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=527443&publicationSubCategoryId=92
Sun.Star Manila. Cardinal disallow wedding outside churches. Posted November 27, 2009) Retrieved December 1, 2009 from
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/cardinal-disallow-wedding-outside-churches
Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Code of Canon Law (English Translation) (Created 1983) Retrieved December 1, 2009 from
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P40.HTM
how can people afford to pay the fees in the church?
ReplyDeleteI as a bride to be wants to have a church wedding but due to high cost of the church i cant afford to pay the said amount.i guess hindi naman sinabi ni lord na dapat ganito ang fees ng mga churches para maikasal sila.I have already inquired some churches and the fees ranges from 10K up to 25K,and it cost too much for an ordinary employee. 10-25K for the church fee,eh pwde na yung idagdag sa cateering services e.I hope the church management would be considerate enough to those people who want to walk down the aisle but cannot because the high fees you have been charging to us. So I am appealing to those higher churches officers to kindly check the churches fees para naman yung mga tao na gusto magpakasal sa church ay matupad nila yung dream nila..