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Hi, guys —
I am in an interesting situation. My husband
was born and raised Catholic and received
the appropriate sacraments. I was born into
a home where my mother was Lutheran, but never
had me [baptized|christened]. Five years ago
I started going to Catholic churches with
my husband.
I soon then started taking RCIA classes with
our priest so that I may become a full-fledged
Catholic and catch up on my sacraments.
During this time, my husband and I became
engaged.
After I had completed the classes, and received
my sacraments, my husband and I ran into a
few financial and medical (health care) situations
that forced us to move our wedding up; we
temporarily were married by a Justice of the
Peace.
We now would like to receive our sacrament
of marriage and be married in a Catholic Church,
although we have been married by the state
for over four years. I am afraid that we will
not be able to do this. We love each other
very much, and have been through some of life's
toughest challenges together. I know in our
hearts that God is with us ever step of the
way. We attend church every Sunday, but do
not receive Holy Communion since we feel we
are unfit, even guilty, since we are not married
by the Church.
I fear calling my local Catholic parish, because
I still feel like an outsider since I did
not grow up as a Catholic, and fear the rejection.
We've only been part of this parish for about
2 years, but been part of other churches.
That said:
- Can we still be married in the Catholic
Church?
- If so, how do we approach this?
- Do we still need to take classes?
Erynn
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