Marriage from a Catholic Perspective

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Marriage from a Catholic Perspective
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Requirements For Catholic Marriages

• Priests
• Deacons
• Are only permitted to perform the wedding

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Requirements For Catholic Marriages

• Choice of parish remains with couple
• Cannon 1115 removed brides parish
• Refusal if couple do not live in the parish
• Preparation Pre Nuptial Inquiry

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Requirements For Catholic Marriages

• Notifications to parish of baptism
• Notification to Chancery
• Notice of Marriage 30 days notice
• Three months notice - preparation

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Requirements For Catholic Marriages

• Impediments Cannon 1083 1094
• Impotence (can 1084) must exist at the time of
  the wedding and be permanent.
• Prior Bond (can 1085) Prior married, no death
  certificate,
• Catholics are bound by canonical form.

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Requirements For Catholic Marriages

• Anglican marries a Uniting in a civil ceremony
  NO defect of form.
• Crime (can.1090) murdered to pave the way to
  marry another.
• Consanguinity (can 1091) marriage within the
  family.

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Consanguinity
John Mary Brian Alice David
Henry
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Consanguinity

• First cousins (Alice David)
• Contact with Genetic Doctor
• Church caution on marrying those too close.
• Apply for a dispensation
• Need for a family tree.

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Consanguinity

• Specific Teaching
• Church law becomes Secular law.

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Other Impediments

• Affinity (can.1092) Direct line. A parent-in
  law may not marry a child-in-law.
• Adoption (can 1094) Cant marry ones adopted
  child nor a brother/sister by adoption.

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Mixed Marriages

• 24 August 1977 Episcopal Conference statement
  on mixed marriages
• Paul VI stated (dissuadet) Mixed marriages
  because of inherent differences.
• Ref Matrimonia mixta
• Severissme Ecclesia ubique prohibet can 1060

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Mixed Marriages

• Matromonia mixta introduced 2 changes to the
  law.
• Catholic partner MUST declare his/her readiness
  to remove all dangers to his own faith.

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Mixed Marriages

• Make a serious sincere promise to do all in
  his/her power to have the children of the
  marriage baptized and brought up in the Catholic
  Church.
• Paul VI (Matrimonia mixta)
• New Code No formal promise

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Mixed Marriages

• Catholics obligation is to preserve practice
  his/her faith.
• No human authority can dispense it OR cause
  someone to lose it.
• Catholics can do no more than promise.

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Mixed Marriages

• Agreement unable to be reached
• Threat to marriage
• Obstacle to harmony future of marriage
• Neither divine or ecclesiastical law demands
  moral certainty to have children baptized.

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Mixed Marriages

• Non practising catholics.
• Some mixed marriages present NO problems.
• Can 1086 Disparity of cult
• Can 1124 Mixed religion
• Can 1125 specific guidelines

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Mixed Marriages

• Greek civil law recognizes a marriage in a
  Catholic Church.
• Greek Orthodox Church will NOT recognize the
  marriage.
• 1967 Latin Catholic in an Orthodox Church is
  valid. Catholic Church

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Different Marriages

• Between Australia Phillippnes
• Episcopal Conf. 1981
• Doubts by Priest
• Intercountry dialogue

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Different Marriages

• The very young common motives
• Pregnancy
• Desire to escape home
• Sense of failure/acceptance
• Low self-esteem
• Loneliness/depression

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Different Marriages

• Marrying out of physical attraction
• Everyone else is getting married
• Left on the shelf
• Parents wanting to get rid child through marriage
• In love with love

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Different Marriages

• Marriage as a status symbol
• Money/social standing
• A place to live
• Expectation is that the young do not fully
  understand the commitment of marriage.

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Different Marriages

• Intercultural Marriages
• Aware of potential problems
• Role of religion, children
• Matramonnia Mixta

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Different Marriages

• Re Marriage after Death or Nullity
• Canons
• Care and consideration after death or Nullity.
• Handicapped Understanding and careful planning.
  provision.

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The Documentation
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Commonwealth of Australia

• Notice of Intended Marriage
• 1 month 1 Day
• Completed by both parties.
• Under 18 NOT allowed

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Pre-Nuptial Inquiy

• Notice of Intended Marriage
• 3 months
• Completed by both parties.
• Under 18 NOT allowed

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Humanae Vitae
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Mixed Marriages

• Catholic Church DOES NOT allow two weddings.
• First wedding is valid.
• Can be convalidated.
• Greek Church requires a PROMISE.
• Cath. Ch. Abandoned this in Mat.mix