I remember when a marriage between a Catholic and a non-Catholic was performed at the side altar. My aunt told me that she and her husband who was a non Catholic were married in the priest's rectory, April 1946. Not only was my uncle a Catholic priest, my mother's family were very close to the parish priests but I guess it just wasn't allowed at the time. My mother was just going to get married in a plain old dress or suit when she and my Dad married (1 January 1942) but the pastor said that since theirs was to be the first marriage in the new (rebuilt?) church building (SS Mary and Joseph), he thought that she should do it up properly. My Mom got a wedding dress for $10.00. Her sister made a veil and the maid of honor's dress. Georgia Lsnehring@aol.com wrote: > Also....if you were a Catholic marrying a non-Catholic....many times the > priest did not allow u to get married in the church. My aunt and uncle had to be > content with being married in a side chapel, which was considered "kind of" in > the church and "kind of" not in 1937. By the time they had their 50th - he had > become Catholic and my aunt's dearest wish of being blessed in the church as > a married couple was fulfilled. > > So much, then as now, depended on the individual priest and how much he > allowed in HIS church. > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the author. You can read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at http://rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html.