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.