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   Congratulations on Your Engagement!

We want your wedding to be a prayerful and joyful celebration!

There is a saying, 

"A wedding is just one day, but marriage is for a lifetime."

We want to provide you with the best experience during the planning of your wedding as well as to prepare you well for the rest of your life in marriage. The Wedding Guidelines will help you as you begin this process.

Please contact us at least six months prior to the desired date of marriage so appropriate arrangements and preparation can be made. The St. Edward's Wedding Guidelines are available below so that there will be no misunderstandings during your preparation.  

To begin the Marriage prep process, please read the guidelines and contact the Parish Office Manager, Cheryl Boggess, by filling the form below OR contacting the office at 740-587-3254.

St. Edward Church - Wedding Guidelines

Diocese of Columbus information for Planning your Wedding Liturgy
 

Guide to Natural Family Planning in the Diocese of Columbus

For more information about planning the music for your wedding, please visit our Wedding Music page.

The Sacrament of Matrimony, whereby a man and woman are joined together in a life-long union of procreative love, is a calling from God. The creator established this purpose from the very beginning by the very manner in which He made men and women. Since God created man and woman, their mutual love becomes an image of the absolute and unfailing love with which God loves humanity. While the Old Testament gives witness to this loving union, the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament give ample evidence of Jesus' desire to raise this union to a new level of meaning. While in the old covenant the possibility of breaking this union by a decree of divorce is in evidence, Jesus pronounces a new teaching. In Matthew 19:3-12 Jesus teaches, "whatever God has joined no man must separate." Jesus clearly has a new teaching on the nature of marriage itself, it reflects the indivisible unity of the love of God. In this way Jesus raised the natural bond of marriage to a supernatural sacrament of life and love. The movement toward this life choice, the union of marriage, is, therefore, a moment requiring careful deliberation and spiritual preparation.