{"id":801,"date":"2015-04-29T18:38:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T23:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holyfamilsparta-org.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=801"},"modified":"2025-07-10T09:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:54:49","slug":"marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/?page_id=801","title":{"rendered":"Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>.\u00a0.\u00a0. &#8220;God himself is the author of marriage.&#8221;\u00a0The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came\u00a0<\/em><em>from the hand of the Creator. ~ Catechism of the Catholic Church<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/holyfamilysparta-org.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kaluznyvanderhyde2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5081\" src=\"https:\/\/holyfamilysparta-org.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kaluznyvanderhyde2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"kaluznyvanderhyde2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sacrament of Marriage<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Congratulations on your Christian engagement! As you prepare for this celebration and lifetime commitment, the parish will assist you in your preparation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We maintain high standards in our sacramental preparation and worship life at Holy Family. A sincere respect and reverence for the traditions and rites of the Roman Catholic Church is expected of all involved. Please read the parish guidelines below, and feel free to bring any questions or comments you have to the parish staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/?attachment_id=8731\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8731\">Guidelines for the Rite of Marriage<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\">Couples wishing to be married at Holy Family Church\u00a0are expected to meet several criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Arrangements for weddings must be made with the church at least six months in advance of the wedding date.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The couple must be active and registered at a Catholic church.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The couple must meet with the Pastor for marriage preparation and also participate a Pre-Cana Workshop or work with a Marriage Mentor Couple from the parish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.\u00a0.\u00a0. &#8220;God himself is the author of marriage.&#8221;\u00a0The vocation to marriage is written in the very nature of man and woman as they came\u00a0from the hand of the Creator. ~ Catechism of the Catholic Church Sacrament of Marriage Congratulations on your Christian engagement! As you prepare for this celebration and lifetime commitment, the parish will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":711,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34960,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801\/revisions\/34960"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyfamilysparta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}