Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Patrick Church (Wellington), Wellington

A wedding at St. Patrick Church in Wellington begins at a pair of hand-crafted mahogany doors, made in Monterrey, Mexico, that open into the church. Those doors, the covered entry and the brick bell tower beside it make a warm frame for wedding photos as you arrive and as you leave together. Inside, the walk down the aisle is your processional, and your videographer will want to be ready the moment those doors swing open.

St. Patrick is a small-town parish church for your wedding ceremony or nuptial Mass. Weddings are held on Saturdays at 1 p.m. in the church, which makes planning your wedding day timeline easy: an early afternoon ceremony, pictures afterward, then on to your reception. The parish has a virtual tour of the church on its website, a good way to show your photographer the space before you visit together.

Contact the priest at least six months before your wedding date to begin marriage preparation. Catholic preparation here includes several meetings with the priest in the parish where you'll be married, a pre-marriage inventory that helps you see your strengths and growth areas as a couple, the required forms and baptismal documents, and a Pre-Cana workshop, time with a trained sponsor couple, or an Engaged Encounter weekend. The parish also livestreams Mass, so ask whether your ceremony could be streamed for family who can't travel to Wellington.

• Call the parish at least six months before your date.
• Plan your day around the Saturday 1 p.m. ceremony time.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and whether livestreaming is possible.

A little about St. Patrick Church (Wellington)

Catholics in Wellington built their first small frame church in 1858. Ground was broken for the present church on North Main Street in 1976, the first Mass was celebrated there in May 1977, and the bell tower was added in 1985.