Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Catherine of Siena Church (Mount Union), Mount Union

A wedding at St. Catherine of Siena Church brings you to West Market Street in Mount Union, a small Catholic parish where the whole community knows the church well. It's a modest, welcoming setting for a wedding ceremony, and a good place for wedding photos that feel personal: family filling the pews, the walk down the aisle, and the moment you come back out the front doors as a married couple. Your wedding videographer can follow that whole path, from the processional to the recessional.

The parish renovated its entrance in 2012 and added a wheelchair lift, so grandparents and guests who have trouble with steps can get inside easily. Plan a few minutes outside the doors after the ceremony for a picture with everyone before you head to your reception, which will be somewhere else, since the parish doesn't publish any reception space.

Couples are asked to contact the office at least nine months before the wedding date. That lead time covers the Church's marriage preparation, choosing readings and music, and setting the time of your wedding day Mass or ceremony. St. Catherine is part of the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, and the parish office can explain what it asks of couples who aren't registered members.

• Contact the parish at least nine months before your wedding date.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines in the church.
• Walk through the church with your photographer and videographer so they know where they can stand.

A little about St. Catherine of Siena Church

St. Catherine of Siena was established in 1912, when the bishop allowed a church to be built in Mount Union, and the building was finished and blessed in 1913. It began as a mission of Most Holy Trinity in Huntingdon and became its own parish on July 1, 1921.