Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Mary Church (Hollidaysburg), Hollidaysburg

A wedding at St. Mary Church in Hollidaysburg takes place at one of the busiest parish campuses in town, on Clark Street with its school, convent and an adoration chapel open every day. The church holds most of the parish's weekend Masses, so it is well used, and your wedding photos will show a parish church at the center of its neighborhood. Talk with your photographer and your wedding videographer about the processional, the vows and where each may stand, since the parish has its own guidelines.

This is a church for your wedding ceremony. It shares a pastor, a website and an office team with St. Michael the Archangel on Spruce Street, and the parish records its weekend Mass and homilies online, so it is used to cameras. Ask the office about a place to wait before the ceremony, music and parking, since the website doesn't cover weddings. Plan your reception at a separate venue.

Weekend Masses here are on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 and 10:00 a.m., so ask which times are open for your wedding day. Every couple getting married in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown takes part in marriage preparation, offered by the diocesan Family Life Office in person or online. Ask early about flash, where a video camera can be set up, and whether a microphone may be placed near the altar.

• Call the St. Mary office at 814-695-0622 well before your date.
• Register for marriage preparation through the parish and the diocese.
• Walk the church with your photographer and videographer, and ask about photo and video guidelines.

A little about St. Mary Church

St. Mary is the older of the two Hollidaysburg parishes. It bought land for its first cemetery on Union Street in 1846, a burial ground St. Michael Parish began sharing in 1862.