Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Agatha Church (Meadville), Meadville

A wedding at St. Agatha Church on Pine Street in Meadville puts your ceremony in a grand old church, with a high altar made to order in Germany, full-sized statues of Mary and Joseph, side altars, and realistic stained glass windows along the walls. It's the main church of The Epiphany of the Lord Parish, and most of the parish's Masses are celebrated here. For your photographer and videographer, the long walk toward that carved high altar is the processional to plan your wedding photos and film around, with the windows coloring the light as the day moves.

The church hosts your wedding ceremony. Plan your wedding reception at a hall or venue elsewhere in Meadville, and leave time right after the ceremony for family wedding photos at the altar before guests head off. Ask the parish where the wedding party can wait before walking in and how long you'll have the church afterward.

Its matrimony page says it simply: your wedding day will be one to remember, and as much preparation goes into the sacrament as into the day. Contact the parish office as soon as possible after your engagement to meet with the priest and complete marriage preparation; the office is open weekdays and is in the same building on Pine Street. Ask about ceremony music, and share the plan with your wedding videographer, who will want to place a recorder for the vows in a church this size.

• Call the parish office as soon as you're engaged.
• Plan time for marriage preparation with the priest.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and parking.

A little about St. Agatha Church

St. Agatha's was organized around 1850 by German Catholic families. The present church was dedicated in 1873, its high altar arrived from Germany in 1888, and its stained glass windows were installed in 1910.