Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Resurrection Parish, Johnstown

A wedding at Resurrection Parish, in its church on Chestnut Street in Cambria City, Johnstown's old ethnic neighborhood, feels rooted in that story. The parish is a blend of six former parishes, German, Polish, Irish, Hungarian, Croatian and Slovak, and each brought a treasured piece to the new church. For wedding photos, the neighborhood streets outside give your photographer and videographer a historic setting for pictures with your family after the ceremony.

Your wedding ceremony takes place among those treasures: candlesticks from the Hungarian parish on either side of the altar, a statue of the Risen Lord from the Croatian parish, a statue of the Sacred Heart from the Slovak parish, the tabernacle and sanctuary lamp from the Irish parish, and an icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa from the Polish parish. Point them out to your photographer; they make meaningful details for your album and your wedding video. The parish also keeps an oratory with its library and a picnic grove with an outdoor altar.

The parish shares its priest and Mass schedule with Saint Clare of Assisi Church, and Sunday Masses are held at Resurrection Church. The parish website does not post a wedding page, so call the parish office, open Monday to Thursday. Other parishes in the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown ask couples to begin about nine months ahead under the diocesan marriage policy, so leave yourselves time before your wedding day.

• Call the parish office early to ask about dates.
• Ask whether the picnic grove can be used for pictures.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines in the church.

A little about Resurrection Parish

In July 2009 the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown merged the Cambria City parishes of Immaculate Conception, Saints Casimir and Emerich, Saint Columba, Saint Rochus and Saint Stephen into one parish. Its name, Resurrection, was announced that March.