Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Christ, Prince of Peace Church, Ford City

A wedding at Christ, Prince of Peace Church takes place on Fourth Avenue in Ford City, in a parish that publishes clear marriage guidelines for couples. Your photographer and videographer will want to plan around the shape of a Catholic wedding ceremony here: the procession down the aisle, the readings, the exchange of vows and rings, and the recessional as you leave the church together. A film lets you hear the vows again years later, so make sure your videographer knows how the liturgy will unfold.

You can celebrate within a Nuptial Mass or in a ceremony outside of Mass, following the current Order of Celebrating Matrimony. The parish encourages couples to plan much of the liturgy themselves and gives you a planning booklet to work from. Catholics may proclaim the readings at Mass, and a non-Catholic Christian friend can read at a ceremony held outside of Mass. If you'd like a visiting priest, contact the parish office before inviting him.

Paperwork has a timeline of its own. Call the parish office for a Marriage Inquiry Form; your date is reserved once you and the pastor have signed it. Interviews and paperwork happen between four months and one month before the wedding, and every couple completes a marriage preparation program (Parish Marriage Preparation, Engaged Encounter or the Sponsor Couple Program) along with the FOCCUS inventory. Your Pennsylvania marriage license and all papers are due at the parish office at least two weeks before your wedding day. Current and former parishioners may generally get married here; others should speak with their own pastor and the pastor of these partner parishes. Weddings aren't scheduled on Sundays, and Lent is discouraged.

• Request the Marriage Inquiry Form early to hold your date.
• Ask the parish about its photo and video guidelines before your photographer plans the timeline, and leave time for wedding photos after the ceremony.
• Plan your wedding reception at a separate venue.

A little about Christ, Prince of Peace Church

Today Christ, Prince of Peace in Ford City and St. Lawrence in Cadogan are partner parishes of the Diocese of Greensburg, sharing one parish office and one set of marriage guidelines.