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

A wedding at St. Mary (Nativity) Church brings you to North Mount Vernon Avenue in Uniontown, to a Romanesque church that is also home to the main office of the Southern Fayette Catholic parishes. Romanesque churches are known for rounded arches and solid stone or brick walls, and those arches frame your walk down the aisle nicely in wedding photos. Plan time on the front steps for a picture of the whole wedding party.

Your wedding ceremony here is a Catholic celebration, with or without Mass, and the parish gives couples a planning booklet so you can choose the readings and music. St. Mary has its own organist, which helps your videographer, since a live organ makes a lovely sound for the processional on your wedding video. Photographers and videographers are asked to check in at the priest's sacristy before the wedding and stay in place once the liturgy starts, and cameras and microphones can't be fastened to the church's furnishings. You have thirty minutes after the ceremony for photographs or a receiving line, so many couples pick photographs and greet guests at the reception.

St. Mary follows the marriage guidelines shared by the Uniontown parishes. Members and former members get married at their home parish, and couples who are not parishioners need permission from their own pastor; ask the parish office before you set your heart on a date. One wedding is scheduled each Saturday, at 1:00 p.m., with none on Sundays. Marriage preparation through the Diocese of Greensburg is required, and the interviews and paperwork happen between four months and one month before your wedding day.

• Call the parish office for a Marriage Inquiry Form and reserve your date before booking anything else.
• If you aren't a parishioner, talk first with your own pastor; the parish office can explain the permission needed.
• Your photographer and videographer must contact the parish office a month before the wedding to go over the guidelines.

A little about St. Mary (Nativity) Church

The parish was formed in 1903 by families of Slavic heritage, who first worshipped in a wooden church at Stockton Street and North Mount Vernon Avenue. The present church was built in 1911 and 1912.