Catholic Weddings in Hawaii

Each year thousands of Catholic couples come from around the world to exchange their marriage vows here in the beautiful tropical South Pacific islands of Hawaii. One of the most beautiful places in the world to begin their lives together as man and wife.

Catholic weddings are very beautiful, and each part of the ceremonies hold a lot of symbolic meaning to the couples as well as the wedding guests and family members witnessing the couple exchanging their vows.

Many people mistakenly believe that "Catholic" refers to the Roman Catholic Church only, this is not true. The Roman Catholic Church is just one of the many Catholic churches around the world like the Old Catholic Church, American Catholic Church, Independent Catholic Church, Ecumenical Catholic Church, and Apostolic Catholic Church and many others. Each church is a part of the "Catholic Church". All Catholic Churches are in apostolic succession, with their apostolic lines tracing directly back to the original twelve apostles and Jesus Christ himself.

Paradise Weddings & Travel is a ministry of the Ecumenical Catholic Church of America. The Ecumenical Catholic Church is an Independent Catholic Jurisdiction under the authority of a Patriarch, similar to other Orthodox and Catholic churches around the world, and follows the apostolic Catholic traditions and teachings passed down to the Catholic Church from the apostles and early church fathers.

The main difference in Catholic marriages between the Ecumenical Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church is that the RCC in the United States will not allow you to have your ceremony at any place outside of the church building. The RCC does allow weddings outside of the church building in other parts of the world, but here in the United States, they rarely ever allow this option unless there are dire reasons as to why the ceremony can not be performed inside the church building. And before you ask, No, wanting to have your ceremony at sunset on a beach is NOT a good enough reason for the RCC to authorize it. Rarely, a wedding will be authorized in a hospital, or nursing home, if the patient can not be moved to the church building for the ceremony, but that's about the only time it is authorized.

The Ecumenical Catholic Church does allow Catholic Marriage Ceremonies to be performed in other locations outside of the church building, including outdoors on the beach in most cases. So yes, you CAN have the Catholic Wedding Ceremony on a beautiful Hawaiian beach at sunset like you have always dreamed about!

Catholic marriage ceremonies performed outdoors or at any location other than inside a church building will be the same ceremony as if they were performed inside the church building. With all the formality, symbolism, and beauty that the Catholic Marriage Ceremony is known for, in many cases including mass.

Only Paradise Weddings & Travel, through the Ecumenical Catholic Church, can provide a Catholic Marriage Ceremony at any location other than a church building in the State of Hawaii.

 

For more information on Hawaii Catholic Weddings, visit our sister website www.HawaiiCatholicWeddings.com