Ceremony conundrum

Since before I was engaged, my fiance said he wanted to be married in the Catholic church. So when it came to planning, since I am not Catholic, I left the ceremony details to him. 

Since my fiance has been teaching at a Catholic school for many years and he really wanted to look into having the ceremony at the school church. At the moment though, the church has an interim pastor and after months of procrastination, my fiance finally asked if the interim pastor could perform the service there. Unfortunately, our Friday ceremony would not work there so, on to the second choice.

Our second choice was the local church that my fiance and his family have been a part of as he was growing up. I have been there a few times for special services with his family. It's a nice church and has been a part of the community for many years.

Because of how things went the last time, I decided to involve myself more in the ceremony planning with my fiance.

As I mentioned, I am not Catholic, and was not baptized so I was a little new as to what is required to be married at the church. I must admit I was a little nervous at first because of the fact that I am not baptized, but many churches are open and welcoming.

So, first my fiance has to get all his paperwork in order. Since he is Catholic, the father asked for him to get a new copy of his baptismal certificate, his first communion and confirmation papers also.

Luckily, he had all those things done at that church so if he couldn't find any paperwork, it has to be in a file there somewhere.

We are now waiting for the next step. To see what else is required, such as pre-marital counseling, and for how long. We are cutting it pretty close since when we first called the church, they said they ask for six months in advance to be married there. If everything works out right, it is a beautiful church and l would be happy to be married there.

I know no matter what happens though, my fiance has been very understanding and flexible about having the ceremony outside of the church. We just have to wait and see.

I must admit, I am a little nervous about meeting with the pastor and curious about the kind of counseling we need to do.

To married readers: Did you have to do any counseling sessions before getting married? What did you think about them?