Every year we celebrate many weddings in the Dardanup-Boyanup Catholic Churches. We know that this is often due to the strength of our faith community, but we also realise that we are blessed with two of the most beautiful churches in the the South West. Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in Dardanup, is perfect for wedding celebrations of up to 250. St Louis in Boyanup is a much more intimate venue and is ideal for smaller weddings, with a true pioneering Australian feel to it.
The decision to marry is one of the most important decisions you will ever make, and by being married within the Catholic Church you will be making a solemn and sacred public commitment to each other before your family, friends and God.
For this reason the Church asks you to deepen your awareness and understanding of what it means to be married and how best you can prepare for a happy life-giving marriage.
This page has been prepared to assist you in understanding what is required of you to be married in the Catholic Church.
MARRIAGE PREPARATION
This action is supported by the Western Australian Government, which strongly advises all couples to undergo preparation for their marriage.
There are three programs available to you as follows:
PARISH PROGRAM
This involves five evenings spread across five weeks, where a parish team encourages you to explore such topics as family of origin, communications, expressions of feelings, intimacy etc. and to share difficult questions with your partner, so that you might learn to be completely open with each other.
The Parish based courses are run on demand a few times a year and there is no charge for your participation.
TOGETHER FOREVER
This is a one day course run by the Catholic Marriage Education Service in Perth and available on approximately 40 weekends of the year. The course is generally run on a Sunday with some Saturdays.
This course provides you with the opportunity to share your ideas and expectations about marriage, consider your long term commitment, and appreciate the strengths of your relationship. You will also learn some new skills to build on your relationship and identify areas in your relationship to work on together.
This course costs $110 per couple.
Bookings can be made by calling the Catholic Marriage Education Service in Perth on 9325 1859 between 9:30AM and 4:30 PM on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
ENGAGED ENCOUNTERS WEEKEND
This course provides you both, through a series of talks, the opportunity to discuss openly and honestly with each other, your future lives together; your desires, ambitions, goals, attitudes about money, children, sex, and understanding of marriage as a couples special relationship with God.
You will be presented with a series of topics designed to give you a deeper insight into marriage – the highs and lows – and to provide you with the skills needed to work through it all together.
The cost of the course is $195 per couple, which includes accommodation, all meals, tea and coffee etc. Courses are conducted approximately six times a year and are always on a weekend.
Bookings can be made by calling the booking couple on 9481 1873
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Documentation
FLOWERS
PHOTOGRAPHERS
The same requirements apply to a video photographer.
CONFETTI
PUNCTUALITY
MARRIAGE FEE
Please attend to this payment when you meet with the priest after the completion of your preparation course. If you have any difficulties in this regard please do not hesitate to mention this to them.
ON THE DAY
THE WEDDING CEREMONY
MUSIC
Popular music which refers only to the physical or emotional dimensions of love are inappropriate for the wedding service and are best reserved for the wedding reception. Your selection will need to be referred to the Priest for approval before the ceremony.