Thursday 21 October 2010

Church wedding

Please note that many people would like to have a church wedding, a catholic one for most Colombians.
Make sure to speak to your church's priest (the one you belong to, not necessarily the one that you want to be maried by) and get the pre- requisites in order to get married.
My husband to be belongs to the Church of england! so you need a special permit signed by the bishop for something that is called a Mixed marriage delegation. This is not difficult to obtain but you need to get it signed at the Arquidiocesis de Cali, the offices are close to La Merced Church.
you may only be married by the catholic church in an actual designated church! so PLEASE make sure that you get proper permission for any chapel before you find out that you can't get married there.
Also if you want to be married by a catholic priest wave goodbye to any OUTDOOR wedding. This will not happen. You will have to get a registrar instead.
The most important requirement is the pre-marital course, this takes 2 days minimum, so please take this into account if there are any flight arrangements to be sorted.
these courses are not done by the priests themselves but by groups like Movimiento familiar cristiano who help couples with these courses.
Also you only get your marriage certificate from the church 7 days after the wedding and then it is important to take it to the notary to be able to register it and make it LEGAL. (usualy by then you are on your honeymoon and it gets forgotten that this is important to do)
well i wish someone told me first of all this!!!! I am a nerve wreck as my fiance will arrive in cali 3 days before the wedding. wish me luck!!!

Avances

Bueno poco a poco se acerca la hora del matrimonio, ya tengo el sitio perfecto, el vestido perfecto fue comprado por mis futuros suegros en inglaterra y es absolutamente perfecto!
Tambien tengo mi decorador, se llama David Vasquez y es el mejor decorador de Cali, ideas super originales y es muy creativo, l forma mas facil es contactarlo por facebook, pondre fotos de la fiesta apenas regrese de mi luna de miel!!!
Muy contenta, ahora solo me falta relajarme en las limpiezas faciales (ok nadie que haya sufrido una limpieza facial se relaja en ella) pero pronto llegara el bano de Luna y el masaje yupi!!!