Who can be married in the Cathedral Parish (at Holy Redeemer Church or St. Patrick Church)?
Since our purpose is to establish sacramental Christian marriages in the context of the community of the Church, our responsibility is to celebrate marriages in which at least one party is an active, practicing parishioner. Minimally, this would be someone who has been regularly attending Mass here for at least six months prior to beginning marriage preparation. Please remember, our churches are not wedding chapels. They are the home of a parish community in which people are invited to encounter Jesus Christ through His Word and the Sacraments so that they might be strengthened by His grace to live out the Christian Faith. Therefore, they are generally available only for the weddings of those persons who are actively living their faith within this community. The only exception would be a case in which both the bride and groom live more than one hour from Madison, and at least one parent of the bride or groom is an active member of our parish (and has been for at least six months before
