St. Martha Catholic Church
Marriage Check Off List
1. Are you registered at St. Martha’s Catholic Church? If not, you must register immediately. If you are a registered member of another Catholic Church, then you must ask for a letter of permission from your pastor.
2. Process should be started (6) months prior to wedding. First check with the secretary to see if the date and time you want is available. The secretary or Deacon will begin the process with some forms.
If either person has been married before, you will need to speak with the priest or deacon before choosing a wedding date. The priest will determine what process needs to be followed (annulment, lack of form, or dispensation).
You will be given the following at your appointment:
a) Preliminary Wedding Information Sheet
b) Marriage Check Off List
e) Freedom to Marry forms (“B” Forms)
f) Together for Life book (marriage ceremony preparation book - at the back of the book you will find a tear-out selection form for choosing readings, prayers, etc. to be used in your ceremony).
g) Marriage Preparation pamphlet
3. Wedding date has been scheduled for:
Wedding rehearsal has been scheduled for:
4. An appt. to take the Pre-Marital Inventory (PMI) has been scheduled for:
An appt. to review the PMI has been scheduled for:
5. An updated/current Baptismal certificate and a copy of the Confirmation certificate need to be acquired. Please have the certificates sent to the Parish Office as soon as possible.
6. If the wedding preparation is being done at another church, couple MUST provide the name of the person giving them instructions at the church, name of the church, address and phone number. All original documents MUST be received at least two weeks before the wedding.
7. Couple MUST attend a Marriage Preparation Program (One-Day Marriage Program, Engaged Encounter Weekend, or Pre-Cana Conference). You will be given a certificate after you have completed the program.
8. Form “B” is to be returned to the secretary as soon as possible. (Each person is given 2 “B” Forms to give to 2 separate family members. This form is for them to testify that the Bride or Groom is free to marry. The form MUST be signed in front of a priest or deacon and affixed with the parish seal.
9. Couple will be contacted by our Music Director about a month before the wedding.
10. Get your Marriage License at the Courthouse. You can get the Marriage License anywhere in the State of Florida. If you present your Marriage Preparation Program Certificate, you should get a discount (only applicable for the One-Day Marriage Preparation Program in Sarasota).
11. A month before the wedding, the following needs to be given to the secretary:
(a) Together for Life tear-out section.
(b) Marriage License
(c) Marriage Preparation Program Certificate
(d) Wedding Fee