THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE
Arrangements to be married are made by filling out the Wedding Application Form and must be made at least one year prior to the wedding date. Contact the parish office to obtain the application.
Weddings are normally scheduled on Saturdays, limited availability, between the hours of 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. We cannot accommodate weddings after 2:00 pm on Saturdays or anytime on Sundays.
Please contact the parish office at 860-536-1800 or by email secretary@saintpatrickmystic.org for further information.
The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament (cf ⇒ CIC, can. 1055 # 1; cf. GS 48 # 1). The sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life (cf Council of Trent: DS 1799). ***CITING CCC 1660-1661