Celebrating the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony is a special and joyful time for brides and grooms, for their families and friends and fo the parish community.  The new beginning, the love, the promise and the hope that weddings are for us, make their celebration a special and grace-filled time in our lives.

The church welcomes its members to celebrate and solemnize their weddings in the context of our prayer as Christians.  Indeed, so important is marriage in Christian life that it is called a Sacrament.  Great care is taken to see that the prayer for this special moment is reverent, graceful, beautiful, faithful to the tradition of the church, and open to the movement of God's Spirit among us.

Our celebrations of the Sacraments, holy matrimony included, are always rooted in listening to the scriptures so that we can be nourished and strengthened by God's word.  We always celebrate the Sacraments as a community.  We gather our brothers and sisters in faith, and ask for their prayerful support.

These celebrations are incomplete unless they are filled with song, prayerful gestures and with the silence in which we hear the voice of God in our lives.  In this context, we begin with this important principle: the celebration of a wedding is an expression of the faith of the Christian Community and as such must express the best act of worship the community can provide.  Therefore, the parish weekend liturgy is the model to follow in planning a wedding.

In this spirit, St. Ludmila parish provides several guidelines for the celebration of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony in the building which shelters the prayer of our community.