Marriage

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Congratulations on your engagement and thank you for your interest in celebrating your wedding at:
St Stephen’s Cathedral, St Stephen’s Chapel, and or St Patrick’s Church.

All 2022 wedding bookings for St Stephen’s Cathedral, St Stephen’s Chapel, and or St Patrick’s Church include:

• use of the Church, and grounds for a period of 90 mins
• a Cathedral Priest
• a dedicated Wedding Coordinator
• an on-the-day Church    attendant
• an organist providing live music
• set up of the Church
• Church florals
• guest parking for the duration of your wedding *(weekend weddings only)*
• a rehearsal date

 
2023 wedding bookings   ( accepted after the 20/04/22) for   St Stephen’s Cathedral, and   or   St Stephen’s Chapel    include:

• a Priest or Deacon
• a Wedding Coordinator
• an on-the-day attendant
• set-up of the Church
• up to two floral arrangements
• an organist providing live music
• an accompanying soloist singing selected hymns
• the availability of the Church, and grounds for 90 minutes
• bridal party parking for the duration of your wedding
• ringing of the bells upon exit
• a wedding rehearsal

Booking requirements:

1. One partner must be a baptised Catholic.
2. Pre-marriage education and preparation must be completed (at least 3-months prior to your wedding date).
3. If either partner has been previously married, and divorced they will require a declaration of freedom to marry form from an ecclesiastical tribunal of the Catholic Church.  

In meeting the above requirements, you can then secure your booking by:

1. Payment of a 75% deposit.
2. Submission of a Wedding Booking Form. 
3. Signature on our Terms & Conditions.

 
​​WEDDING BOOKINGS: To secure a booking, a deposit of 75% of the booking cost is payable at the time of booking, coupled with the submission of a completed Wedding Booking Form, and signed Terms & Conditions. This deposit includes a non-refundable booking fee of $300. If for any reason the wedding is cancelled within three months of the date booked, there will be no refund of paid deposit. Full payment must be received six weeks prior to the wedding date otherwise late fees will be applied. *Only on receipt of your Deposit and your completed Booking Form will you then be notified by email confirmation of booking.​

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Important Information for Wedding Bookings

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Wedding   Terms & Conditions 2022, 2023 & 2024

Times
The following booking times   (pending availability)   are offered for Saturday weddings:

The Cathedral of St Stephen
10.00am            First and third Saturday of each month
1.30pm              Every Saturday of month
3.00pm              Every Saturday of month

St Stephen’s Chapel
11.30am            Every Saturday of month
4.30pm              Every Saturday of month

St Patrick’s Church, Fortitude Valley
1.30pm              Every Saturday of month
3.00pm              Every Saturday of month
4.30pm              Every Saturday of month

Weddings can also be celebrated during the week, in which case times are negotiable and subject to availability.

It should be noted that weddings   will not  be celebrated on the following dates:

• Sundays during Lent; 
• Holy Week;
• Easter weekend; 
• Christmas Eve or Christmas Day;
• Anzac Day; and
• Other public holidays throughout the year.​