• Home
    • Prayer Requests
    • Veterans Day
    • Women's ACTS Retreat
    • Website Directory
    • Bulletins
    • News at Prince of Peace
    • Parish Calendar
    • Bulletin Board
    • Parish Priorities
    • Mens Lenten Retreat
    • Divine Mercy Sunday
    • Act of Consecration
    • Novena
  • Mass and Confession Times
    • Sts Peter and Paul
    • Holy Family Church
  • Connect with the Office
    • Sacramental Records Request
    • Connect with a Priest
  • Pray with us
    • Eucharistic Adoration
    • Night Prayer with the Priests
    • Prayers and resources
  • The 7 Sacraments
    • RCIA
    • Celebrating your Child's Baptism at Prince of Peace
      • Baptism Information
      • Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism
    • Sign Up For Sacramental Preparation
    • Marriages
      • Engaged Couples
      • Marriage Convalidation
      • Marriage Ministry
|||

Basilica of Sts. Peter & Paul
Our Lady of the Rosary 
Holy Trinity 
Holy Cross 
Holy Family

Prince of Peace

  • Home
  • Mass and Confession Times
  • Contact Us
Facebook YouTube News RSS Flocknote
Search
  • Home
      • Prayer Requests
      • Veterans Day
      • Women's ACTS Retreat
      • Website Directory
      • Bulletins
      • News at Prince of Peace
      • Parish Calendar
      • Bulletin Board
      • Parish Priorities
      • Mens Lenten Retreat
      • Divine Mercy Sunday
      • Act of Consecration
      • Novena
  • Mass and Confession Times
      • Sts Peter and Paul
      • Holy Family Church
  • Connect with the Office
      • Sacramental Records Request
      • Connect with a Priest
  • Pray with us
      • Eucharistic Adoration
      • Night Prayer with the Priests
      • Prayers and resources
  • Bringing your marriage into the Church

    • The Catholic Church is a Sacramental Church, and it is through these sacraments that we experience the graces of God and understand His working in the world.  Most know that the Church has seven Sacraments through which God's people have traditionally experienced the salvation offered through the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharistic, Confession, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Marriage.   When Catholics get married "outside the Church," meaning that they did not have the Catholic Church present, then they cannot celebrate any of the other Sacraments until the marriage is convalidated in the Church.  Moreover, Catholics married outside the Church cannot be Godparents for Baptism or Sponsors for Confirmation until their marriages are brought into the Church.  

      A Marriage Convalidation is simply repeating your marrige vows before a respresentative of the Church, which is normally a bishop, priest or deacon.  The process begins by setting up an appointment with the parish priest to gather the necessary information to raise the marriage to the level of a Sacrament.  Assuming this a first marriage for both individuals, the process is quite simple.  If there are former marriages and the former spouses are still living, it may include beginning the anullment process for the prior marriages before being able to convalidate the marriage.  Regardless, the first step is meet with one of the parish priests to talk through the steps need to validate your marriage and return to the Sacraments, including Holy Communion.   Click here to go to contact the office for an appointment with one of the priests

  • WHY A CATHOLIC MARRIAGE?

  • WHAT CATHOLICS MEAN BY MARRIAGE

  • THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

  • Home
      • Prayer Requests
      • Veterans Day
      • Women's ACTS Retreat
      • Website Directory
      • Bulletins
      • News at Prince of Peace
      • Parish Calendar
      • Bulletin Board
      • Parish Priorities
      • Mens Lenten Retreat
      • Divine Mercy Sunday
      • Act of Consecration
      • Novena
  • Mass and Confession Times
      • Sts Peter and Paul
      • Holy Family Church
  • Connect with the Office
      • Sacramental Records Request
      • Connect with a Priest
  • Pray with us
      • Eucharistic Adoration
      • Night Prayer with the Priests
      • Prayers and resources
Contact us at Prince of Peace Parish, 607 Sabattus Street, Rear Entrance, Lewiston, ME 04240      Tel. (207) 777-1200         e-mail: pop@portlanddiocese.org
Login
powered by eCatholic®