My husband, who is in the Army, and I were married by a justice of the peace in the courthouse. Mostly we did this because we were young, I am still in college, and we wanted to be married so that we could move into together, receive more money from the Army, etc. I will be graduating in shortly over a year & we want to have an actual wedding since it was only the two of us originally. We were both raised Catholic and it would mean the world to us to receive the Sacrament of Marriage through our church back home. The only problem is that, from what I understand, if we do a "blessing of the marriage" or "renewal of the vows" we are not suppose to have any sort of elaborate wedding... is this true? I really want it to be like an actual wedding, a beautiful gown, lots of guests (we both have very big families), flowers, a nice reception... the whole nine yards basically! Can someone tell me if this would be wrong to do considering it's a convalidation of marriage? Thank you. K. Mel
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You are correct that this is not a wedding, so it shouldn't appear to be one. It is a convalidation of your marriage. The key word here is 'marriage' as you are already married. In fact, we have many posts concerning this same issue. So, you may want to read those as well. There are many who chose to do as you. Once you make the decision to marry, you are.
It is written in all etiquette books that couples are expected to have small family affairs when blessing their union in a church. The attire is very nice 'church' attire.
Convalidating our marriage?
