Sequence of Events Leading to Your Wedding

The couple must contact the Parish Office at least 9 months prior to the anticipated wedding date if they plan to marry in SFX.  If the couple is made up of a Catholic and non-Catholic (Protestant-Christian or other religious tradition), then the Catholic partner must reside within the boundary of the three churches in the PJ district, namely  Assumption, St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier, including Chapel Kurnia Kristus. If both partners are Catholics, then one of the two must reside within the boundary of the three churches in the PJ district, namely Assumption, St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier inclusive of CKK.

 If you reside outside the Petaling Jaya district and wish to have your marriage solemnised in SFX, you must give us all the relevant original documents (letter of consent from your parish priest to marry in SFX, the Catholic Marriage Preparation Course Certificate, latest extract of baptism certificate, the completed pre-nuptial enquiry form, dispensation letter if required) from your own parish church before your marriage could be solemnised here.

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Civilly Married or Divorced

If a couple is already civilly married; or one of them is from divorced background, a preliminary interview with the parish priest is necessary before proceeding further.

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Catholic Marriage Preparation Course (CMPC)

The couple is required to register and attend the CMPC. The CPMC stretches over a period of 6 weeks; one session per week and the duration of each seesion is approximately 2 hours.

There is also a weekend CMPC only for couples who work irregular hours or if one of the partners works out of town. Presenters of the CMPC will contact you personally on the actual date and venue of the course nearer to your wedding date.

If the couple is working outstation or overseas, they should attend the CMPC course at a Catholic Church in the parish where they are residing and then have the Pre-Nuptial Enquiry conducted there.

A certificate will be presented to the couple on the last day of the programme.

This course is a pre-requisite for marriage in the Catholic Church.

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Pre-Nuptial Enquiry

On completion of the CMPC course, the couple who is getting married in SFX is required to make an appointment to meet the priest for the pre-nuptial enquiry.

This applied to:

a) The Catholic couple residing in the territories of St. Francis Xavier Church (SFX) [inclusive of Chapel Kurnia Kristus (CKK)], Assumption Church and St. Ignatius Church (SIC).

b) In the case of a mixed marriage, the Catholic partner must be a resident of the above mentioned territories.

This interview should be completed before making arrangements for the civil registration. The couple must present the following documents to the Parish Office before the PNE.

- a latest extract of your baptism certificate (i.e. within 9 months of your proposed wedding date)

- original and a photocopy of the CMPC certificate

- photocopies of couple's and their witnesses' identity cards.

- for a Protestant party - a photocopy of his/her baptism certificate.

- a passport-size photograph of each of the couple (for Church Marriage banns)

- if the couple is already civilly married, a photocopy of the civil marriage certificate (the original to be sighted by the Parish Office).

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Civil Registration

Upon completion of the PNE, the couple will be required to register their marriage with the Registrar of Civil Marriages either at a government office or with the Assistant Registrar of Marriage for the PJ District Catholic Churches, Mr. E.K. John. Civil Registration through Mr. E.K. John is done only for the Catholic couples who have Petaling Jaya addresses.

Mr. E.K. John's contact: 03 79561160 (Home)

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Payments to Church

a) A stipend of RM50.00 is charged for the wedding Mass/service (non-refundable).

b) A fee of RM100.00 is payable to cover cost of administrative expenses.

c) A deposit of RM100.00 for wedding booking not exceeding six (6) months or RM200.00 for wedding booking exceeding six (6) months is collected. This deposit is fully refundable if a couple confirms their booking two (2) months before the wedding date and will be refunded after the wedding is over. Your ORIGINAL receipt is required for a refund.

d) Organist fee/choir fee is to be paid directly to them - organist and / or choir to be arranged for by couples on their own accord.

e) The couple will have to make their own arrangements with regards to decorations and flowers.

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Preparation of Wedding Booklet

A sample wedding booklet (according to the guidelines given by the Archdiocese of KL) is available on a diskette.

Please observe strictly to the liturgical format given within and note that lighting the unity candle is NOT part of the liturgy.

The draft copy is to be submitted to the Parish Office for vetting before the printing can be done.

The wordings "baptised Catholics may now come forward to receive the Holy Eucharist" should be included at the appropriate place.

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For Rehearsals

Please contact the Parish Office to fix a date for the wedding rehearsal.

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Do's and Dont's

1. Make sure that your wedding does NOT fall on the following days as SFX does not solemnise marriages on these days:

a) Public Holidays, Sundays & *Mondays

b) Two (2) weeks before and one (1) week after Easter

c) One (1) week before and after Christmas

Note: *for exception please refer to the office

2. Come personally so that you may be briefed properly. DO NOT send a third party to make the wedding booking for you.

3. Remember to confirm your wedding booking two (2) months before your wedding date. Your booking deposit will be forfeited if you fail to do so.

4. Do not have your marriage civilly registered BEFORE you have completed the PNE with the priest. The Pre-Nuptial Enquiry (PNE) is done to make sure that you do not have any impediments to the marriage.

5. You are advised not to send out invitations until the PNE has taken place and dispensation (if any) has been obtained.

6. Please ensure that the bride, bridesmaids and lady lectors are attired appropriately to be in a place of worship, e.g. no plunging neckline, bare back, mini skirts, high slits. etc.

7. The throwing of confetti or blowing of soap bubbles is strictly not allowed in Church. It is difficult to clean up in time for other Masses.

8. Do not make last minute changes to the names of your witnesses once they have already been recorded in the Marriage Register.

9. Please be punctual for your special day. Do not be late as it may affect other Mass arrangements or disrupt the priests' other schedules.

10. The commentators and readers are to be selected by the couple. They should be Catholics.

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