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Pr e par i ng f or M ar r i age at or thr ough St John L l oy d Catholi c Chur ch Baptism Certificates and Letters of Freedom Before a couple can be married in the Catholic Church, the clergyma n administering the marriage must receive reasona ble proof that neither party is already married. The proof is only considered valid when obtained six months or less before the date of the wedding. So, s i x mont hs be f ore your wedding date the following documents should be sought, and – as soon as all the documents are ready – they must be presented or s ent to the clerg yman adm inistering your wedding : For Catholics Send a stamped, self-address ed envelope to the parish where you were baptised. Explain that you are getting married shortly, and ask the parish to issue a baptism certificate. ALSO, send a stamped, self-addres sed envelope to each and every parish where you have li ved for 6 months or longer since your 16 th birthday. Explain in a covering note the dates when you resided there and ask for a L e tte r of F r ee dom to enable you to get married. If you do not know the identity or address of the parish(es) you need to write to, please seek advice from the minister helping you prepare the paperwork. For Non-Catholics If you have ever been baptised ( sometimes called ‘christened ’), you will need to provide us with si ght of document attesting your baptism. It does not need to be recently issued. An original issued at the time of baptism is ac ceptable; if this is no longer ava ilable, contac t the church wh ere the bapt ism took place. ALSO, ask a person who has known you since the age of 16 – e.g. a parent, brother/sister or close friend – to write a letter attesting that to the best of their knowledge you have NEVER BEEN MARRIED – this form of words is important. The letter must state: Their current address; The date of writing; Their relationship to you; That to their best of their knowledge you have NEVER BEEN MARRIED. e.g. as follows: 99 Newport Road, CARDIFF. CF1 2XX 29 th February 2012 I, Maggie Smith, the mother of John Smith, testify that to the best of my knowledge John has never been married. [Signed] Maggie Smith [Date in handwriting] 29/2/2008 If you are now having blessed in church a relationship in which you are already civilly married, then the form of words is like this: I, Maggie Smith, the mother of John Sm ith, testify that to the be st of my knowl edge John has never bee n married prior to his civil wedding to Jane Davies on 24/12/2006.
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Preparing for Marr iage
at or through St John
L loyd Catholi c Church
Baptism Certificates and Letters of Freedom
Before a couple can be married in the Catholic Church, the clergyman administering the marriage mustreceive reasonable proof that neither party is already married. The proof is only considered valid whenobtained six months or less before the date of the wedding. So, six months before your wedding date thefollowing documents should be sought, and – as soon as all the documents are ready – they must be presented or sent to the clergyman administering your wedding:
For Catholics
Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the parish where you were baptised. Explain that you are gettingmarried shortly, and ask the parish to issue a baptism certificate.
ALSO, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to each and every parish where you have lived for 6 monthsor longer since your 16
th birthday. Explain in a covering note the dates when you resided there and ask for a
Letter of F reedom to enable you to get married. If you do not know the identity or address of the parish(es)you need to write to, please seek advice from the minister helping you prepare the paperwork.
For Non-Catholics
If you have ever been baptised (sometimes called ‘christened’), you will need to provide us with sight ofdocument attesting your baptism. It does not need to be recently issued. An original issued at the time of baptism is acceptable; if this is no longer available, contact the church where the baptism took place.
ALSO, ask a person who has known you since the age of 16 – e.g. a parent, brother/sister or close friend – to
write a letter attesting that to the best of their knowledge you have NEVER BEEN MARRIED – this form ofwords is important. The letter must state:
Their current address;
The date of writing;
Their relationship to you;
That to their best of their knowledge you have NEVER BEEN MARRIED.
e.g. as follows:
99 Newport Road, CARDIFF. CF1 2XX
29th February 2012
I, Maggie Smith, the mother of John Smith, testify that to the best of my knowledge John has never
been married.
[Signed] Maggie Smith [Date in handwriting] 29/2/2008
If you are now having blessed in church a relationship in which you are already civilly married, then theform of words is like this:
I, Maggie Smith, the mother of John Smith, testify that to the best of my knowledge John has never beenmarried prior to his civil wedding to Jane Davies on 24/12/2006.
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Preparing for Marr iage
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Data Protection Statement
As a natural part of preparing your wedding, you will be asked to provide personalinformation for both civil and church records.
Contact information about your household will be held on the premises of St JohnLloyd Parish securely in paper and/or electronic form, and to the extent requiredto make possible their work, this information will also be made available to parish
administration staff/volunteers and providers of local Catholic MarriagePreparation courses.
Your wedding application form will be processed by St John Lloyd Parish. If thevenue of your Catholic wedding is outside John Lloyd Parish, the paperwork willpass through the Chancery Office of the Archdiocese of Cardiff and of the Dioceseof the place of your wedding, before reaching the parish office of the parish whereyour wedding takes place. The paperwork will also pass through the ChanceryOffice of the Archdiocese of Cardiff if any formal dispensations are required. Anyof these offices may keep permanent copies of the documentation.
Basic contact information for your household will be maintained on the parishdatabase for 80 years, or until you notify us that you have moved out of theparish or no longer wish to be involved with the parish. Such contact informationmay be used to invite you to parish events from time to time, and to allow parishstaff or parish volunteers to make a pastoral visit to your home.
Once your wedding has taken place, that fact and the names of the witnesses willbe recorded in a permanent register at the parish of the wedding (or, if you havereceived a dispensation to be married in a non-Catholic church, in the MarriageRegister at St John Lloyd). The baptism register of the Catholic partner(s) held at
your church of baptism will also be annotated to record the fact of your marriage.
You have the right to request a copy of the information held by the parish aboutyourself, and to challenge and correct any inaccuracies.
Since religious affiliation is “sensitive” data under UK law, your explicit consent isrequired to hold this data. On the marriage application form, there is a box inwhich you must explicitly give consent to your data being handled in the waydescribed above. This letter is for you to keep as a record of the consent whichyou have given by signing the marriage application form.
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