{"id":2822,"date":"2026-08-18T06:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T13:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/?page_id=2215"},"modified":"2026-08-23T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:17:32","slug":"marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/sacraments\/marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-threshold bf-img-1\" id=\"section_483736932\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-65282846\">\n\t<div id=\"col-490744514\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3689664723\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<!-- BLOOM_IMAGE_NEEDED: two hands bound loosely with a stole over an open ritual book -->\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">MARRIAGE<\/span>\n<h1 class=\"bf-h1\">Married, without<span class=\"bf-turn\">an asterisk.<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"bf-rule\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\">Same-sex Catholic marriage is celebrated here without qualification, in the same rite, with the same preparation and the same register entry as any other. The preparation is serious and it is not waived for anyone. Nothing about it costs money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bf-actions\" style=\"margin-top:40px\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/ask\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-primary\">Begin Pre-Cana <span class=\"bf-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/sacraments\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-ghost\">All nine sacraments<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_483736932 {\n  padding-top: 90px;\n  padding-bottom: 90px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_483736932 {\n    padding-top: 150px;\n    padding-bottom: 150px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-stepssec\" id=\"section_884018907\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1767586376\">\n\t<div id=\"col-600471958\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-535361578\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-steps\">\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>You ask<\/h3><p>Either of you can write. Include a rough date if you have one, and say if there is any pressure on the timing.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Pre-Cana \u2014 six sessions<\/h3><p>Six sessions with the Ordinary covering consent, money, conflict, family, sex, and what you each think a marriage is for.<\/p><span class=\"bf-step-gate\">Six sessions \u2014 no waiver<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Eight weeks minimum<\/h3><p>The preparation runs a minimum of eight weeks from the first session. Long engagements are welcome; short ones are not accommodated.<\/p><span class=\"bf-step-gate\">Eight weeks \u2014 minimum<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>Banns published three times<\/h3><p>Your intention to marry is published three times so that anyone with a canonical impediment can raise it. Dispensation is available in writing.<\/p><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-step\"><h3>The rite, and the register<\/h3><p>Celebrated in the Roman Rite of 1962 and entered in the bound marriage register in ink, in the names you both use.<\/p><span class=\"bf-step-gate\">Required \u2014 not waivable<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_884018907 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_884018907 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-declsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1707781113\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-356550658\">\n\t<div id=\"col-643796308\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3547567332\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-decl\"><p class=\"bf-decl-art\">On the banns and their dispensation<\/p>\n<p class=\"bf-decl-t\">The banns are dispensable in writing by the Ordinary for grave cause, including danger to either party. <em>Where publication would expose a couple to a violent family, an employer, or a state that tracks them, dispensation is treated here as an ordinary act of pastoral government \u2014 not as an exception grudgingly made.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1707781113 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1707781113 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-registersec\" id=\"section_1210455676\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-564284057\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1352462696\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1153814631\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Banns <em>currently published.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bf-register\">\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">No banns are currently published<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">When a couple is in preparation and has not sought dispensation, their intention appears in this register three times before the wedding. This table lists what is actually published, and today that is nothing.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-open\">Open \u2014 none published<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">Dispensations granted<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">Dispensations from publication are recorded by the Chancery and held on file rather than posted, since publishing them would defeat the purpose of granting them.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-held\">Held on file<\/span><\/div>\n  <div class=\"bf-reg-row\">\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-name\">Civil solemnisation<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-reg-what\">Oregon&#8217;s requirements for who may solemnise a marriage and how the licence is returned are being confirmed in writing before any wedding is scheduled. Couples are told exactly where that stands when they ask.<\/p>\n    <span class=\"bf-reg-state bf-reg-open\">Being confirmed in writing<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1210455676 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1210455676 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-splitsec bf-light\" id=\"section_1592228857\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1591380453\">\n\t<div id=\"col-600449132\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1561838880\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-split bf-split-wide bf-split-flip\">\n  <div class=\"bf-split-media bf-img-2\"><span class=\"bf-ph\">Two rings<br>on a register<\/span><\/div>\n  <div><span class=\"bf-eyebrow bf-eyebrow-left\">CONVALIDATION<\/span>\n    <h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Already married <em>at the courthouse.<\/em><\/h2><div class=\"bf-rule\"><\/div>\n    <p class=\"bf-p\">Couples married civilly can have that marriage convalidated \u2014 celebrated sacramentally and entered in the register \u2014 without pretending the civil marriage was nothing. Many couples here married in a courthouse because it was the only door open at the time. That is not a defect to be repented of.<\/p>\n    <p class=\"bf-p\">Convalidation still runs through the full six sessions of Pre-Cana. The eight-week minimum applies. A marriage of twenty years gets the same preparation as one of twenty days, and most long-married couples say the sessions were the point rather than the price.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1592228857 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1592228857 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-faqsec\" id=\"section_1226708841\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-331607921\">\n\t<div id=\"col-1857795004\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4253563386\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"accordion bf-faq\">\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3592328138\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3592328138-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-will-you-marry-a-same-sex-couple?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3592328138-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Will you marry a same-sex couple?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3592328138-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3592328138-label\">\n\t\t\tYes, without qualification and without a modified rite. Same-sex Catholic marriage is celebrated here in the same books, with the same preparation, and recorded in the same register as every other marriage. Rome holds otherwise, and the Chancery states that rather than obscure it.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-2482883161\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-2482883161-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-can-the-six-pre-cana-sessions-be-shortened-for-our-date?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-2482883161-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Can the six Pre-Cana sessions be shortened for our date?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-2482883161-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-2482883161-label\">\n\t\t\tNo. Six sessions over a minimum of eight weeks is a standing requirement and it is not waived, including for the Ordinary&#8217;s own friends. Set your date after the preparation is under way rather than before.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-3375824791\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-3375824791-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-we-can&#039;t-have-our-names-published-anywhere.-what-then?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-3375824791-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>We can't have our names published anywhere. What then?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-3375824791-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-3375824791-label\">\n\t\t\tAsk for a dispensation from the banns in your first message. Grave cause includes danger to either party, and here that is treated as an ordinary reason rather than an extraordinary one. The dispensation is put in writing and held on file, not posted.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-431152381\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-431152381-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-is-the-marriage-legally-valid-in-oregon?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-431152381-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Is the marriage legally valid in Oregon?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-431152381-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-431152381-label\">\n\t\t\tOregon&#8217;s solemnisation and licence-return requirements are being confirmed in writing, and until that is settled the Chancery tells couples plainly where it stands rather than assuring them. Many couples handle the civil licence separately and ask for the sacrament here.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1001373636\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1001373636-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-one-of-us-isn&#039;t-baptized,-or-isn&#039;t-a-believer.-is-that-a-problem?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1001373636-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>One of us isn't baptized, or isn't a believer. Is that a problem?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1001373636-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1001373636-label\">\n\t\t\tIt is not a bar, and it is worth naming early so the preparation can take it seriously. The sessions are built for the couple in front of them.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"accordion-1436327273\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t<a id=\"accordion-1436327273-label\" class=\"accordion-title plain\" href=\"#accordion-item-what-does-it-cost?\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1436327273-content\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>What does it cost?<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1436327273-content\" class=\"accordion-inner\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-1436327273-label\">\n\t\t\tNothing. There is no fee for the preparation, the rite, the register entry, or the certificate.\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1226708841 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1226708841 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-formsec bf-light\" id=\"section_176004424\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1828032999\">\n\t<div id=\"col-217752933\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4012063341\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<div class=\"bf-form\"><h3>Begin Pre-Cana<\/h3><p>Either of you can start this. Say if you need the banns dispensed and why, in as much or as little detail as you want.<\/p><div class='fluentform ff-default fluentform_wrapper_6 ffs_default_wrap'><form data-form_id=\"6\" id=\"fluentform_6\" class=\"frm-fluent-form fluent_form_6 ff-el-form-top ff_form_instance_6_1 ff-form-loading ffs_default\" data-form_instance=\"ff_form_instance_6_1\" method=\"POST\" ><fieldset  style=\"border: none!important;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;background-color: transparent!important;box-shadow: none!important;outline: none!important; min-inline-size: 100%;\">\n                    <legend class=\"ff_screen_reader_title\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;height: 0!important;text-indent: -999999px;width: 0!important;overflow:hidden;\">FF_MARRIAGE<\/legend>        <div\n                style=\"display: none!important; position: absolute!important; transform: translateX(1000%)!important;\"\n                class=\"ff-el-group ff-hpsf-container\"\n        >\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\">\n                <label for=\"ff_6_item_sf\" aria-label=\"Contact\">\n                    Contact                <\/label>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ff-el-input--content\">\n                <input type=\"text\"\n                       name=\"item_6__fluent_sf\"\n                       class=\"ff-el-form-control\"\n                       id=\"ff_6_item_sf\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type='hidden' name='__fluent_form_embded_post_id' value='2822' \/><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"_fluentform_6_fluentformnonce\" name=\"_fluentform_6_fluentformnonce\" value=\"db4db51554\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wp_http_referer\" value=\"\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2822\" \/><div data-type=\"name-element\" data-name=\"names\" class=\" ff-field_container ff-name-field-wrapper\" ><div class='ff-t-container'><div class='ff-t-cell '><div class='ff-el-group ff-el-form-top'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label ff-el-is-required asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_6_names_first_name_' id='label_ff_6_names_first_name_' >Preferred first name<\/label><\/div><div class='ff-el-input--content'><input type=\"text\" name=\"names[first_name]\" id=\"ff_6_names_first_name_\" class=\"ff-el-form-control\" placeholder=\"Enter Your First Name\" tabindex=\"1\" aria-invalid=\"false\" aria-required=true><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='ff-t-cell '><div class='ff-el-group ff-el-form-top'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_6_names_last_name_' id='label_ff_6_names_last_name_' >Last name<\/label><\/div><div class='ff-el-input--content'><input type=\"text\" name=\"names[last_name]\" id=\"ff_6_names_last_name_\" class=\"ff-el-form-control\" placeholder=\"Enter Your Last Name\" tabindex=\"2\" aria-invalid=\"false\" aria-required=false><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-type=\"name-element\" data-name=\"names_2\" class=\" ff-field_container ff-name-field-wrapper\" ><div class='ff-t-container'><div class='ff-t-cell '><div class='ff-el-group ff-el-form-top'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_6_names_2_first_name_' id='label_ff_6_names_2_first_name_' >Preferred first name<\/label><\/div><div class='ff-el-input--content'><input type=\"text\" name=\"names_2[first_name]\" id=\"ff_6_names_2_first_name_\" class=\"ff-el-form-control\" placeholder=\"Enter Partner&#039;s First Name\" tabindex=\"3\" aria-invalid=\"false\" aria-required=false><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='ff-t-cell '><div class='ff-el-group ff-el-form-top'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_6_names_2_last_name_' id='label_ff_6_names_2_last_name_' >Last name<\/label><\/div><div class='ff-el-input--content'><input type=\"text\" name=\"names_2[last_name]\" id=\"ff_6_names_2_last_name_\" class=\"ff-el-form-control\" placeholder=\"Enter Partner&#039;s Last Name\" tabindex=\"4\" aria-invalid=\"false\" aria-required=false><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='ff-el-group'><div class=\"ff-el-input--label ff-el-is-required asterisk-right\"><label for='ff_6_email' id='label_ff_6_email' aria-label=\"Email\">Email<\/label><div class=\"ff-el-tooltip\" data-content=\"One address is enough. 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Nothing about your request is published, including your names, unless and until banns are published with your knowledge.<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_176004424 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_176004424 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section bf-ctasec\" id=\"section_445357859\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-715440534\">\n\t<div id=\"col-881297776\" class=\"col medium-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-1332907992\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<span class=\"bf-eyebrow\">MARRIAGE<\/span>\n<h2 class=\"bf-h2\">Eight weeks is not a delay.<br><em>It is the beginning.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"bf-lede\" style=\"margin:0 auto 36px\">Write to the Chancery and the first session can be scheduled this month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bf-actions\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/ask\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-primary\">Write to the Chancery <span class=\"bf-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/sacraments\/blessings\/\" class=\"bf-btn bf-btn-ghost\">Blessings<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_445357859 {\n  padding-top: 80px;\n  padding-bottom: 80px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_445357859 {\n    padding-top: 130px;\n    padding-bottom: 130px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2817,"menu_order":250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2822","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3111,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2822\/revisions\/3111"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloomministries.org\/faith\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}