{"id":263,"date":"2020-08-13T15:50:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T19:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sap.diocesanweb.org\/church\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:28:22","slug":"marriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/sacraments\/marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marriage at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Community<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CECIJUSTIN-105-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7475\" style=\"width:520px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CECIJUSTIN-105-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CECIJUSTIN-105-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CECIJUSTIN-105-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CECIJUSTIN-105-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/10\/CECIJUSTIN-105.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Through the Sacrament of Marriage, one man and one woman show their deep love, unity, and commitment to each other and to God by being bound together as husband and wife. St. Anthony of Padua welcomes all requests to celebrate this special occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Couples wishing to be married at St. Anthony of Padua are expected to meet several criteria:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arrangements for weddings must be made with the church at least six months in advance of the wedding date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The couple must be active and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sapcatholic.flocknote.com\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registered<\/a>\u00a0at a Catholic church.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The couple must meet with Father Tony for marriage preparation and also participate in a marriage workshop arranged through St. Anthony of Padua.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact the parish office with questions and requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kelly Carey, Parish Secretary<\/strong><br>(616) 453-8229, ext. 100 | <a href=\"mailto:&#112;&#97;risho&#102;&#102;&#105;&#99;e&#64;sa&#112;ari&#115;h.&#99;&#111;m\">p&#97;&#114;&#105;sh&#111;ffice&#64;&#115;&#97;pa&#114;&#105;s&#104;&#46;co&#109;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Community Through the Sacrament of Marriage, one man and one woman show their deep love, unity, and commitment to each other and to God by being bound together as husband and wife. 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Couples wishing to be&#8230;<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/sacraments\/marriage\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7470,"parent":257,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-263","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Marriage - St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/saparish.com\/church\/sacraments\/marriage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marriage - St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Marriage at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Community Through the Sacrament of Marriage, one man and one woman show their deep love, unity, and commitment to each other and to God by being bound together as husband and wife. 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