The Church is Booked

Phew!  What a whirlwind this has been.  We were finally able to book the church and I had no idea how hard that was going to be.  Who knew November 6, 2010 was going to be so popular?  I started calling Churches a few weeks ago and started with my parish, the Cathedral Basillica of SS Peter and Paul, and all three time slots were booked - 11am, 1pm and 3pm!  That was actually ok with me because for a church they aren't exctly the cheapest.  So I kept on dialing and was hitting brick walls everywhere I turned, they were either booked or didn't take outside parishioners.  Needless to say I was very frustrated and I think my mother thought I was losing my mind!

My last resort was St. Rita of Cascia on Broad Street - the date was available and all we needed to do was find a priest to marry us, return the information sheet, and have the pastor interview us.  The first one was easy, a very good friend of my aunt's is a priest and I grew up with his nephew.  A quick email sent and we had a priest - thank you Fr. John!  The second one was even easier - the information sheet consisted of asking for your contact information and the priest who will be marrying you - oh and a letter from your parish saying you could get married there.  Good thing we already had a meeting with the pastor of the cathedral scheduled for last night and he gave us the letter then.  Ok onto the interview - I was hoping the pastor would like us - I mean come on, how could he not?!?  Once I emailed Fr. John and told him we were considering St. Rita's I received the best news - he is very good friends with the pastor there! WOW - was it all actually starting to work out?

Marcin brought the paperwork to the rectory today and was told by the pastor that we didn't need an interview and we were all set for November 6, 2010 at 2pm!!!!!!!!  The church is absolutely beautiful - I couldn't be more happy :)

That was a big check on the to do list.  And yes I really have a list.  It is an Excel spreadsheet that is able to be sorted by completed or open tasks, month to be completed, and category it falls in.  Marcin thinks I am crazy and gets this scared look on his face everytime I show him the list.  I add to it everyday!  Right now I have 100 open items out of 108 - after the holidays I hope to check more things off the list so it isn't as scary!  I have posted a screen shot of the list so you can marvel at how organized I am or laugh at how crazy I am!  I don't mind which one :)

And here are some pictures of St. Rita's