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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I were married outside of the Catholic Church due to some issues I'd had with my local church (Arlington diocese). They had kept reiterating that DH needed to go through RCIA to get married there. I know we could have just had a Catholic ceremony even though he was Protestant, but the church kept pushing RCIA.

Anyways, it's been a decade now and I miss the Catholic church. 5 years ago I started attending my local Catholic church weekly for several years. I wanted to baptize my baby there when she was born, but was told I could not because we weren't married in the Catholic church. They then sent me a letter telling me I wasn't welcome to take communion or participate until I had my marriage blessed. DH agreed, but after meeting with the priest the "blessing" sounded more like a marriage ceremony with witnesses even. We also had to have many meetings with the priest and they pushed RCIA again.

So is this just how it is? If you're not married in the Church you can't attend/register? What if I just wanted to attend without DH and wanted my kids to attend with me? [/quote]

Why would you want to be somewhere so unwelcoming?

Go somewhere that will welcome your family.[/quote]

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