Converting to Catholicism

[Arthur Little]

There have been many bad stories about the delays caused by the church in Phils.
Many Brits have given up on marrying in the church there because of all the obstacles that are put in the way, and have gone civil

Refreshingly, I'm in total agreement with you on both counts, here. Myrna and myself are both committed Christians ... but opted for a civil ceremony in order to cut down on all the falderals you alude to and, in turn, minimise the waiting time for the release of a marriage certificate that weddings held in the Catholic Church allegedly entails.

[JimOttley]

Just tell them you ARE Catholic!!
Not sure how they could expect you to prove it? Pretty sure the Catholic church in UK dont issue Baptismal certs? My eldest son didnt get one...Just a couple of used candles.

They do, I've got one, found it last year


Jim

[JimOttley]

Duplicate post, getting database errors Boss?

[Arthur Little]

getting database errors Boss?

Same with me, Jim ... but the site seems to be "back in business" again now!

[KeithD]

Duplicate post, getting database errors Boss?

Should be working now.... I got a few thousand emails reporting errors

[malditako]

well friends me and emma are going to marry sooner then later we are looking at late october derby register office followed by nibbles at somewhere not desided yet , plus dont know how many are being catered for so hopfully a big bag of nuts or pork scratchings will be enough

are we invited???....lol....i go for pork scratchings...yummy ( cholesterol should behave lol)

[malditako]

if u believe in catholic faith then go for it..but if it just for the sake of wedding (if i am in your shoe) i wouldn't do that...

[subseastu]

Thanks very much guys for the information given. been a non catholic does it inpact on the time scales for the processing of the documents?

Not really. Don't know if it's still the case but you'll have to attend a marriage guidence course for a day. THey wheel out good old catholic couples and tell the young kids they must have 6 kids or they'll go to hell and contraseptives are the work of the devil basically. Then show a early 80's video showing an abortion to really scare them, that was a bit ott to be honest. I wanted to stand up and tell them its nonsense, especailly the abortion method shown.

But I was tild after that if you throw a bit of cash at the chap at the start then he'll sign your attendence papers and your free to go to the pub! At the end of the day as with most things out there a little money pressed into the right palm can have amazing effects.

[KeithD]

I am all religions... and yet I am none

[junior02]

Not really. Don't know if it's still the case but you'll have to attend a marriage guidence course for a day. THey wheel out good old catholic couples and tell the young kids they must have 6 kids or they'll go to hell and contraseptives are the work of the devil basically. Then show a early 80's video showing an abortion to really scare them, that was a bit ott to be honest. I wanted to stand up and tell them its nonsense, especailly the abortion method shown.

But I was tild after that if you throw a bit of cash at the chap at the start then he'll sign your attendence papers and your free to go to the pub! At the end of the day as with most things out there a little money pressed into the right palm can have amazing effects.

yes your right mate, a few pesos pressed in the right hands have amazing effects,and in most departments in rp. its the way ther if you want to get things done in reasonble time, money talks in rp and opens many doors that get in your way..

[junior02]

and when you consider that the average wage for a worker in lets say middle range job in town hall in rp, the average wage is 120,000 peso per year, so thats why a few extra quid opens doors ther, i would do the same in there shoes. and remember 120,000 per year is considerd a good wage ther, but its not for most, when you have family and kids to support..

[junior02]

and just one more thing, dont feel as though you have been ripped off or conned if you give a 1000 peso to get things done faster, just remember 1000peso will buy a sack of bigas that will last a month or 2 for the average family in rp..

[KeithD]

....a sack of bigas ....

Are yiu saying ny big ass looks like a sack of something?

[subseastu]

yes your right mate, a few pesos pressed in the right hands have amazing effects,and in most departments in rp. its the way ther if you want to get things done in reasonble time, money talks in rp and opens many doors that get in your way..

To get the marrage licence I had to stay in the phils for 54 days I think it was before the city council town hall would issue it when we got maried in olongapo. Needless to say I couldn't manage that long so we asked to speak to the girl on the counter privately, went round the side of the building, had a chat, think I bung a couple of thousand, hey presto about a week later got out licence!

Its a great system you just have to know how much to give with out causing offence or getting ripped off