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If you wish to enquire about being married in Our Lady and St Charles, and you live outside the parish, you are best advised to speak to your own parish priest about the Church processes which will need to be gone through.  Please contact Fr Peter in Keswick (E-Mail) for further information but your own parish priest will have to be involved in any case. 

There are three areas of preparation:

Church Documentation: When you have contacted us about the possibility of dates of marrying in the Catholic Church in Keswick please contact your own parish priest to fill in forms, collect documentation and obtain any necessary dispensations.  Your own parish priest will also pass on information about locally available marriage preparation courses demanded of you. The forms, once completed, will be sent through diocesan office to the parish priest in Keswick (Your clergy will know about this procedure)

Civil Documentation: You will need to register with the civil authorities in the registration district of Cockermouth and show proof that you have been resident within the district (Includes Keswick, Cockermouth and Workington). Please see the attached page for details from the Cumbria County Council Registration Service.

Immediate Preparations: for the marriage (Readings, music, flowers etc) can be done in consultation with the priest at Our Lady of the Lakes and St Charles nearer the time of the marriage - however these may well be prepared at preparation courses in your own area.

Scripture Readings for marriage Suggested by the Church - Liturgy Office - Suggested scripture readings