Congratulations on your decision to marry! May God bless you on your wedding day and give you the grace to consecrate your lives to each other, and to love your spouse as Jesus loves his church.

The gothic splendour of St Mary Star of the Sea ensures that it is a very popular wedding church. Consequently, a few policies have been adopted to ensure optimal satisfaction for everyone. More details are available when you book. The church can only be booked by personally contacting the parish office.

A Christian marriage is not just a social institution, much less a mere remedy for human weakness. It is a real supernatural calling. A great sacrament, in Christ and in the Church, says St Paul. It is a permanent contract that sanctifies in cooperation with Jesus Christ. He fills the souls of husband and wife and invites them to follow him. He transforms their whole married life into an occasion for God’s presence on earth.

Husband and wife are called to sanctify their married life and to sanctify themselves in it. The marriage union, the care and education of children, the effort to provide for the needs of the family as well as for its security and development, the relationships with other persons who make up the community, all these are among the ordinary human situations that Christian couples are called upon to sanctify.

St Josemaría Escrivá, Christ is passing by, 23.