Please contact the parish office at least SIX months before marriage date

Couples wishing to be married at St. Mary Magdalen Church are encouraged to contact Ms. Renella Livers in the parish office at 337-893-0244 to discuss scheduling and procedures. All engaged couples must begin the marriage preparation process a minimum of six months prior to the intended wedding date to allow sufficient time for marriage preparation as directed by Diocesan policy. We allow weddings to be scheduled up to twelve months in advance of your intended wedding date.

Wedding Guidelines Book

Wedding Liturgy Worksheet

Wedding Music Selections Planning Sheet

Scripture Readings for Holy Matrimony

Old Testament

• Genesis 1:26-28, 31a
  • Male and female he created them
• Genesis 2:18-24
  • The two of them become one body
• Genesis 24:48-51, 58-67
  • In his love for Rebekah, Isaac found solace after the death of his mother.
• Tobit 7:6-14
  • May the Lord of heaven prosper you both.  May he grant you mercy and peace.
• Tobit 8:4b-8
  • Allow us to live together to a happy old age
• Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
  • The woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
• Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a
  • Stern as death is love
• Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16
  • Like the sun rising in the Lord's heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife is the radiance of her home
• Jeremiah 31:31-32a, 33-34a
  • I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah

Responsorial Psalms