Wedding

GUIDELINES FOR WEDDINGS
(Updated 27 September 2026)

1. Schedule of wedding is  “FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS.” A one week temporary reservation will be accepted, however, confirmation should be made within the one week period.
   RESERVATIONS SHOULD BE MADE PERSONALLY. Failure to confirm would mean cancellation of the reservation in favor of others who may want to avail the same slot.
   
   
2. A fifty percent (50%) non-refundable and non-transferable reservation fee is required upon confirmation of the reservation and submission of a file copy of the groom and bride’s baptismal certificate (photocopy only).
   
   
3. Wedding Rates: Php 35,000.00 includes the use of the church for maximum of 1 hour for the mass and 20 minutes for the pictorial, carpet at the aisle, standard flower arrangement, musicians and the officiating priest.
   
   
4. Canonical Requirements must be completed and submitted at the. Shrine office not later than Two Months prior to the scheduled wedding date. Non submission of complete Canonical Requirements would mean cancellation of the wedding.
   
   
5. Time Slots:

 

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CANONICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WEDDINGS

• Latest issue of BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATES of both the Groom and the Bride with validity of six (6) months, with annotation for “Marriage Purposes” and with parish seal, book, page and line numbers and signed by the Parish Priest.
  
  
• Latest issue of CONFIRMATION CERTIFICATES of both the Groom and the Bride with validity of six (6) months, with annotation for “Marriage Purposes” and with parish seal, book, page and line numbers and signed by the Parish Priest.
  
  
• ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES of both the Groom and the Bride issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
  
  
• CERTIFICATE OF NO MARRIAGE (CENOMAR) of both the Groom and the Bride from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) issued not later than three months before the scheduled wedding.
  
  
• MARRIAGE LICENSE acquired from the City or Municipal Civil Registrar of either the Groom or the Bride with a validity period of one hundred twenty days for those not yet married. 
  
  
• ORIGINAL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for those already CIVILLY MARRIED.
  
  
• PERMIT from the Bride and Groom’s Parish that is to be prepared by the Shrine Office.
  
  
• Publication for Three Consecutive Sundays of WEDDING BANNS, that is to be prepared by the Shrine Office and published in the respective Parishes of the Groom and Bride.
  
  
• CANONICAL INTERVIEW with the Priest that is to be scheduled by the Shrine Office.
  
  
• PRE-CANA SEMINAR at their own parish (Groom or Bride) or they can attend at Commission on Family and Life at the Vicariate of Sta.Clara de Montefalco in Pasay City.
  
  
• INDIVIDUAL CONFESSION for both the Groom and the Bride prior to their wedding day that may be availed of in other churches.
  
  
• For MIXED MARRIAGES of couples with different religions, a “PROMISE AND DECLARATION FORM’’ must be filled up and signed during the canonical interview which must be submitted to the Arzobispado de Manila for approval.
  
  
• For marriages between TWO DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES, the NON- FILIPINO PARTY must first secure a clearance from the Chancery Office of he Archdiocese of Manila located at Arzobispo St., Intramuros, Manila.
  Contact Numbers: 8527-3955 / 8527-3850 / 09292525262.