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St. Peter The Apostle Catholic Community welcomes Our New Parishioners
December, January
John F. RiveraJose & Ofelia MartinezMichael R. CallowayGeorge & Maria BransonWilliam & Barbara Weinacht
Oliver Villanueva & Anna GrahamRenza & Tanya StingleyMarius & Lenuz ChicoGerald & Nadine Villalobos
Linda McDermottOlivia Nicole MancusoSaimua Bauer LeasiolagiJohn & Laurie Brodeur
Edward James & Celine Marie DoddsJoe Bowyer & Dolores GabaySilvia SiliceoChristina Vasquez
Irene A. SteinhardtMichael & Fe AllenDaniel FredericksonCarlito & Gloria Locsin
Raymundo Lopez & Mercedes GuerreroWilfredo & Elizabeth RecientesHector Torres & Maria Zapien
Arlen CastroTany & Juliana MatilaNadia D. Sandoval
In order that we may better serve you, please register with the Parish.
English baptism class, every 1st Saturday at 9am Room 13 "If you attend Saturday 5:00 P.M. Mass, Sunday Noon Mass, or
5:00 P.M. Sunday Mass - we need your help and your talents.
Spanish baptism class, every 2nd Thursday at 6:30pm Room 13 Since you attend that Mass, we would love to train you to be a
Eucharistic Minister to serve your Church, friends, and
family. You do need to be a member of the Parish. If you have a
special situation you need to address, Father Gem would be
more than happy to speak with you. Speaking for myself, I am
not a saint but I truly enjoy being part of the Mass and an E.M.
Sadly, if we do not get some help soon, we may be forced to
have only one E.M. at each Mass (instead of 3). Thank you in
advance and you and yours have a great Thanksgiving.
CARPET INSTALLATION HOW CAN YOU CALLING ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
HELP? SCHOOL YOUTH!!!
MARRIAGE BY PROXY
Dear Father Gem: A friend of mine is an identical twin, It is one thing for a husband to discover after his wedding
and she recently got married, and her twin sister was the that his wife is not a natural blonde after all; it is quite another
maid of honor. At a party before the wedding, the two of thing to find out that she is a different woman altogether! When
them were kidding the groom that they might switch places one spouse consents to marry the other, the natural presumption
and he wouldnt know which one he was getting. Of course is that he or she at a minimum knows the identity of the other
this was a joke, but now Im wondering, if they really had person.
switched places, would the poor man really have been You mentioned something very interesting: Marriage by
married to the wrong girl by accident? In some States in the Proxy. A proxy marriage is a marriage performed with one party
USA, marriage by proxy is allowed. Does the Catholic also to the marriage not being physically present in the ceremony.
allow it? Can we apply Marriage by Proxy in this regard? Someone stands in for an absent bride or groom. Civilly, this can
Catherine, Concerned Catholic happen, for instance, when one party is stationed overseas in
the military. Proxy marriages are prohibited in most of the states.
Dear Catherine: As weve said in this space before, there is no However some states like Colorado, California, Montana, etc.
question that the Churchs law concerning marriage and allow proxy marriages.
annulment is the most widely misunderstood concept in the In Colorado, if a party to a marriage is unable to be
entire Code of Canon Law. Marriage annulment (Declaration of present at the solemnization, such party may authorize in writing
Nullity) is utterly unlike a civil divorcefor an annulment is a a third person to act as such party's proxy. If the person
statement that the sacrament of marriage was actually invalid at solemnizing the marriage is satisfied that the absent party is
the moment that the spouses exchanged their consent. unable to be present and has consented to the marriage, such
It is possible that all the external, visible trappings that person may solemnize the marriage by proxy. If such person is
are necessary for the celebration of a sacrament may seem to not satisfied, the parties may petition the district court for an
be present in a wedding ceremony, and yet something is order permitting the marriage to be solemnized by proxy.
missingsomething so important to that particular sacrament [ C.R.S. 14-2-109]
that its absence meant that the sacrament was not really Yes, canon law allows marriage by proxy also. Can. 1104
conferred. In such a case, we say that the sacrament was 1 stipulates: To contract a marriage validly the contracting
conferred invalidly, meaning that in reality, it had no effect. parties must be present together, either in person or by proxy.
The scenario that you presented, however, is quite tricky. 2. Those being married are to express matrimonial consent in
Please note that marriage is unique in that it is the only words or, if they cannot speak, through equivalent signs.
sacrament which is administered not by the priest or deacon Canon 1105 1: To enter into a marriage validly by proxy
who officiates, but by the very persons receiving the sacrament, it is required that: 1) there is a special mandate to contract with a
who must give their consent. Canon 1055.1 provides a specific person; 2) the proxy is designated by the one mandating
theological definition of Christian marriage: it is a covenant by and fulfills this function personally.
which a man and a woman establish a partnership of their whole 2. To be valid the mandate must be signed by the one
life. Thus both the bride and the groom have to get it right in mandating and by the pastor or ordinary of the place where the
order to have a valid marriage ceremony. mandate is given, or by a priest delegated by either of them, or
If a man and a woman intend to make a covenant to at least by two witnesses, or it must be made by means of a
establish a partnership of their whole life, it follows naturally that document which is authentic according to the norm of civil law.
they each have to know whom theyre making this covenant 3. If the one mandating cannot write, this is to be noted
with! But how well do they really have to know each other? in the mandate itself and another witness is to be added who
Probably most of us have found at some point in our lives also signs the document; otherwise, the mandate is invalid.
that we thought we knew another person quite well, but then 4. If the one mandating revokes the mandate or
discovered some characteristic about him/her that was a develops amentia before the proxy contracts in his or her name,
surprise to us. If it was a negative quality, it may have been quite the marriage is invalid even if the proxy or the other contracting
a turn-off! And if we had been close friends with the other person party does not know this.
for a long time, the new revelation may have been a complete Marriage by proxy, then, is not application to the case at
shock to us. hand. We are perhaps all familiar with Shakespearean-era
This routinely happens to people after they get married. spoofs in which a desperate father tricks a bridegroom into
Once they begin living togetherthe partnership of their whole marrying his unattractive older daughter (rather than the
life mentioned in the codethey inevitably find out things about younger, beautiful one whom he actually loves), by keeping the
each other which they didnt realize before. He grinds his teeth brides face veiled during the ceremony; but under the current
in his sleep; she cant balance a checkbook. Such new Code of Canon Law, this situation is absolutely impossible. This
discoveries may be disappointing, annoying, exasperatingbut is why canon 1097.1 states unequivocally that error of person
they dont nullify the marriage. When two spouses exchange renders a marriage invalid. You cannot consent to form a
consent, they agree to marry the whole person, warts and all. partnership of your whole life with another person if you dont
This is why canon 1097.2 states that error about a quality of the even know who that person is!
person one marries does not render a marriage invalid. (There
are some extreme situations which are exceptions to this rule, Fr. Gem
but they need not concern us here.)
SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 19, 2017 Pg.6
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