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17514 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, OH

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About St. James Catholic Church (Lakewood)

A wedding at St. James Catholic Church in Lakewood comes with one of the longest aisles you'll find anywhere: about 120 feet from the bronze front doors to the altar on Detroit Avenue. That walk gives your photographer time for more than one angle, and it makes a long, unhurried processional for your wedding videographer. The church was modeled on the cathedral at Monreale in Sicily, so the setting for your wedding photos feels old-world from the moment you step inside.

Before and after the wedding ceremony, the parish welcomes couples to use the church and the grounds (weather permitting) for pictures, which gives you time for family groups and portraits without leaving the property. Weddings are usually scheduled on Saturdays at noon or 2 p.m., and all wedding parties leave the church by 4 p.m. so it can be readied for the next service. Plan the timing of your wedding day with that in mind.

Music is arranged through the parish music director, who approves all selections, and guest musicians rehearse in the church right before the service. For the sound of your wedding film, that means live sacred music in a big, resonant room. Only registered, active parishioners can currently celebrate their wedding at St. James, and the Diocese of Cleveland asks couples to contact a priest or deacon at least six months before the date.

Register and talk to the parish office before you set a date or book a reception.
Plan your photos before and after the ceremony, inside or on the grounds, and finish by 4 p.m.
Ask the parish for its photography and video guidelines and share them with your photographer and videographer.

A little about St. James Catholic Church

The parish was founded in 1908. Work on the present Sicilian Romanesque church began in 1925, and it was dedicated in 1935. The parish was closed in 2010 and reopened in 2012 after an appeal to the Vatican.

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