Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Bowling Green

A wedding at St. Aloysius Catholic Church puts you two blocks from downtown Bowling Green, in the parish church that serves the city and the farm towns around it. Your wedding photos center on the altar: the parish recently restored the painted mural above it, and a new main altar was dedicated by the Bishop of Toledo, so the front of the church gives your photographer and videographer a warm, colorful focal point for the vows and the first kiss.

Here your wedding ceremony is a Catholic celebration of the sacrament of marriage, held in the church. The parish records many of its Masses and streams them on its YouTube channel, so the building is used to cameras, but ask the parish office how it handles a wedding videographer, where a tripod can stand and whether a microphone may go near the altar. Saturday confessions run from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. ahead of the 5:30 p.m. Mass, so an earlier ceremony leaves the most time for pictures inside afterward.

Preparation is part of the plan. The parish uses FOCCUS, a communication program that helps couples look at how ready they are for married life, with tools adapted for older couples and second marriages, and it takes part in the diocese's "Joy-Filled Marriage" workshops. The details come when you call to schedule. With about 900 registered families, the parish calendar stays busy, so call before you book a reception hall.

• Call the parish office at 419-352-4195 to check your date and begin marriage preparation.
• Walk the church with your photographer and videographer before your wedding day.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and how long you will have the church.

A little about St. Aloysius Catholic Church

Local farmers hauled the bricks for the first church, dedicated in 1881, and the name came out of a hat: the farmers put their first names in, and "Aloysius" was drawn. The church you'll walk into today was built in 1926.