Wedding Photographers & Videographers at St. Teresa of Avila Church (Union City), Union City

A wedding at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Union City takes place in a church on Third Avenue that has been the heart of the town's Catholic community for well over a century. The interior was re-plastered and repainted not long ago, and the church has a pipe organ and bells that call the town to prayer, so your wedding photos and film have a classic small-town church as their setting. Your photographer and videographer will plan around the processional toward the altar and the first walk out together.

The church hosts your wedding ceremony. Right at the same address is the St. Teresa Parish Center, which the parish rents for gatherings and events, with off-street parking. Ask the parish office whether it's available for your wedding reception, which would keep the whole day in one place, or plan the reception elsewhere in Union City or Erie. Leave time for family wedding photos in the church right after the ceremony.

Since 2024 the church has been part of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Corry, and wedding plans go through that parish office. Couples are asked to contact the priest as soon after the engagement as possible and at least six months before the wedding day, and every couple completes the diocese's Pre-Cana program. Ask whether the organ will be played at your ceremony, and tell your wedding videographer, who will want to record it alongside the vows.

• Call the St. Thomas parish office at least six months ahead.
• Plan time for Pre-Cana.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines, and about renting the parish center.

A little about St. Teresa of Avila Church

Catholic families in Union City founded the parish in 1857. The present church was dedicated in May 1907, rebuilt after a lightning fire in 1930, and became part of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in 2024.