Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Prince of Peace Church (Northern Cambria), Northern Cambria

Prince of Peace Church on Chestnut Avenue is the main Catholic church of Northern Cambria, and a wedding there brings together the families of five old ethnic parishes now joined as one. For wedding photos, the front of the church is where everyone gathers after the vows, and your photographer and videographer can plan a group picture before guests head on to the reception.

Your wedding ceremony takes place in the main church; the parish also keeps Holy Cross Chapel on Campbell Avenue. The parish has a director of music, so ask early who plays and sings for weddings, since the music carries a wedding video as much as the vows do. The parish website does not describe the inside of the church, so walk it with your photographer and wedding videographer and choose where each will stand.

The parish publishes a full Marriages page. For a sacramental marriage you must be a registered, practicing parishioner and free to get married; if one of you belongs to another parish, a letter from that pastor is required, and a divorce usually needs an annulment. Contact the priest or deacon as soon as you are engaged, or at least nine months before your wedding day, and do not set a date before that meeting. Marriage preparation runs 8 to 12 months ahead, the FOCCUS inventory is recommended before the series, and the program includes help with planning the wedding ceremony.

• Call the parish as soon as you are engaged.
• Download the marriage preparation schedule from the parish website.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines in the church.

A little about Prince of Peace Church

On July 5, 2000, the parishes of Christ the King, Holy Cross, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Stanislaus Kostka merged to form Prince of Peace, keeping two worship sites open.