Mary Dougal Wedding Officiant

Engagement brings many choices for every bride and groom. Every choice about your wedding ceremony should be your own. In my role as your wedding officiant, I look forward to imaginatively designing a wedding ceremony for you that is like no other wedding ceremony. You and your fiancé are unique people. You deserve a memorable wedding ceremony that reflects who you are as couple in love.

What You Want and Where You Want It

Whether you would like an informal, interfaith, spiritual, secular or traditional wedding or civil union in New Jersey, as your wedding officiant, I will help you develop a wedding ceremony that meaningfully expresses your own preferences.

Planning a customized, personalized wedding does not need to be complicated. My rich resource collection of wedding vows, poetry, readings, traditional and contemporary rituals, makes it simple and enjoyable to design a wedding ceremony that reflects your heart and style.

Choosing a location is a key part of wedding preparations. A church is not necessary to celebrate your wedding ceremony. You have many options-you can choose to have your wedding ceremony outdoors at a reception venue, in a park, at home or historic site, or in a special restaurant-the choice is totally up to you. A wedding ceremony at a religious site is also possible.

Interfaith and Multi-cultural Wedding Ceremonies Can Blend Traditions

I frequently collaborate with couples with many different beliefs and create wedding ceremonies and civil unions that reflect their multi-cultural or personal orientation. If you and your fiancé come from different religious backgrounds, I can write an interfaith wedding ceremony which blends cultural and religious traditions to honor the beliefs you share as well as your different faiths. I am happy to work with other clergy. Interfaith and Non-denominational marriage ceremonies and civil unions are my specialty as are blended marriages for couples with children.

It's All About Your Choices

I am happy to design and celebrate civil weddings and civil unions for couples with no religious affiliation.

Your wedding ceremony can be as short or long as you wish. Most wedding ceremonies last from 15 to 30 minutes.

I am a graduate of The Celebrant USA Foundation and Institute in Montclair, N.J. where I studied to become a certified civil celebrant, a professional who designs and officiates at customized, personalized ceremonies to honor and celebrate life's milestones.

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