WHO MAY BE MARRIED AT ALL SAINTS?
All Saints' Chapel is available for marriage ceremonies when one of the persons to be married is:
a) a student currently enrolled full time in the University, or
b) a current member of the staff or faculty, or one of the University's governing boards, or
c) a year-round resident of the Sewanee community, or
d) The direct offspring (i.e. son or daughter) of one of the above, or
e) a graduate with a degree from either the College or the School of Theology.
Please click on the link at the bottom of this page for the Wedding Guidelines, and call or e-mail Katie Lamb the Wedding Administrator at (931) 598-3559 (mklamb@sewanee.edu) with any questions. Thank you.
Wedding Procedure Checklist:
___Satisfy initial criteria for being married in All Saints’ Chapel.
___ Read completely All Saints’ Chapel’s Wedding Guidelines. Sign the Consent Form, and return to the Wedding Administrator, Katie Lamb, within two weeks.
___Send separate letters from both the bride and groom to the Wedding Administrator stating the reasons why you wish to be married in All Saints’. (These letters should be personally addressed to The Rev. Tom Macfie, but mailed to Katie Lamb, the Wedding Administrator.)
___Request a letter from your local pastor/minister/priest attesting to a pre-existing relationship in the local parish church, and have this letter sent to our office, in care of Katie Lamb.
___When the signed Consent Form and all three letters (described above) have been received, the Wedding Administrator will call to acknowledge the “return-receipt” of these. If approval is granted, you will receive an acceptance letter and may then call the Administrator to set the wedding date and have it entered on our calendar. (Please note: A wedding date may not be reserved more than one year in advance.)
___Fill in the Declaration of Intention, the Holy Matrimony Information blank, the Wedding Request form and Fee Schedule and mail all four at least six weeks before the wedding date.
___ If you plan to have University Print Services prepare your bulletin, fill in the Bulletin Information Form and send to Print Services at least six weeks prior to the service.
___Your wedding fee payment must be received in the Chapel office no later than six weeks prior to the event. If payment is not received on time, the Chapel reserves the right to cancel your reservation date.
___Please have the photography and videography policy forms signed, and return them to the Wedding Administrator.
