the church

I haven't really posted about the wedding in awhile, mostly because I've taken a hiatus from planning after my last trip to Chicago! Recently, Napoleon and I booked flights back to Chicago though for this July, so I'm starting up the chaos again, to make sure I jam pack our time there and make it worthwhile!

One thing that's high on the list of to-do's is to go to the church and meet with the priest that will be performing the ceremony. Incredibly, we booked the church without even seeing the inside of it in person! We decided that a Catholic Church ceremony would honor our backgrounds and our parents, but wanted to find a church close to where we're holding the reception, for the ease of our out-of-town guests. So we searched and searched and searched. The Catholic Church doesn't make it too easy for couples to get married, let alone those that aren't active members of their parish. But Napoleon finally had luck with St. Helen Church in Chicago....which fortuitously is the church my Mom was Baptized in. We booked it back in February, after I returned from my trip out there.

Needless to say, the aesthetics of the church are a bit of an unknown to us, but we're going with it! My parents and sister were nice enough to stop in the church this past Sunday though to get a sneak peek. Melissa took this picture with her phone for us...

I love that the aisle is much shorter than the churches I've been to, which will hopefully help my giant fear of the whole wedding ceremony and having people stare at me. It's a bit more ornate than expected, but it should do the job.