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The Marriage

Your ceremony will take only about 20-30 minutes to complete and can be as traditional or as customised as you like. However, for the marriage to be legal, the Monitum, which is the ‘business part’ of the ceremony must include the following wording –

For the couple, they will each need to include -

“I call upon the witnesses here present that I <the groom’s name/ or the bride’s name > take you/thee <the bride’s name / or the groom’s name > to be my lawful wedded wife / husband”

For the celebrant, she will say -

“I am duly authorised by law to solemnise marriages according to law.

Marriage according to law in Australia is the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life.”

Due to legal constraints, a marriage ceremony tends to follow a fairly structured format such as –

The Processional (the entrance of the bride)
Welcome by celebrant on behalf of the couple and their families
“Giving Away’ of the bride
Introduction to the ceremony
Reading or song
MONITUM (the marriage)
Declarations by the couple
Marriage vows
Exchange of rings
Conclusion of the ceremony
The Declaration (when the celebrant declares you to be married)
Signing the register
Presentation of the newly married couple by the celebrant to the guests
Recessional (the couple leaves the ceremony followed by the bridal party)