- CHRISTIAN NOT DENOMINATION CEREMONIES:
We are Christian Officiant, ordained Priest of the Orthodox Catholic Apostolic Church, fully experienced and dedicated, very grateful to our Lord for we have been chosen for his ministry, and that we were able to study, train, and practice to be Pastors and Ministers. As an Ecumenical oriented Christian Orthodox Church, we believe in One Holy Gospel, and that the Church of Christ is valid and operative in the so called protestant and other denomination Churches; therefore we accept their baptism as valid, according and agree with the document declaration Dominus Iesus, published by the Vatican where it is stated so, in some of the paragraphs toward the end of the document.
Therefore, we are always enthusiastic and willing to help Christian couples, and we respect their personal relationship with God and Christ, willing to work with them, and together develop a special wedding ceremony, based on their own realization, or expectation in their future spiritual life as a married couple.
Also based in these concepts, we offer to help in civil ceremonies designed with spirituality and mention of God, however, always flexible, we customize and produce these ceremonies in agreement with the couple, with whom we are in contact at all times in the premarital period, either via email, text, or personal meetings.
INTERFAITH WITH OTHER REGILIONS,
As a Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church, we are Ecumenical in our relation with other religions, there is only one God, we belief in the success and happiness of an interfaith marriage, always based on the principles of unconditional love an mutual respect.
The couple can use the services of their personal Rabbi, or we can also recommend Rabbis that we have worked with in the past, we will work hard to make the necessary meetings or arrangements, to have both ministers working together in a beautiful ceremony, representing the best of each religions, it will be a perfectly prepared wedding ceremony in every single detail, including the proper time line.
- FOR NOT LOCAL COUPLES:
WE HANDLE ALL MEETING OVER THE PHONE, SKYPE OR AT YOUR CONVENIENCE,
REGULAR CHURCH’S SERVICES
Baptism of Children at our Church or another location including your home.
Local services in Funeral,
Spiritual Hospice Service at home.
General spiritual counseling
OFFICE 305-220-4455
DIRECT 786-267-0370
We invite you to contact us if you like to meet in person at the local house of the Ministry, with previous appointment scheduled by phone with Rev. Luis R Lopez, calling to (786) 267-0370
We can also arrange the meeting by Zoom in the comfort of your home after working hours, local 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM
- CATHOLIC CEREMONIES:
We perform the Catholic Wedding Ceremonies at any suitable place or location, because we agree with the Roman Canon 1118, which states that: “A marriage between a Catholic and Not Catholic, is to be celebrated in any suitable place, with the permission of the Ordinary (Bishop) “ View canon 1118 That is why is not required with us, for Groom and Bride, to have all the Catholic sacraments to receive the blessing of their marriage, however, we also have an optional adult preparation program for their Marriage, where we can minister what is missing up to the confirmation, Sacrament that will be also valid and recognized by the Catholic Church when the couple register to become a member in any local parish when they relocate after the marriage. We are not affiliated in any way or form with, consecrated into, or part of any Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, since we are a Patriarchate with a legitimate Orthodox Catholic Apostolic line, Latin Rite, Roman Calendar, which is recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as a legitimate Apostolic Line, therefore we are also in fellowship and communion with the Vatican, and we celebrate the complete Roman Catholic Liturgy and follow the same Liturgical Calendar as oriented by the United State Conference of Catholic Bishops, usccb.org. .
Please call for more detailed information or to schedule a complementary Zoom meeting or visit to the local House of the Church from Monday through Thursday between 11 AM until 9 PM.
OPTIONAL PRE MARRIAGE ORIENTATION PROGRAMS
As a Catholic Church, we believe in attraction and reconciliation rather than rejection, we open our services to be accessible to every Catholic raised person, that are not part or member of any Roman Catholic Parish, and that have not finished their sacraments when they were children for any particular personal reason, residing now at any location in the continent of the US or overseas, however they like to be married as adults in the Catholic tradition and receive God’s blessing in their marriage by a legitimate ordained priest. Many of this couples have difficult work schedules and careers, in such case, it would be very difficult to comply at the moment with the missing sacraments, pre marital requirements and mandatory courses, We think is just and necessary to help these couples to have their marriage blessed, leaving an open door, to be able to complete their sacraments at a later time or before the wedding with us, and it is also an open door to the Catholic faith.
However, we have available these Pre marital programs, that we have made OPTIONAL AND NOT MANDATORY:
- We can recommend an online course sponsored by the Roman Catholic Church that we accept as valid catholicmarriageprep.com
- We have available as well, an one on one counseling program with Rev. Luis R Lopez named FOCCUS, we are the only facilitators of this program in Miami area.
This program is based in studies done by an Independent Company named FUCCUS Inc. done by experienced professionals, psychologist doctors and experts in marriage counseling, that since 1986, have been working with couples previous to marriage and after, and have developed a very professional program, based on a questionnaire, that the couple respond independently. We use their most recent version, (4TH generation 2012), and Rev. Luis R Lopez will be your personal facilitators. This program is also called FOCCUS.
For more details visit www.foccusinc.com
TRADITIONAL CIVIL WEDDING CEREMONIES
The Civil ceremonies are as important for us as any other styles or religious traditions, we execute every ceremony with the same passion and intensity, love is a common denomination to us all, we think, we love, we act, since we service many couples (using our expertise, training and board certification marital, pre-marital and general Psychotherapy), we also appreciate the importance, energy and emotions involved in these Civil Ceremonies, we have designed them with the same dynamic, creating an outline with a similar format or steps, but adorning them with beautiful poems, remarks about couple’s love stories, building up the emotions with us included, and the Civil ceremonies at the end, can not be any less that the religious ones.
For more details, explanation, to introduce and present live the possible designs, let us schedule by phone in a flexible manner, all day until 9 PM EST, a complimentary Zoom meeting, and you won’t regret investing your time, it will be fun and very pleasant!!!
You can contact Fr Luis R Lopez at your convenience to: (786) 267-0370
