[Solitude]

I'm a Catholic and married a non-catholic. We were not marry in the catholic church. We decide that we will keep our own religion but the children will be raise as catholic. I have not take communion for 14 years since I'm with my husband. Can I take communion when I attend mass on Sunday?

What do I need to do if I want to take communion?

[RickJ]

All you need is to have your marriage blessed in the church. Go to a priest for this. He can do it the same day if he wishes.

[shygrneyzs]

It is best to ask your parish priest this question. When I was still a Catholic and married a non-Catholic, I was not allowed to take Communion, since we did not marry in the Catholic Church. According to what I was told, the marriage was not "sanctioned". That was 1977. Perhaps some of the rules have changed since then.

A most important part of Communion in the Catholic Church is that you must believe what the Church teaches about Communion - the Transubstantiation in the Eucharist. To receive Communion and not believe that the Eucharist is the body and blood of Christ is denying one of the very basic teachings of the Church.

But please talk to your parish priest. Best to you.

[RickJ]

Correct. The "Blessing" is the "Sanctioning". Yes, speak to your Priest.

[Fr_Chuck]

Yes, and while I wish I could say everything should be the same from diocese to diocese but in many cases it will depend often upon the specific Diocese Bishops rulings over his area, and then even the specific Parish Priest and his own personal opinions.

As noted, yes since it was not a Catholic Church wedding and after the wedding in a different church or at the court house it was not latter blessed in the Church, to the Church you are still living in sin, just as if you were never actually married. ( maybe not to that real extreme but by pure church law that is the way it is stated.

Next of course you have not been to confession for 14 years either.

It was in the early 80's I did services for the RC Church outside of Denver on some of the Indian reservations and things there were more informal.
The same with some of the RC Catholic Ecumenical Centers on some college campus I had association with over 20 years ago.

But most likely you will have to have the marriage blessed ( service within the church) have your husband agree formally to allow the children be raised in the church. Next do you have children already, is so were they baptised in the church and have they been attending church ?

But the first stop is your local parish priest.

[Bairdh]

I'm a Catholic and married a non-catholic. We was not marry in the catholic church. We decide that we will keep our own religion but the children will be raise as catholic. I have not take communion for 14 years since I'm with my husband. Can I take communion when I attend mass on Sunday?

What do I need to do if I want to take communion?

That is something you would have to ask the priest, as according to the Bible you would be able to take communion, and you should be doing it, but they have a lot of rules in catholic church that are inconsistent with the bible, but your priest will know and can tell you