WEDDINGS
GETTING MARRIED AT HOLY TRINITY
We congratulate you on your decision to get married, and welcome your interest in celebrating your special day at Holy Trinity Williamstown. Holy Trinity is an historic Anglican parish church, one of the oldest in Melbourne, serving the community since 1854, providing a beautiful setting for a wedding on the Bay. The ceremony will provide the opportunity for you to take your wedding vows in Church, and to ask for God's help, protection and blessing on your life together. We welcome those who wish to take this step at Holy Trinity, and will do everything we can to help this special and sacred day to proceed smoothly.
Normally the Vicar, The Rev Elizabeth Murray, will officiate at the wedding. If you wish to use another celebrant, they must be an Anglican priest, appropriately licensed and registered in the Diocese of Melbourne, and normally a close family friend or relative. We are open to discussion about ways clergy of other denominations can participate in the ceremony.
FIRST STEPS
You should contact the us as soon as you decide on your date, and preferably after you have booked a place for your reception. Please be aware that there are certain months of the year when it is advisable to book well in advance. You are welcome to leave a message at (03) 0397 5330 and someone will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively you may contact the Parish Office by email or complete the Contact Form below. Please note the Church in unavailable for weddings during the following times of Church Festivals: around Christmas (20 December to 1st January), around Holy Week & Easter (2025: 6-20 April; 2026 21 March-5 April; 14-28 March).
Once you have booked your date, you will meet with the Vicar, and fill in your legal forms. You will need to bring with you an original copy of your birth certificate if you were born in Australia, and/or your passport, and a form of photo ID and any proof of change of name. If you have been married before, you will need to bring evidence of the dissolution of your marriage. At this meeting planning for the ceremony will also get underway.
REQUIREMENTS
ON THE DAY
It is very important that you plan to be on time. Although it may have been a custom for the bride to be ‘fashionably late’, this no longer applies, and simply makes the day difficult for everyone else involved in your wedding, including your guests. It is particularly difficult if there are other weddings scheduled on the day. Please bear this in mind as you plan your day.
We congratulate you on your decision to get married, and welcome your interest in celebrating your special day at Holy Trinity Williamstown. Holy Trinity is an historic Anglican parish church, one of the oldest in Melbourne, serving the community since 1854, providing a beautiful setting for a wedding on the Bay. The ceremony will provide the opportunity for you to take your wedding vows in Church, and to ask for God's help, protection and blessing on your life together. We welcome those who wish to take this step at Holy Trinity, and will do everything we can to help this special and sacred day to proceed smoothly.
Normally the Vicar, The Rev Elizabeth Murray, will officiate at the wedding. If you wish to use another celebrant, they must be an Anglican priest, appropriately licensed and registered in the Diocese of Melbourne, and normally a close family friend or relative. We are open to discussion about ways clergy of other denominations can participate in the ceremony.
FIRST STEPS
You should contact the us as soon as you decide on your date, and preferably after you have booked a place for your reception. Please be aware that there are certain months of the year when it is advisable to book well in advance. You are welcome to leave a message at (03) 0397 5330 and someone will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively you may contact the Parish Office by email or complete the Contact Form below. Please note the Church in unavailable for weddings during the following times of Church Festivals: around Christmas (20 December to 1st January), around Holy Week & Easter (2025: 6-20 April; 2026 21 March-5 April; 14-28 March).
Once you have booked your date, you will meet with the Vicar, and fill in your legal forms. You will need to bring with you an original copy of your birth certificate if you were born in Australia, and/or your passport, and a form of photo ID and any proof of change of name. If you have been married before, you will need to bring evidence of the dissolution of your marriage. At this meeting planning for the ceremony will also get underway.
REQUIREMENTS
- You do not have to be Anglican to be married at Holy Trinity. However you will be married according to the rites of the Anglican Church, and your celebrant will be an Anglican Priest holding the Archbishop's license in the Diocese of Melbourne.
- It is a requirement of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne that weddings conducted in this Parish and by the Vicar are between a man and a woman.
- To be married in the Anglican Church there is an expectation that at least one of you has been baptized. This can be in any Christian denomination, not just the Anglican Church.
- If a previous marriage has ended in divorce, you can be married in the Anglican Church once you have provided formal documentation regarding the ending of your previous marriage.
- FEES: The fee for a wedding at Holy Trinity is $1500. This includes, the celebrant and music director’s fees (whether or not you choose to use the organ), flowers in the church (2 vases only), pew bows on the day, the verger, and the preparation of all your documentation. A deposit of $750 is required to secure your booking ($500 of which is non-refundable). Final payment will be required 14 days prior to the service.
ON THE DAY
It is very important that you plan to be on time. Although it may have been a custom for the bride to be ‘fashionably late’, this no longer applies, and simply makes the day difficult for everyone else involved in your wedding, including your guests. It is particularly difficult if there are other weddings scheduled on the day. Please bear this in mind as you plan your day.
Basic facts about Holy Trinity
Seating Capacity: 180
Organ
Piano
Audio and Sound System to allow the playing of CDS and Bluetooth connection
Organ
Piano
Audio and Sound System to allow the playing of CDS and Bluetooth connection