Photo Credit: Lauren McCormick Photography
Photo Credit: Lauren McCormick Photography
Why Choose Merry Fairy as Your Wedding Officiant?
- Inclusive Love: I am honored to support and officiate weddings for all couples, including members of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Love is love, and every love story deserves to be celebrated.
- Legal Expertise: Navigating the legal process of obtaining a marriage license and getting married can be overwhelming. As a legal wedding officiant, I guide you through the legalities with expertise and care.
- Passionate Bilingual Speaker: With a passion for crafting and delivering engaging personalized ceremonies, I offer my services in both English and French. I can legally perform wedding ceremonies in Quebec and Ontario.
Services Offered:
- Wedding Ceremonies: From grand celebrations to intimate elopements, I create and perform ceremonies tailored to your vision.
- Renewal of Vows: Celebrate your enduring love with a personalized vow renewal ceremony.
- Legal Paper Signing: For a simple and efficient union, I offer paper signing services, handling all legal aspects.
- Ceremony Coaching: If a loved one wants to officiate a symbolic ceremony, I provide coaching to ensure a heartfelt and meaningful experience.
In marriage, the little things are the big things:
- Vows: How do I write wedding vows? That is probably the most common question I get from couples. I have lots of great resources and guidance to share with you. My goal is to make the process fun, light and memorable. I can help.
- Rituals: I am very knowledgeable and able to perform all types of wedding rituals to help make your ceremony as unique as you are. What is a handfasting ceremony? How can I include the kids in the ceremony? What about honoring my parents or loved ones that have passed? I have lots of great suggestions on how to incorporate traditional and modern rituals into your ceremony.
Why Stress? Let Me Handle the Details:
Planning a wedding involves countless details. As a knowledgeable and experienced wedding Officiant, let me take care of the ceremony design and the legal aspects of your union. This way, you can channel your energy into planning the rest of your big day.
Photo Credit: Carley Teresa Photography
Photo Credit: Melissa Toye
Photo Credit: Melissa Toye
Life's journey has now taken me on a new path as a wedding officiant. I am privileged to be ordained through the Canadian International Metaphysical Ministry, and legally able to marry couples in Ontario and Quebec. I am committed to helping all couples who are in love get married in Ottawa, Gatineau and surrounding regions. I'm a forever romantic at heart and I just love a good love story.
Photo Credit: Tracy Grace photography
Testimonials
Janelle Boucher
3 months ago
Couldn’t ask for any better!
Catherine was responsive, engaged, and such a pleasure to communicate with. Her booking process was simple, and the portal she uses made knowing our next steps super easy.
Based on the information she requested from us, she was able to mold our ceremony to fit our style and our story the best. She accommodated our requests with ease, and is also bilingual. She truly made our ceremony special, and kept the “audience” engaged throughout. She also spoke very clearly and was not monotone at all!
Would highly recommend her for any couples out there looking for a special ceremony with someone so easy and kindhearted.
Melissa Fuller
8 months ago
Catherine was an absolute dream to work with. She took the time to get to know us as a couple and to understand our vision for the ceremony. She met with us on more than one occasion and took the time to thoroughly explain the legalities behind the marriage process in our province. She followed exactly what we wanted and did a beautiful job. She was professional and captivating for our guests to witness officiate our wedding. We were beyond pleased with her services and highly recommend to anyone looking for an officiant for their upcoming wedding.
Patricia Lacroix
5 months ago
Catherine was a dream to work with! We decided after years of indecision and changing plans to have a small, private elopement ceremony. We found Catherine online and met virtually to discuss her approach and found her to be very warm, accommodating and well-organized. She made the process easy and clear so that we were able to plan our ceremony without any stress.
Although ours was a small and casual ceremony, she helped make it special for us, providing a small table set up with some decorations to sign our paperwork. Catherine customized the service with a beautiful passage that spoke to us as a couple based what we shared with her on (through an easy to use online questionnaire) - which we really loved.
Catherine is an excellent communicator and followed up with us after the ceremony to ensure we knew everything was taken care of what the next steps would be. Thank you Catherine!
Tricia Truemner Milsom
5 months ago
Catherine was wonderful to work with… advised us on everything we needed to do prior and after, and was incredibly flexible and accommodating to how we wanted our personal ceremony. She came to our house and was very kind and supportive. I highly recommend her to officiate an intimate at-home ceremony 🙂
Paige Smitiuch
9 months ago
If you’re looking for the perfect person to marry you, look no further. Catherine created an absolutely unforgettable ceremony for us, and our guests. The ceremony was personal, thoughtful, intentional and emotional, without being too long or formal. It was literally everything we loved about weddings and we have received so many compliments about how perfect it was. The ceremony was our favorite part of our day, and that was all thanks to Catherine!!