Getting Ready
The morning before — details, dress, and quiet moments before the Mass.
The morning before — details, dress, and quiet moments before the Mass.
PJ and Sarah were married at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Fullerton, a Nuptial Mass rooted first and simplest in what it always is at heart: two people entering a covenant before God, their families, and their parish community. Both PJ and Sarah belong to the Neocatechumenal Way, though their wedding carried the same quiet formality every Catholic wedding asks for — a full Mass, a real exchange of consent before the altar, and a celebration afterward that never lost sight of what the day was actually for.
PJ and Sarah's wedding Mass at Saint Mary's Catholic Church, Fullerton.
A Nuptial Mass like this one asks a photographer to be almost invisible. The moment PJ and Sarah exchanged their vows at the altar wasn’t staged or repeated for a better angle — it happened once, in front of the priest and their families, and the job was simply to be in the right place to receive it. That’s the standard every Catholic wedding gets from us: stay out of the sanctuary’s way, and let the Mass be the Mass.
A quiet window in Fullerton, just the two of them, before the celebration began.
After the Mass, PJ and Sarah found a quiet corner of Fullerton for a private set of portraits — the kind of stillness that only exists in the short window between a wedding and a reception, when the formality of the Mass has just ended and the celebration hasn’t started yet.
Toasts, dancing, and celebration at the Woman's Club of Orange.
The celebration closed out at the Woman’s Club of Orange — toasts, dancing, and a room full of family who’d just watched two people make a covenant they’ll spend the rest of their lives living out. It’s the same quiet arc every Catholic wedding follows: reverence first, at the altar, and joy after — in that order.