To our Brides and Readers, Since our founding six years ago we have always sought a personal, honest, approachable relationship with you through every medium we use to communicate. Today we’re here to share some some stirrings of our hearts, and some significant news: In January 2022, we at Spoken Bride will be concluding our ministry. Gosh, it feels like a big exhale, but also like a bated breath, to publish these words. Over the past year we’ve loved working alongside our team of unbelievably creative, hardworking, prayerful women, pursuing our mission to highlight all that is good, true, a ..read more

Brittney and Bill met through the scholarship program at their university, and met their future wedding coordinators through another wedding they both participated in. They exchanged vows  in the presence of friends and family from a variety of vocations, in rich jewel tones and a timeless, classic setting. From the Wedding Coordinators: We were fortunate enough to have coordinated a past wedding where Brittney was a bridesmaid and Bill was a ceremony musician. We had a strong sense that at some point after their college graduation, an official engagement was likely to happen….and it did ..read more

A love story that began in a second-grade classroom, anointed year after year by Our Lady’s grace and healing, fulfilled in a Christ-centered Mass and elegant, historic Midwest venue. Rachel and Jeremy first met as children, in the same class at school for First Reconciliation and First Communion when Rachel transferred to the school. “The first memory I have of him is when he read for Mass in his tiny second-grader suit and tie during our First Reconciliation,” Rachel says. “I never imagined the Lord would make that moment the beginning of our love story.” Flash forward to high school and col ..read more

CORINNE GANNOTTI   In the past few months, I've been rereading and meditating on the words of the Church found in the Catechism's article about the Sacrament of Matrimony.  I've been so moved by its language - the way in which its authors describe the nature and end of marriage, and all its essential qualities. But beautiful as they are, it can be easy to read the teachings of the Catechism contained here as spiritual reflections that feel far from our lived experiences of married life.  PHOTOGRAPHY: Nicole Sandercock Photography But that's not what they are meant to be.  ..read more

DOMINIKA RAMOS   I recently had a conversation with a friend on the fair division of labor in marriage.  PHOTOGRAPHY: Four Loves Photo & Film I had to keep from laughing as for the past five months my husband and I have been living long distance due to a career transition we've made. Our division of labor looks like me doing absolutely everything on the list of things the marriage gurus tell you that you should divide up.  And for the previous year, we were in a completely unfeasible situation of my husband working multiple jobs so I could stay at home with the kids--includ ..read more

A Latin Mass celebration imbued with tradition and romantic, vintage-inspired elements on a Midwestern summer day. Joanna and Dan met at school as teenagers. What started off as a high school romance--one that included a prom proposal in the Adoration chapel!--grew through years together at Notre Dame and even a long-distance spanning from Montana to Rome.  With certainty and anticipation for the future ahead, Dan secretly found Joanna’s Pinterest boards to help him choose an engagement ring he thought she’d love. On a visit together to his home parish, he invited Joanna to “check out the ..read more

Megan and John became fast friends in college. John says he immediately knew Megan was the one for him, but was hesitant to risk their friendship. Once they started dating, it became evident the Lord was at work. From the Videographer: Absolute and utter joy.  That’s the best way I could describe John and Megan’s wedding day. Nothing says it better than when you see John’s face as his bride floats down the aisle toward him: laughter; tears; the sheer excitement and joy at the beauty of this moment. Megan and John are a beautiful example of two people who are running together towards Chris ..read more

A bilingual micro-wedding rooted in the love and closeness of family. Jorge and I had a smaller, but oh so beautiful, wedding. We didn’t want to put on a show or try to outdo other weddings we had been to. The Holy Family Chapel at St. Peter, Prince of Apostles in Lemoore, was perfect for us. Amid the uncertainty of Covid, we chose to invite only immediate family and grandparents, yet it was such special time for us, focused on the meaning of holy matrimony.  A friend from church willingly offered her services to photograph different points of our wedding. We are grateful for all the beau ..read more

ADELAE ZAMBON   We dream about it as a little girl: our wedding; that encounter with our groom. We wonder who he will be; what the day will be like. PHOTOGRAPHY: Horn Photography and Design as seen in Maria + Patrick's Rustic Christmastide Georgia Wedding Once we’ve met him and a word of commitment to forever is exchanged, we prepare for that long-awaited day. We ready ourselves for our groom. As months, weeks, days, and hours pass and lead us closer to the moment we meet him as his bride, we meticulously choose colors, centerpieces, flowers, a wedding dress, our bridal garments; we ador ..read more

A love from which Our Lady never turned her gaze, and a summer celebration with bright shades, military dress & starry surroundings. During Rachel’s study abroad semester at Franciscan University’s campus in Gaming, Austria, Seth came to campus to visit his brother. They met, and the rest is history. Rachel has a devotion to Stella Maris, Our Lady as Star of the Sea--it’s appropriate, and providential, that she and Seth spent much of their relationship long-distance, first as students, and later during Seth’s career with the Marines. Rachel later chose Stella Maris holy cards as a wedding ..read more