CAUSE OF STRESS: BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE ERROR

My first stressful experience in preparing for our wedding came when I discovered there was an error in the logbook record of The National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish regarding the correct spelling of my name.  What happened was that my although my original baptismal certificate was correct, I was told to re-construct and provide additional evidence as to the spelling of my name. At first, I was fuming mad since it was not my fault that the secretary of the parish made an error in their logbook since what I have and what was given to my mom as my baptismal certificate when I got baptized was the correct one. However, the requirements is a baptismal certificaete with the annotation "For Marriage Purposes only" and this is valid for six months only. Given no choice, I talked to the parish priest after attending the mass, but he still told me that I would need to reconstruct their record before they could release an annotated and corrected one. Whew!! What  a hassle! Anyway, I have no choice but to comply, even it was against my will, I had to secure an NSO certified birth certificate, a copy of my parent's marriage certificate, an affidavit to correct the error . These requirements needed to be submitted to the Arzobispo office in Intramuros Manila who acted speedily. You can just wait for their endorsement to the parish to correct the error in your baptismal certificate.   In fairness to the Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, once the requirements were met, the processing was speedy. It took 3 days. Personally, I just hope the ruling on this kind of mistake will be revised in favor of the soon to wed party  especially if the error was done by the parish and not by the parents of the baptized individual to avoid the hassle involved in correcting the baptismal certificate.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Makati City

Catholic weddings in the Philippines require the submission of Baptismal Certificate and Confirmation Certificate with the annotation "for marriage" . Baptismal Certificate costs Php 20.00-50.00. Confirmation Certificate costs around Php 50.00