Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament — Local services in Detroit

Gorgeous cathedral.. the praise stops there. My sister recently had her wedding here. Terrible experience from the start. Totally unorganized and lacking anything remotely close to professionalism. During the rehearsal, the wedding coordinators (two women) were on totally different pages, failed to communicate the process during the run through and hurried us out as they had another group coming for their rehearsal. HUGE FORESHADOWING TO THE DAY OF THE WEDDING!! On the day of the wedding, we were greeted with utmost rudeness and attitude from our coordinator after she promptly informed us we "came in the wrong doors"- hold that thought for a minute. Our guests then arrived to find EVERY entrance to the church locked. Locked- ten minutes before we were supposed to start the wedding. Our coordinator was rushing to get the bridal party started down the aisle and the ceremony started with an empty church and no music playing. After objecting and delaying the ceremony until everyone was seated (we had to unlock the doors ourselves to let our guests in) we began the ceremony. My phone was taken from me, but I would guess about 15-20 minutes after we were supposed to start. the mass itself was beautiful and Father did a nice job commemorating the sacrament. My only complaint (kind of a big one) was the crackly audio during the vows and processional music. After the ceremony, once the marriage certificate had been signed, we had approx. 25 minutes to take pictures before wee were essentially escorted form the church because they had another wedding starting and guests were arriving. While I am glad the doors were open for the next couple and their guests, IF the coordinators (who were representing the Church to this young couple and their guests) had spent more time ensuring the doors were open for our wedding, perhaps things would have been more smooth for us.

So a few warnings to those considering receiving the sacrament of matrimony here in the future:

1. Beware who your coordinators are
2. Double check your readings (ours were not the reading chosen by the bride and groom- despite asking for them to be corrected)
3. If videotaping, do not rely on the church audio, insist your videographer has you wearing your own microphone.
4. If your wedding is in the morning (or the first of the day), make a beeline to the doors to ensure they are unlocked so your guests can enter the cathedral and you can have a...

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This church is large and they have the appropriate distancing guidelines in place. Plenty of parking alongside and behind the building. I was there for a beautiful Saturday wedding. It went very well. They accommodated an elderly grand parent of the couple in an area up front for people in wheelchairs or in need of assistance. The sound usually is my biggest complaint in big old churches, but this one was easy to hear clearly. They had a Cantor with a great strong voice that sang beautifully, and his voice was not lost or compromised by the architecture. There are two organs in this church. I have heard the one in the back many times, but this was the first time I heard the one in the front, and I feel it was perfect for the intimacy of a wedding. It sounded very good. There was a team of parishioners that supported the bride and groom for this wedding. They were showing people around, answering questions about the church and assisting with the celebration of this couples wedding. I think that was what was the most impressive support group I have seen at a wedding in some time. The services here are also live steamed, and it is a very...