HELP! TWO church ceremonies IS IT POSSIBLE?

[ilovetigger]

My partner and I will finally be able to get married soon after almost 13 years! We have one child as well.  His annulment has been finalized and we are just waiting for his papers from NSO to be released in a week.

We initially planned to have a civil marriage asap to fix our child's birth cert and then get married in a catholic church by Dec 2017 or January 2018. Ayaw na namin ng big wedding.  Mga 60 guests lang na close relatives and friends.

Now the problem is my sister who is based in the US can only come home by June 2018. And my fiance's brother who is based in Canada baka next year na din kasi kakauwi lang last month.  I am kinda bent on getting married ng January but ang sad naman if wala yung close relatives namin so okay na sa amin mag pa civil na muna then next year na ang church.

BUT yung father ni fiance wants us to have the blessings of the church asap.  Medyo conservative catholic and matanda na din kasi and sakitin na so he wants us to be married soon dahil you never know daw if his sickness will get worse.

So my question is this. Sorry ang haba ng intro.  Hehe...

Can we get married sa church by October this year pero wala ng mga frills.  As in marriage rites and mass lang?  (Non negotiable ang mass) We will just eat at a restaurant and mga 20 guests lang. Tapos we will have another church wedding by June (when all our close relatives are here na) na parang renewal of vows na lang (since kasal naman na kami)  pero with all the frills na of an actual wedding.  Sa June na din namin gagawin yung reception and all other wedding must haves na wala dun sa first.

Yan na lang naiisip namin na pinaka feasible scenario that will satisfy everyone. 

Papayag ba ang church sa renewal of vows barely a year after the original date of marriage?  What other suggestions can you give mga sis?  Thank you very much in advance!

[rowan]

^what do you mean with no frills? You mean no entourage? In essence, a church wedding only needs 1 set of maid of honor and best man. They will be the ones who will do all the jobs of veil, cord, and candle sponsors. I have a feeling they can be your 1 set of principal sponsors too. Just check with the church.

[ilovetigger]

^yes sis no frills as in no entourage and just a pair of ninong/ninang. Tapos by June 2018 complete na. I have read kasi some allow renewal of vows kahit kakakasal lang. Some naman dapat daw 5 years na or 10 years married.

[rowan]

^ah okay. icheck mo na lang sa church if pwede gawin ng principal sponsors yung jobs ng veil, cord, and candle. Part talaga ng Filipino Catholic wedding yung veil, cord, and candle rites so I dont think you could do away with it.