About this vendor
Rev. Peter McGuinness, FCM is a wedding officiant who is fully licensed and provides officiant services throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and New York.
Peter has been an ordained minister for many years, and has been officiating weddings since 2004. The couples he has worked with have been delighted with his relaxed style, his willingness to accommodate their preferences, and his sensitivity to tradition. Over the years, he has officiated civil, interfaith, and spiritual ceremonies, working with rabbis and with other ministers.
Rev. Peter McGuinness encourages couples to make their ceremony their own by writing their own vows. He'll provide a helpful guide to assist with creating the ceremony, but will allow them to make it unique. As well as presiding over weddings, Peter also provides premarital counseling services to help prepare couples for married life. He welcomes couples to get in touch to learn more about how he can make their wedding as joyful and memorable as possible.
Details
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Catholic
- Interfaith
Wedding Activities
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.015 reviews
Peter was SO amazing! He took the time to get to us know as a couple and translated that into our ceremony. He was with us throughout the whole process & made sure to check in with...
us monthly. We wanted a shorter ceremony & he kept the ceremony to the perfect length while giving substance but not going on and on. I could not recommend Peter more!
Reverend Peter is amazing. He met with us multiple times over zoom to perfect our vision for our ceremony. On the day of, he let us know when he was on his way and arrived early to...
the ceremony. He adapted our ceremony to be what we liked, including a handfasting piece as well. It was wonderful and everything we dreamed of. We are so grateful for his work!
Peter was so amazing to work with and made sure that everything for our wedding was exactly as we imagined. He guided us through the planning process and made sure we were happy wi...
th our ceremony. We cannot recommend him enough!
We have nothing but great things to say about Rev. Peter McGuinness. He was such an sweet, comforting, and kind man. He made the entire process super simple and easy for us. He pro...
vided us a generic outline, readings, prayers, and even vows we could choose from and build out our ceremony. My husband and I aren’t fans of being the center of attention so we had some nerves going into the ceremony but he was so comforting making us feel great going into it. We couldn’t be happier with how everything turned out and highly recommend him for anyone looking for an officiant!
We loved working with Peter! Honestly, what drew me in was his kind eyes and we quickly sensed that he could offer us the guiding/ pastoral touch we were going for. It didn’t feel ...
like business, it felt like Peter cared for us, walked us through the process, allowed for moments of reflection and then got us married on the day. He set the tone for what was a joyous and loved-filled wedding between two joining families. Thanks to Peter!
Peter was the nicest guy and really made the ceremony for my husband and I special. From the first meeting to the ceremony everything was great and he was such a pleasure to work w...
ith. He really set out to get to know each of our interest so that he could make the ceremony personal for us. People after the wedding told us how nice and personable he was. We were both very happy with our decision! He let us do traditional vows but added some special touches that pertained to only my husband and I. Cannot say enough nice things about him !
My wife and I LOVED having Peter officiate our wedding. He was so patient with us throughout this process. We met with him before our wedding and he walked us through the ceremony ...
step by step. He also sent us readings and vows to choose from. This was all so helpful. He kept our ceremony short and sweet, which is what we wanted. He kept the audience laughing and engaged despite the little rain we got during our outdoor ceremony. Overall, it was such a positive experience with Peter and I highly recommend hiring him.
If you are looking for a friendly officiant who is warm, welcoming, and well spoken look no further! Peter is the total package! He was so kind and professional from beginning to e...
nd and so friendly!! From our first meeting my then fiancé and I felt completely comfortable and confident with Peter. He met us at one of our favorite local coffee shop (which he suggested, how cool!) and it felt like meeting an old friend. The wedding day was even better. He was on time and ready to roll. He is so kind and humorous he made our ceremony feel full of love, light, and airy. Exactly how we wanted it to feel. He also made getting our official license a breeze, as he sent it in for us and it was in our mailbox by the time we returned from our honeymoon. He truly was amazing, and so accommodating. I wouldn’t choose anyone else to help us share this most important moment of our lives with us. Peter truly felt like apart of the family so much that I was glad he was there!
Peter McGuinness was the perfect officiate for our wedding! He was a pleasure to work with throughout the entire planning process and completely understood our vision for the weddi...
ng. My husband and I wanted a short and sweet, non-denominational ceremony, but still filled with a lot meaning and love. Peter helped us put together a ceremony that was extremely personal and heartfelt. It was the perfect mix of sentimental, serious, and lighthearted that fit our personality perfectly. Many of our guests commented on what a great job Peter did! From the first meeting, Peter made us feel so comfortable and we were happy to have him as part of the wedding day. We would highly recommend Peter to anyone in the Philadelphia area!
Peter was such a wonderful officiant for our wedding. He really listened to the kind of ceremony we wanted, which was a mix of spirituality and levity, and made everyone laugh whil...
e maintaining a traditional sensibility. Our guests raved about what a nice and sweet ceremony it was, which was largely all Peter. I highly recommend contacting Peter and talking to him about your needs for a wedding officiant. I guarantee you will feel comfortable with him at the front of the aisle!
Couldnt ask for anyone better or that made us feel any more comfortable !!!! He was very easy and go with the flow.
We met with Peter at a local Starbucks about 8 months before our June wedding. He was warm and genuinely interested in getting to know us and sharing his story with us so that we ...
could be comfortable with him as our wedding officiant. We were both raised catholic and Peter, a former priest with the catholic church, was very helpful explaining the process of our outdoor ceremony, our options, and was easy to contact and very responsive as the weeks got closer to our big day.
We were able to really craft the ceremony we wanted between our readings and vows with his support and our guests really loved that it was personal to us and our story, It was exactly what we wanted, an intimate outdoor wedding that was the perfect duration, and the whole experience was delivered by Peter in a calm, loving, warm, sincere and authentic manner.
For his demeanor and personality, the reviews of our guests, his attentive responses and affordability, and the special feeling we had on our wedding day as we listened to all he said to spell out our love...we highly recommend Fr. Peter McGuinness
We had thoguht that we had settled on our Officiant, but had scheduled a meeting with Rev. Peter so we decided to go to our meeting with him as a courtesy. Within five minutes of o...
ur initial meeting, we were sure that Rev. Peter was our perfect officiant. Our personalities alligned with Rev. Peter's, and he had a very keen sense of the kind of ceremony we wanted. He only gave us a bit of guidance in terms of how to structure our ceremony, but it turned out to be exactly the right amount to structure our ceremony just the way we wanted it.
He is a very thoughtful and soft-spoken guy, but fear not, he projects his voice very well in a crowd, so still your doubts when he says that he won't need a microphone. We asked Rev. Peter to walk a bit of a tightrope in terms of trying to make us and our families happy with the ceremony, and he vastly exceeded our expectations.
We used Peter for our ceremony and we loved him! As a vendor he was great to work with. After our initial meeting where he got an idea of what we wanted, he didn't bombard me with ...
emails or questions, just emailed me a summary of what we talked about along with vow ideas. After that he didn't bother me yet was quick to respond to any questions I had. The week before we emailed to go over the final details. The day of he was an hour early and wasn't intrusive. The ceremony itself was just what we wanted, personal, full of meaning, yet quick (I think it was about 15 minutes). It was beautiful and everything we wanted. For not having a lot of contact with Peter prior to, he remembered everything we talked about and did everything we asked and wanted. He was polite, respectful and genuine.
Peter is absolutely wonderful. We interviewed a few officiants, and we knew right away we would pick Peter. He was so great to work with, and we were able to create our own persona...
lized ceremony with his help. Our guests are still raving about how nice the ceremony was. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect officiant to work with.
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