Nonprofit ministry, Bexar County, Texas
Every love story deserves a castle.
A Texas-registered nonprofit serving San Antonio and Bexar County. An ordained minister offers ceremonies in English and Spanish, crafted around your culture, your faith, and your story. Weddings are the front door; blessings, memorials, and community work live here too.
Three ways to say it.
Basic
Courthouse & elopements
$75 to $100
Courthouse or civil ceremony, 15 to 20 minutes. Standard vows in English or Spanish. Legally binding, signed marriage license. Ideal for courthouse days and elopements.
Classic
Personalized ceremony
$200 to $300
Up to 45 minutes with personalized vows and script. Bilingual available, spiritual or non-religious, with one pre-ceremony consultation included.
Premium
Fully custom
$400 to $600
Up to 90 minutes, fully custom script and ceremony flow. Bilingual included, two consultations (planning plus rehearsal walkthrough), and day-of coordination support.
Also offered: vow renewals, quinceañera blessings, baby dedications, memorial services, unity ceremonies, and weddings inside prisons and county jails. Travel beyond 25 miles of 78253 billed per mile.
Shape your ceremony.
Tap what fits your day and the email writes itself, with the published range attached.
Ranges are confirmed in writing before your date. Travel beyond 25 miles of 78253 billed per mile. No couple turned away for financial reasons: if money is the obstacle, say so in the email.
Marriage doesn't stop at a facility gate.
And Texas law doesn't either. The ministry officiates weddings inside prisons and county jails, TDCJ units and local facilities in the San Antonio area, in English, Spanish, or both.
How it works, plainly: the facility must approve the marriage first (usually through the unit chaplain's office), and the marriage license comes from the county clerk. Texas has an absent-applicant process for when one of you can't appear in person. We'll walk you through the steps, officiate the ceremony by the facility's rules, and treat the day with the same dignity as any wedding on the outside. Flat officiant fee plus travel, quoted up front; see the legal section for terms.
No couple turned away
If money is the obstacle, reach out anyway.
As a nonprofit ministry, we offer reduced-cost ceremonies for qualifying couples. If money is the thing standing between you and your day, talk to us.
Beyond weddings
The castle is nice. The gate is the point.
Blessings, memorial services, bedside ceremonies, and military-timeline weddings: the ministry shows up for the days that don't come with a venue. If your church, workplace, or community group wants to host a ceremony day, email and we'll figure it out together.
Honest paperwork for an honest ministry.
The entity
Castillo Family Marriage Ministries & Weddings is a Texas nonprofit corporation, separate from Castilloworks LLC. It appears on this site for convenience; ceremonies and donations are contracted with, and made to, the nonprofit directly. Governing law is the State of Texas.
On donations: the ministry is not currently a federally recognized 501(c)(3) organization, so contributions are not tax-deductible at this time. If that status changes, this page will say so plainly.
Ceremonies
Package prices on this site are ranges, confirmed in writing before your date once we know your ceremony's scope, location, and travel. Travel beyond 25 miles of ZIP code 78253 is billed per mile. Dates are held per the written confirmation, and rescheduling or cancellation terms are stated there. Life happens, and we work with couples when it does.
The marriage license is yours to obtain. Texas licenses come from a county clerk's office, and the minister signs and returns the license after the ceremony as Texas law provides. The ministry cannot issue licenses or waive state requirements, including the state waiting period where it applies.
Ceremonies in correctional facilities
The ministry officiates weddings inside prisons and county jails, and that work carries its own rules. Here they are, plainly. Facility approval is the facility's decision alone. Every unit and jail sets its own process (typically through the chaplain's or warden's office), and the ministry cannot guarantee, expedite, or appeal that approval. We follow every facility rule without exception, including dress codes, visitor screening, item restrictions, and scheduling changes made by the facility on the day.
The marriage license remains the couple's responsibility. Where one party cannot appear at the county clerk's office, Texas provides an absent-applicant procedure; the clerk's office, not the ministry, determines what it requires and accepts. We can tell you what the process generally looks like, but we do not provide legal advice, and nothing on this site is legal advice.
Fees cover officiating and travel only. They are quoted in writing up front and do not purchase, and cannot influence, facility access or approval. If a facility cancels or denies entry after a fee is paid, the rescheduling and refund terms in your written confirmation apply.
Privacy
This site sets no cookies and runs no trackers. What you share with the ministry while planning a ceremony (names, story, family details) stays in the ceremony. It is never sold, shared, or used for anything but your day. Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) may process standard technical logs, such as IP addresses, to serve and secure the site.
Studio-wide terms live at the studio legal page. Questions: hello@castilloworks.ai.