Your Ceremony Matters is the business of Rev. Peadar Dalton, a former Catholic priest and a wedding officiant in Sonoma since 2001. As an officiant, Dalton caters to a variety of couples from every religious background, working to make their wedding day personal and intimate. He offers a family-based approach to officiating, meeting with couples several times to plan their wedding. He also offers a dual-counseling role with wedding parties. Dalton keeps in touch: All couples receive a phone call on their first wedding anniversery and e-mails in subsequent years. He also will speak at funerals and memorial services.
Dalton and his wife, Margarita Ramirez-Dalton, moved to Sonoma after September 11 for the "community and solidarity" they found in the area. A family therapy graduate of Tulane, Dalton met his wife at a wedding while in New Orleans.