Seventeen years ago, when Kathy and her sweetheart, Mark, decided to commit to each other in marriage, they wanted a very special personalized ceremony to celebrate the occasion. Coming from different spiritual backgrounds, they decided to craft their own ceremony, weaving threads from each tradition into a beautiful interfaith tapestry. Springing a surprise wedding (that you can read about here), they shared the vows they had written with their immediate family.  

Little did Kathy know that the experience of creating her own ceremony would inspire her to help others create their own special day.  She followed her bliss and enrolled in the New Seminary. After two uplifting years of study, she was ordained an interfaith minister in the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York City in 2002 and achieved her dream of becoming a wedding minister.

Rev. Kathy spent the next eight years in Minnesota, doing what she loved and refining her skills helping couples blend their traditions into beautiful ceremonies. You can catch a glimpse of several of those ceremonies on this website.  Kathy and her family relocated to the beautiful mountains of North Carolina in 2010 and she now officiates weddings in the Asheville area.

Rev. Kathy lives with her husband, Mark Hoch, and daughter Ariana in Asheville. When she is not busy officiating weddings on weekends, she can be found throwing pottery, spending time with her family, or going to the ocean.