Joyful Weddings & Events, Rancho Mirage CA

Richard was an amazing officiant for our ceremony. He guided us through the process and answered any and all questions. Our guests loved his personalization, his humor and touches of personality. We’ve had multiple guests tell us it was one of their favorite ceremonies. Do yourself a favor and hire Richard! Thank you Richard!

Richard is truly amazing! He officiated our wedding and we are so happy he did. Richard was very helpful throughout the entire process, very organized, communicated well, and kept us on track with everything we needed to get done. Our ceremony was perfect for us. Our family and friends gave us many compliments and were amazed how personalized it was. A few of our friends that recently got married even said that our officiant blew theirs out of the water! Which we agree with:) Highly highly recommend Richard! Thank you again for making our day so special.

We booked Richard to officiate our wedding and we are so happy with our decision! Richard was quick to respond, worked with our budget, and was responsive to what type of ceremony we were looking for. He did a wonderful job with the ceremony and offered valuable tips throughout the planning process. He was personable and professional. We would definitely recommend Richard!

Richard did a great job and communicated quickly! He truly cared about the couple's most important experience of their wedding day, which of course is getting married! I highly recommend Richard and would definitely use him in the future. Thank you Richard for all of your help and expertise!

Richard was so amazing to work with - from our first introduction call, navigating multiple postponements due to covid, writing the ceremony script and, of course, the wedding day ceremony. Richard is so thoughtful, kind and communicative. He made us feel so comfortable along the way and helped tailor the ceremony to be very personalized. We had a destination wedding and Richard made sure we had all of the instructions and details for the marriage license. Our wedding ceremony was so beautiful, thoughtful and special. It was exactly what we had hoped for and our family and friends loved it too. I cannot recommend Richard enough!

Rev. Richard helped me coming from Canada to get married in California and made sure I knew and followed all of the steps needed. He checked to make sure I did my work ahead of time to get my marriage license appointment. He was flexible and very kind to my father. Richard also recommended a photographer as well as a real estate agent, when I asked him. The ceremony was perfect and his help let me relax knowing we were in great hands. Thank you so much, Rev Richard!

From the first time we met Richard Cadieux he made us feel very comfortable. Richard expertly steered us through the logisitics of our wedding in Joshua Tree National Park from obtaining the license to recommending our amazing florist and photographer. The ceremony was intimate, carefully constructed, full of wisdom and thoughtfully executed. We unreservedly recommend Richard to anyone thinking of having a ceremony in the area.

There are so many wonderful things to say about Richard Cadieux! Mostly is that he is a wholeheartedly good person that wants to make your wedding ceremony as beautiful and meaningful as possible.
From the very start, we enjoyed talking with Richard, he just makes you feel like you’re talking to an old friend! He took a lot of time during our initial conversation to learn about who we were as a couple and also to go over important details regarding our marriage license and permitting for our ceremony. Throughout the whole planning process, Richard was very friendly, helpful and easy to communicate with. And then on our special day, he was on time, very professional, and greeted us with a great big smile!
Our ceremony was lovelier than I ever could have imagined. Richard’s warm and sincere presence put us completely at ease and his thoughtful words graciously guided us through an emotionally connected ceremony that touched our hearts.
We can’t thank Richard enough for helping make
our day so special and we highly recommend him!

We had an elopement ceremony at Joshua Tree, Ca. We’ve never been but Richard helped us a lot in the planning everything. He made everything run smoothly from planning to the day itself. We loved that he has an officiant and photographer package as it took a lot of stress from us. We recommend him and his services as his ceremony is intimate as we wanted it to be. Very kind, thoughtful, and professional! Thank you, Richard!

Richard was fantastic! We reached out on really short notice about doing an elopement ceremony in Joshua Tree and he pulled it together for us without a hitch. He's a great listener, really responsive, and made the whole process easy.from getting our license, to our permits at Joshua Tree, and organizing the photographer. When our first choice spot turned out to be a bit crowded he knew a second spot of the top of his head and it was perfect. Thanks, Richard! Tony & Christopher Vermillion-Roy

Thank you for making it happen! We recommend Richard extraordinary person, very punctual and professional, he helped in anyway he could. Thank you again!