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Recipient of The Bride's Choice Award 2009
The Bride's Choice Awards recognizes wedding vendors that demonstrate excellent quality of service, responsiveness, professionalism, value of cost and flexibility. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the company, the Bride's Choice Awards are determined exclusively by recent newlyweds through surveys and reviews. The winners set the bar high for this competition, demonstrating excellent service and expertise in their industry.
My name is Rev Alison Caiola and I am a second generation Ordained Interfaith Minister who performs Interfaith, Traditional Religious, Non Religious, Non-Denominational Spiritual, Civil and Commitment Wedding Ceremonies on Long Island, Manhattan, The 5 Boros, Westchester County, New Jersey and Connecticut.
If you are reading this, there is a good chance that you are an engaged couple looking for a Minister to perform your ceremony. First, let me just say CONGRATULATIONS to you. Marriage is a joyful transformation, a journey that will last a lifetime. It is my honor and privilege to be part of the beginning facet of your journey.
As an engaged couple, when you contact me, I immediately let you know that whatever type of wedding ceremony you envision, together we can create it. My motto is "It's your day--everything is your way!" It is also important for me to get to know you so that the ceremony reflects the warmth of our friendship. If it is your wish, it is my pleasure to design a ceremony that includes your parents with special readings, a beautiful rose ceremony and even participation in the candle-lighting portion of the service.
If there are children brought into the marriage, and it is your desire, I can create a special portion of the ceremony where you address the children, vowing that you will be one loving family, and your home will always be a safe haven for them.
After getting to know you, we work together to create the perfect ceremony. I give you different wedding ceremony choices, and you make the final decision so that it is exactly what you have always envisioned it to be...and more!
My Vow To You
Your wedding will be Beautiful, Personal, Fun and Uniquely Yours!
I also perform small, intimate wedding ceremonies and elopements in both my LI and NYC studies.

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Who would have thought that shopping for an officiant online would have brought us someone so wonderful to celebrate our special day! We were a bit apprehensive about finding an officiant online, but from the first contact, Rev.Alison was terrific! She really made us feel so comfortable! and seemed to immediately understand our needs. I am Jewish and my husband is Catholic, yet we wanted to celebrate both of our heritages. Not only did Rev. Alison work that in to a beautiful and unique ceremony, she also introduced a tradition that was new to us both. We got so many compliments on our ceremony - and still do to this day. There aren't t enough great things to say about Rev. Alison! She is an angel and we were blessed to have her marry us!
Robyn & Dennis |
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Simply put, Rev. Alison is a GEM. My husband Joe and I knew we wanted a spiritual, loving, unique and very memorable ceremony for our wedding, but that is really all we knew. We met with Rev Alison and she instantly - GOT US! She was funny, attentive, warm, supportive and dedicated to her incredible craft. She shared great ideas and exercises with us to lead us to our perfect ceremony. Rev Alison - as our minister, our interpreter, our narrator, our advisor brought it all to life for us. The ceremony was incredibly loving, real and heart felt. It was funny, light and joyous all at the same time. There was not a dry eye in the house and you could hear the laughter a mile away! She was and is a truly amazing person and is a light that shined on us. We are honored to have been blessed with her presence in our lives.
Joe & Deb |
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We can't believe how lucky we were to find Rev Alison on the internet, almost out of a hat! She was warm and fun but still so calming. I know both of our families were touched by the ceremony and vows. There were tears of joy and so much laughter. We both enjoyed the whole collaborative process. She really took all that we talked to her about and weaved it into an incredible ceremony.
Caroline and Dirk |
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Rev Alison truly is the whole package. She is the calm during a day of chaos. Whatever unexpected or expected situation arose she maintained an absolute peaceful demeanor that made a day and really the weekend feel special. After the ceremony we received compliments on her ceremony from everybody we saw that night. People told us that normally ceremonies tend to be boring, but ours left them wanting more. We have a friend say to us normally he has trouble sitting through a half-hour ceremony but he wanted to sit there for 2 more hours. There was a great mixture of emotions, we laughed and cried but most of all she added the perfect amount of her personal touch. We can’t say enough about Rev Alison and what she did for our special day. Thank you so much,
Darren and Dana |
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Rev Alison is a fantastic individual and Reverend. We were apprehensive at first to search online for an officiant, but upon our very first conversation with Reverend Alison it all felt just right. Her calming nature immediately made us feel at ease, and it was the perfect balance as the wedding planning process can get hectic. I can also say there is something very motherly and sweet about Rev. Alison that was very reassuring. We simply can not say enough about her and her work.
We're still getting calls from family and friends complimenting us on everything, but they were particularly impressed with Rev Alison's presentation during the ceremony. She was eloquent, the ceremony was lively, humorous at the right time, emotional, and felt sincere coming from Rev. Alison Simply put, Reverend Alison was Fantastic! And we continue to thank her for a job well done.
Marie Danielle and Jabari |
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Rev Alison was a dream come true for us. We had always wanted to be married by someone with as much heart as Alison has; and when it came time for her to construct and conduct our ceremony, Alison delivered!!!!
EVERYONE commented on how lovely our service was. That was the #1 thing people remembered and commented on!! It was very personal and people who don't normally cry cried that day!!!
Our ceremony was completely customized to our wants and needs. Alison was flexible and courteous. She was reliable and delightful.
We recommend Reverend Alison with total ease - she's the best!!!
Jessica and Brian
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There are no words to describe how special Rev Alison made our wedding day. She was able to translate exactly how we felt to make our vows personal and unique. Being that the wedding was untraditional to begin with, she had that artistic, free-way about her that fell right into our energy. There aren't two people who love each other more, and we can't thank Rev Alison enough for creating a day that we've been wanting for such a long time.
Kim and Matthew
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