White Robed Monks of St. Benedict

Father Robert Dittler was amazing! He was hip, modern, short, and funny. Everything we were looking for in an officiant! He was extremely helpful and provided many tips for us. He was like a second wedding planner for us. Father Robert was thorough and ensured that all parties of the wedding party knew their places during the rehearsal and, more importantly, the wedding.

Don't let the location of Pleasanton confuse you. The White Robed Monks are in various communities in the bay area. We had Father Skip for my daughter's wedding in Santa Rosa. Fr. Skip lives and works north of the bay. I can not say enough what a wonderful experience it was to work with Fr. Skip. He was there for rehersal and was such an asset with a great sense of humor and experience. He put the bride and groom to ease right away. He was early arriving and made an impression on our venue's staff. For the wedding he was wonderful!!! Our guest were so impressed with him. We loved that he stayed for a while and talked with the guests. The White Robed Monks do not charge for their services but we were more than happy to give a donation to this great order. Thank you Fr. Skip for a wonderful wedding!

We had Father Robert Dittler officiate our ceremony and were very pleased with his involvement in our wedding as well as our engagement. He went above and beyond what we expected and really took the time to get to know us. Our ceremony was very touching but also humerous, which is exactly what we wanted.

Our wedding took place in late September. My friend recommended white robed monks of St. benedict, and I went to yelp and project wedding and read the reviews. Everyone raved about Father Dittler, and so we went with him. We met with him a couple months before our wedding. He was organized and I felt like we were in good hands. At the wedding, he was exceeded our expectations. My bustle kept falling and he brought some safety pins and pinned them up. He also helped removed the money after my money dance and I found the money later in our "card" box. Everyone asked whether he was someone that we grew up with, and said the ceremony was so intimate. Someone had a "block party" nearby and a live band was playing during our ceremony. He knew how to make it a part of the ceremony. One of the best choices we made at our wedding.

Father Patrick Bellomi was super fantastic! What a great person and so friendly. He really made our ceremony personal and special.

We had Reverend Robert Dittler and we loved him! Everybody loved him. He’s funny, easy-going, on time, a great director. He returns phone calls and e-mails promptly. He came to our rehearsal and showed everyone what to do. He was wonderful and he is another vendor who I cannot say enough good things about. Grade: A+

Father Robert Dittler is the best. He officiated our wedding and Baptized our daughter. He will also be officiating my brother's wedding -needless to say, he's our guy!

What can I say we Loved Father Robert Dittler. He is a great guy as well as officiant. He was there to help as well as guide us through everything. We are so happy he married us. We couldn't ask for a better officiant. In case you need to know he doesn't only marry you he becomes your wedding planner,cake cutter,stylist etc. He helps in everything.

We can not thank Father Richard enough for all that he did for us. With our unique family came unique requests and he made it the most beautiful service. Everyone was crying.

Robert was so much fun to work with and gave us such a wonderfully charasmatic and warm ceremony. He grabbed everyone's hearts that day. The ceremony could not have been more perfect and personalized to us.

Our officiant was Father Gerald Caprio, we had a traditional catholic ceremony. He has very nice and understanding since day one. He worked with us to make our destination wedding possible. We were very pleased with his service.

They were amazing! My now husband is in the military was not able to come home at all in the six months before the wedding. This proved to be difficult for finding an officiant. All of the officiants required pre-marital counseling and/or a retreat. This was not an option for us due to the fact that my husband was in Virginia. I met with our officiant a few times prior to the wedding, but they did not require us to do counseling. They were also great about customizing the ceremony so that it fit us and was totally what we wanted. I am from a Catholic background and my husband is not but we were able to take Catholic elements and put them into our ceremony.

Reverend Ariosto Coelho is sweet and comprenhensive. The way it works is that you submit a form with the white monks and then the reverend calls you (depending on your area). Rev. Ariosto called me and set up some time to meet with us. We live down south and he tried finind a way to meet us at Burbank! That was very nice of him but we made it to his place. What I right away loved about him was his friendliness and how he made my husband feel at ease. He gave us counseling and asked us questions. He was great and easy to talk to. I will recommend any couple to have Father Ariosto commence your wedding. He is truly a god sent reverend.

Amazing! Highly recommended!!!

Robert Dittler is the greatest. At the rehearsal he was conducting things! At our wedding when guests were arriving he was running gifts up to the gift table, putting flowers on people who needed flowers, getting the marriage license and just making sure everything ran! If i needed something he would get it!! He was so great! Everyone loved his ceremony it was very meaningful and didn't put anyone to sleep!! LOL

We like Father Dowling a lot. He is very easy going, nice, and knows what he's doing. He let us modify the ceremony "script" however we wanted. We ended up with a mixture of Catholic themes and other spiritual themes. He is fine either way.

Father Robert has now married 4 couples in my family and baptized my daughter. He is an amazing human being! He officiated my wedding 10 years ago and whenever we see him it's like it was yesterday. You absolutely cannot go wrong with Father Robert!

We used Fr. Robert Dittler and we absolutely loved him! He was friendly, comforting, and humorous. He is a gem, and we were thrilled to have him marry us. Thank you to Fr. Robert!