| Getting Married in the Catholic Church |
Congratulations!
The Church welcomes you and is delighted you
are considering celebrating this time in your
life in the presence of God.
You should be thinking of your first steps:
- Call your parish to begin the process. Our churches have commitments and schedules and need some advance notice to accommodate you. Parish Links
- Ask
your parish for information concerning Pre-Cana/Marriage
Prep/Engaged Encounter and register as soon as
possible. All the recent information about marriages
in our country tells us that the couple who prepares
well for the marriage (not simply the wedding
ceremony) has the greatest potential for success.
Also, this preparation is most effective when
the engaged couple can participate fully and
have time to process the information gathered
and the skills learned. As you prepare for your
wedding, the Church asks you take the time to prepare for your marriage. Please
register as soon as possible, as sessions fill as much as three months
before the date.
View Pre-Cana Schedule - If you are having trouble finding a Pre-Cana session that is in your area or one that fits into your schedule please try Online Pre-Cana.
- You will be asked to take a FOCCUS inventory and have the results processed by a member of your parish team. The 150+ questions and your responses to them will help you as a couple to get an objective look at your strengths and at those areas where you might need to do some work. Again, this is a tool designed to assist you in moving into Marriage as prepared as possible.
- Now you are ready to work with a member of the parish staff and/or the musicians to prepare the ceremony
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