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Congratulations on your engagement. Here you will find what you need to begin your preparation.
Marriage Preparation Checklist:
- 1. Initial meeting with pastor
- premarital questionnaire
- Fully Engaged survey
- 2. Meeting with pastor to go over Fully Engaged results
- 3. Classes:
- Agape Catholic Marriage Course – Online
or - Parish mentor couple program (where available)
- Agape Catholic Marriage Course – Online
- 4. Natural Family Planning course – Online
- 5. Marriage preparation retreat day
- 6. Final meeting with pastor to prepare for wedding ceremony
- 7. Post-Cana, marriage enrichment for newlyweds (in addition to Pre-Cana, which is the term typically used to refer to marriage preparation (before the wedding) experiences)
Marriage Preparation Resources
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Marriage Preparation Resources
- “For Your Marriage” news and blogs (an initiative of the USCCB)
- Liturgy planning resources
- U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops NFP Resources
- Find an NFP class
- Books and brochures
“How to live a good marriage? United in the Lord, who always renews our love and strengthens it to overcome every difficulty.” —Pope Francis
