Marriage Preparation

1. Engaged couples should contact a priest or deacon for an initial meeting at least 6 months prior to the planned wedding date. At this meeting, a date for the wedding and a marriage brochure with rules and requirements about the wedding ceremony are distributed. To schedule this initial meeting, please call the Church office at: (214) 358-1453.
   
   
2. Engaged couple should contact the Faith Formation office to be assigned a sponsor couple. Sponsor couple will administer the Facilitating Open Couple Communication Understanding Study (FOCCUS) questionnaire. FOCCUS is an internationally used inventory designed to provide engaged couples and those working with them a personalized profile of what is needed in their marriage preparation process. It is both a starting place for couple discussion and a map of what issues need time and attention, affirmation or problem solving.  Over a few sessions, the sponsor couple will go over the results of the questionnaire with the engaged couple.
   
   
3. To learn more about Natural Family Planning, a method of family planning used to achieve or postpone pregnancy, please go to Couple to Couple league website. The website will include the most current class schedule in the Dallas area.
   
   
4. After the steps mentioned above have been completed, the engaged couple should contact the pastor or deacon and finish completing required paperwork.