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Basilisa Marie

Hey friends. 

As if I don't have enough to do between RCIA and First Communion and parents already(!!!) asking me about Vacation Bible School, I've also decided to try to make my workparish's marriage prep smell of elderberries less. 

Right now it's basically the FOCCUS and an Engaged Encounter weekend retreat and a few meetings with our deacon and his wife. There's a place we refer people to for NFP. It's fine for now, as a baseline, but I'd really like it to grow. We haven't had a whole lot of couples doing marriage prep with us, but the numbers are growing and I'm looking to enhance our "core" curriculum as well as put together some extra resources geared toward couples with different kinds of backgrounds. The stuff that works for a super educated, super practicing Catholic couple might not be the same as for a couple with mixed backgrounds, vice versa, etc. 

Are there any resources that you married (or engaged!) people used that you found particularly helpful? 

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Nihil Obstat

In my admittedly limited experience, there really is no substitute for face to face meetings with a very good priest. My priest meets with couples once a week every week for several months in very spiritually intensive sessions, with assigned homework, and he is more than willing to 'fail' someone if they are not taking it seriously.

A big time commitment, yes. But I cannot imagine very many concerns that are more weighty, in the context of a priest's responsibilities.

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Basilisa Marie
1 hour ago, Nihil Obstat said:

In my admittedly limited experience, there really is no substitute for face to face meetings with a very good priest. My priest meets with couples once a week every week for several months in very spiritually intensive sessions, with assigned homework, and he is more than willing to 'fail' someone if they are not taking it seriously.

A big time commitment, yes. But I cannot imagine very many concerns that are more weighty, in the context of a priest's responsibilities.

Do you have any idea what the homework looks like? 

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Just now, Basilisa Marie said:

Do you have any idea what the homework looks like? 

I do not, but there are two couples I can ask if you want to know.

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1 hour ago, Nihil Obstat said:

I do not, but there are two couples I can ask if you want to know.

Dude, didn't you just get married?

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Nihil Obstat
8 minutes ago, Gabriela said:

Dude, didn't you just get married?

Yes, but not by my own priest.

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10 minutes ago, Nihil Obstat said:

Yes, but not by my own priest.

Oh, right. Duh. She would also have a priest, wouldn't she? :child:

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Nihil Obstat
8 minutes ago, Gabriela said:

Oh, right. Duh. She would also have a priest, wouldn't she? :child:

Technically yes, but he did not marry us either. :hehe: We were actually married by Phatcatholic's brother, who also celebrated the traditional Mass for the first time just for us.

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1 minute ago, Nihil Obstat said:

Technically yes, but he did not marry us either. :hehe: We were actually married by Phatcatholic's brother, who also celebrated the traditional Mass for the first time just for us.

Aww, that's sweet! :like2:

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Anastasia13

I'm interested in any homework that might be applied also to newlyweds.

 

thank you,

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Be careful of the guy who wrote Holy Sex. He is huge into attachment parenting and just wrote an article about how formula feeding is sinful. Kind of an extremist. Holy Sex doesn't go there but in case the newlyweds google him...

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Good News About Sex & Marriage by Christopher West.  I believe there a study guide edition now.

Three To Get Married by Fulton Sheen

Marriage Is for Keeps: Foundations for Christian Marriage by John Kippley.  This book also includes a nuptial mass planner.

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10 hours ago, Maggyie said:

Be careful of the guy who wrote Holy Sex. He is huge into attachment parenting and just wrote an article about how formula feeding is sinful. Kind of an extremist. Holy Sex doesn't go there but in case the newlyweds google him...

I love his definition of sacramental marriage. Was never pregnant long enough to read any of his baby stuff. Good to know. 

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