This ministry provides personal and confidential guidance to couples preparing for marriage. The purpose is to help the engaged couple better understand each other, their families of origin, and their expectations of marriage. This is accomplished through the use of the marriage preparation workbook and the sharing of personal experiences. Other areas in which we focus are; communication skills, parenting, intimacy and spirituality. We also provide this ministry to couples already married and who wish to have their marriage validated (blessed) in the Catholic Church.

Volunteers willing to be sponsor couples should be married by the Catholic Church for a number of years, have a strong commitment to a faith based marriage, and be willing to share their marital experiences and spirituality with the engaged couple.

Time commitment/Training: Sponsor couples typically meet with at least one or two engaged couples per year. These meetings consists of 5-6 sessions which take place in the home of the sponsor and are scheduled at the convenience of the sponsor couple and the engaged couple. Each session can last up to 2 hours.

Sponsor couples will find this ministry enriching to their own marriage as well as having a great opportunity to help others through their experiences.