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Frequently Asked Questions
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General Info about Pre-Marriage Classes
Every couple to be married in the Diocese of Pittsburgh is required to participate in a diocesan-approved marriage preparation program which should be taken at least six months prior to your wedding. Pre-marriage programs are offered in three models: a parish-sponsored program (including the Renew the 'I Do' Marriage Preparation program), the Engaged Encounter weekend retreat, or online formation through Catholic Marriage Prep.com, the only approved online pre-marriage program for the Diocese of Pittsburgh. See below for information, dates and availability for each.
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Diocesan Marriage Preparation Classes
Click here for schedule of classes
Parishes sometimes provide us with additional information on their programs. The following are documents provided for individual premarriage programs sponsored by some of our parish programs.
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RENEW THE 'I DO' MARRIAGE PREPARATION
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Engaged couples are invited to participate in A Joy-Filled Marriage, a lively, insightful, and resourceful experience with your future spouse. You will gain the wisdom, receive the tools, and ignite the passion to help form a thriving marriage! Topics include:
- What are you saying "I do" to?
- Communication
- Love style
- Resolving conflict
- Building happiness
Start the journey to a joy-filled marriage today!
Click here: SCHEDULE FOR RENEW-THE-I-DO MARRIAGE PREP
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Engaged Encounter Marriage Preparation
Engaged Encounter is a weekend retreat away that assists couples in dialogueing honestly and intensively about their prospective lives together-- their strengths and weaknesses, desires, ambitions, goals, attitudes about money, sex, children, family, church and society--in a face to face way. Engaged Encounter is an invitation to go deeper in communication, vital for the growth of relationships and healthy marriages.
Local Website: pittsburghengagedencounter.org
National Website: engagedencounter.orgFor local reservations call: 412-861-0262 or email: eeweekends@verizon.net
TO VOLUNTEER to help Engaged Encounter, contact Rick & Carol Behring at 724-316-2820 or rcbehring@zoominternet.net
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Online Catholic Marriage Preparation
If your pastor has approved you for online marriage preparation, please click on the Catholic Marriage Prep logo below to register.
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Diocesan Guidelines for Pre-Marriage Programs
Clergy and marriage ministers may click here to access guidelines for the content of
pre-marriage programs facilitated in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
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