Marriage preparation
The Wisconsin Rapids Deanery hosts a marriage preparation program
three times a year for couples wishing to enter into the sacrament
of marriage.
This program is a requirement for all couples wishing to marry in
the Catholic Church.
The program is facilitated by married couples who are witnesses to the engaged by sharing their years of married life together, following an approved format from the Diocese of La Crosse.
The program is held at one of the churches in the deanery.
To register, contact Marylou Hafenbredl at St. Lawrence Church in Wisconsin Rapids. Phone: 715-421-5777. The cost is $60, which can be sent with the registration form.
The deanery follows a one-day format. Couples must participate in the entire day and stay until the closing prayer for attendance to be valid.
Here are the upcoming dates:
· February 20, 2010, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven.
· April 17, 2010, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven.
Here is what your day may be like:
| Session | Times |
| Registration/Light Breakfast | 8:00 – 8:30 |
| Faithfulness | 8:30 – 10:30 |
| Permanence | 10:45 – 1:45 (There will be a working break offered during the family-of-origin activity.) |
| Lunch | 1:00 – 1:30 |
| Covenant | 1:30 – 2:45 |
| Openness to Life | 3:00 – 4:45 |
| Mass | 5:00 – 6:00 |
| Dinner with Panel | 6:00 – 7:00 |
| Closing | 7:00 – 7:15 |