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.
Register by contacting the marriage preparation coordinator:
Mary Jo Sigourney, St. Vincent de Paul,
715-213-8276
Email: stvinred@solarus.net
The cost is $60.
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.
Next session: November 9, 2013, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, Wisconsin Rapids.
What a typical day might be like:
| Time | Session |
| 8:15 – 8:30 AM | Registration/Light Breakfast Welcome |
| 8:30 – 9:50 AM | Covenant |
| 9:50 - 10:05 AM | Prayer Service |
| 10:05 – 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 – 12:15 PM | Faithfulness |
| 12:15 – 12:30 PM | Prayer Service |
| 12:30 – 1:00 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:00 – 2:55 PM | Permanence |
| 2:55 – 3:10 PM | Prayer Service |
| 3:10 – 3:20 PM | Break |
| 3:20 – 3:55 PM | Natural Family Planning VIDEO |
| 3:55 – 4:50 PM | Openness to Life |
| 5:00 – 6:00 PM | MASS |
| 6:00 – 6:15 PM | Final Prayer |