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 Our Lady Queen of Heaven Church.
To register, contact Karen Abbott at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, 715-423-1251. 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.
Upcoming sessions:
March 24, 2012 (this class is full)
November 3, 2012
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 |