In the Diocese of Owensboro, we don’t want to just prepare you for your wedding day. We want to prepare you for a life-long marriage that continues to grow, mature, and get better as the years go by. We believe marriage should be fun and enjoyable as much as it is challenging.
We don’t just want to give you packets of information and hoops to jump through for marriage preparation. We want to lay out a clear vision of God’s plan for your marriage and teach you skills to keep a good marriage healthy. Our goal in the Office of Marriage & Family Life is not only to help you have a great start to your marriage, but even more importantly to offer resources and support for the rest of your married lives together.
What we’re offering in our marriage ministry is a balance of vision, skills, and support that starts in marriage prep and continues into enrichment through things like Grace Marriage, retreats for married couples, and other support ministries for when issues arise. This begins with marriage preparation, which is why you’re here.
PreCana
Our PreCana is a hybrid program, meaning it has two parts: a self-paced online course and an in-person retreat day. The dates for the in person retreats are:
- February 28th @ Kenlake State Resort Park (Hardin)
- May 9th @ Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp (Bowling Green)
- August 1st @ St. Margaret’s Chapel (Henderson)
- September 12th @ Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp (Bowling Green)
- December 5th @ Passionist Retreat Center (Whitesville)
To register for PreCana and the in-person retreat, click owensboromarriage.com
Sponsor Couple Program
The Sponsor Couple Program is a great option for couples who prefer meeting face-to-face with a couple in their parish in a relaxed, informal setting. Each session covers topics related to marriage in the context of the Catholic Faith.
Sponsor couples are selected by the parish and trained by the Office of Marriage & Family Life to serve as a model of Christian marriage to the engaged couple of love in action. Choosing this option has the added benefit of connecting the newly married couple with another couple in the parish who can help them feel welcomed by the parish community.
Contact your parish priest to see if your parish offers sponsor couples.
Remarriage
ReMarriage is a marriage preparation program for couples preparing for marriage after one or both persons have experienced a declaration of invalidity or death of a former spouse.
Call or Email Danny to get started on the process.
270-683-1545 or danny.may@pastoral.org