Accompanying Engaged Couples Through their Wedding

The Archdiocese of Portland has experienced quite a change in Weddings since the year 2000. Marriage preparation is a “Catholic Moment” where the church has an opportunity to engage each couple and connect them to the Body of Christ.

A new Marriage Prep Framework is providing Archdiocesan Certification to better prepare and accompany couples for the Sacrament of Matrimony.  

A growing number of parishes throughout the Archdiocese now have healthy, faithful couples serving as their Marriage Prep Coordinator(s) and have relied on the Archdiocese to help train and mentor them  as they implement the new framework.

Witness to Love: is a virtues-based, Catechumenate model of marriage renewal and preparation that integrates modern principles of psychology and the virtues to help couples facilitate an authentic dialogue about their relationship.  *English & Spanish

Prepare-Enrich: is the top pre-marriage assessment in the US.  This dynamic inventory gives a snap shot of the engaged couples relationship's strengths as well as areas of improvement.  This tool helps parish marriage prep coordinators, the Sponsor Couples, and the engaged couple themselves know what to focus on.  *Available in 12 Language 

New Marriage Prep Framework Overview
Get Trained as a Marriage Prep Coordinator (MPC)
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