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Marriage Preparation

Church Documents

•  Marriage Preparation and Cohabiting Couples Committee on Marriage and Family - NCCB/USCC
•  Pastoral Letter about Cohabitation and Marriage in the Church by Bishop Michael J Sheehan

Online Books & Files

•  Cana is Forever Counsels for before and after marriage. Includes topics about dating, maturity, real love, mixed marriage, impediments to marriage, adjustments in married life, children, sex, and contraception.
•  One in Mind, in Heart, in Affections Edited by Rev. William R. Clark, O.P. (1952) A series of lectures and discussions in preparation for marriage.

Articles

•  Are You Fit To Be Tied? 14 Questions for would-be married couples
•  Beginning Your Marriage Published by the Cana Conference of Chicago in 1957.
•  Get married at St Patrick's Church for the Irish in Rome
•  Get married at St Peter's Basilica or as Santa Susanna
•  Living Together: Questions and Answers Regarding Cohabitation and the Church's Moral Teaching Pennsylania Catholic Conference
•  Msgr. Joseph Champlin's 'Together for Life': Is it Faithful to Magisterial Teaching on Contraception?  'Together For Life' has been used extensively since 1970 for marriage preparation.
•  Preparing For Marriage by George Sim Johnston, an experienced pre-Cana teacher (from Crisis, May 1998)
•  Source of Joy and Practical Help by Joanna Bogle. Excellent advice on how to approach marriage preparation classes - for the instructor (from This Rock, July/August 1999).
•  Straight Answers: Pre-Marital Sex: Sept. 18, 1997