Marriage Formation in the Diocese of Richmond Our goal is to assist you in this “journey of faith” by identifying and guiding you through the steps and experiences necessary to prepare for marriage in our Catholic tradition. The focus of this preparation process is to provide you, the engaged couple, with a solid foundation for permanent, faithful and life giving love in your sacramental marriage.
Great Date Experiment
from MarriedLife Online. What would happen if you and your spouse tried a little experiment? What if for
6 months, you went out on 6 really Great Dates? What would happen if you took part in... The Big 6 Great
Date Experiment? Each Great Date revolves around one of our Big 6 essentials: Nurture Romance, Cultivate
Communication, Hurry Home, Celebrate Differences, Finish Together, and Trust God.
Think you can't afford it? Go cheap. Just go. Think you're too busy? Cancel something. Think this might
be like therapy? Think again. They're great... Great Dates..
For Your Marriage is an outstanding website offered through the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops dedicated to you and your marriage. It provides a simple, upbeat message about the necessity of couples participating in their marriage — often in small, daily acts of love and care — in order to build commitment. The website, which continues to grow, offers information, help, inspiration and encouragement to couples who want to learn about marriage and deepen their commitment.
Couple Checkup is designed to help you and your (future) spouse build a more satisfying and intimate relationship. It is designed to activate dialogue, discovery, and increase the overall quality of your relationship. The Couple Checkup will help you discover your strengths as a couple. It will also help you identify issues that are threatening the vitality of your relationship and may need to be addressed.
Marriage Encounter is a program to assist a good marriage in becoming a better marriage. Click on the following links for more information: Connecticut Worldwide Marriage Encounter andWorldwide Marriage Encounter.
Marriage Alive is a great website recommended by the Council of Bishops to help support and strengthen marriages.
Natural Family Planning promotes the moral, healthy, and successful practice of the marital conjugal relationship.
Smart Marriages is a coalition of Marriage, Family and Couple Education.
Long Distance Couples for couples in long distance relationships
Marriage Savers Preparing, Strengthing and Restoring Marriage
Retrouvaille is a program to assist a troubled or stressed marriage in becoming a good marriage.