CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT!
Welcome and Congratulations!
It is our privilege to help you prepare for your life together in this wonderful sacrament, and we are prepared to do just that. The focus of marriage preparation is not centered primarily on planning the wedding. Its focus is on preparing to live out a lifelong union of love with the Lord.
Whether you are planning a wedding at Prince of Peace, or planning a wedding elsewhere, we are happy to work with you to complete your Marriage Preparation requirements. The Diocese of Dallas has a minimum preparation time of at least six months prior to your planned wedding date but planning a year or more out is also common.
First Step: orientation Meeting
Your first step is to request an orientation. This meeting will go over the process and answer any questions you might have.
Michael Muldowney
Director of Adult Ministry
mmuldowney@popplano.org
Next Steps & Resources
The registration form below is used to collect all of your basic data. You are welcome to complete it before or after the orientation meeting. The rest of the page includes resources that we will discuss at our orientation meeting!
NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING
A Natural Family Planning (NFP) course is now a requirement for Marriage Preparation within the Diocese of Dallas. You are welcome to select whichever course you prefer. Please email us if you find a course not on this list that you are interested in.
Couple to Couple League provides group classes online or in person. The series has three classes with a month in between each class.
Learn how to postpone or achieve pregnancy, and how to use Natural Family Planning to improve your overall health!
This 6-part video series is an overview, witness, and introduction to the beauty and science of Natural Family Planning.
You will also learn about what the Catholic church teaches about spousal love, God’s design for human sexuality, and remaining open to life.
PREPARATION RESOURCES
The Prepare and Enrich Marriage Inventory is designed to equip marriage champions, couples, and families with evidence-based skills and insights to foster healthy relationships.
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.