Marriage and Family Life

Coronavirus Update from the Office of Marriage and Family Life

In light of the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus, the in-person Archdiocesan Marriage Preparation Conferences in English have been cancelled until March 2021 at which time we will reevaluate our in-person events with the hope of returning to them in early spring 2021. Until then, the Office of Marriage and Family Life invites couples to participate in our newly created online version of marriage preparation. This is available to couples who need to participate in an Archdiocesan Marriage Preparation Conference before March 2021. This conference includes the full NFP workshop that engaged couples are invited to attend as Step 3 of their Marriage Prep, as indicated on the Archdiocesan Marriage Prep timeline.

For those couples who can participate in marriage preparation after March 2021, we ask that they wait for further updates on when we'll be returning to in-person conferences. Please contact, or have a couple you're working with contact, Emily Burds (burdse@archmil.org) for further questions.

Marriage Preparation Conferences in Spanish will still take place on the same dates but will be done virtually through Zoom. Participants can register like usual, through clicking the registration icon at the bottom of this page.

Meetings to plan the wedding liturgy, meetings with the pastor/pastoral staff, and meetings to review the FOCCUS and other pre-marital inventories should still take place, either in-person or over Zoom.

We realize this is a heart-breaking time for so many engaged couples whose wedding plans have been significantly altered. We will pray for the peace of all the couples and those walking with them in their preparation.