SmartLoving offers a range of programs and resources to equip clergy, lay leaders, dioceses and parishes with the important task of marriage preparation and ongoing formation for married couples.
Explore our courses and discover how to set up a marriage catechumenate in your parish. Visit:
If you would like to know how to better support couples in distressed marriages consider becoming a BreakThrough Companion. Training Webinars are held quarterly. Next one in August 2024.
Your website is the digital front door of the parish. An internet search is often the first place an engaged couple or a spouse in a distressed marriage go looking for support. We rarely make the most out of our existing parish websites and the parish website is a great digital space to point couples to good Catholic resources.
As a new idea, the definition of the Marriage Catechumenate is still evolving. Originally presented as a point of comparison with the RCIA, it applied to the period between engagement (corresponding to the catechumenate) and into the newlywed years (corresponding with the mystagogy). Read more.
