Marriage preparation in the Diocese of Austin is a discernment Process that allows couples to explore and discern their vocation of marriage by looking closely at their relationships with one another and with God.
Practicing Catholics who are active in their Catholic faith
Have been married in the church for more than 5 years
Preferably go to the same parish as you
Not your immediate relative
Click here to download a copy of the steps toward sacramental marriage.
"The love of the spouses requires, of its very nature, the unity and indissolubility of the spouses' community of persons, which embraces their entire life: "so they are no longer two, but one flesh." They "are called to grow continually in their communion through day-to-day fidelity to their marriage promise of total mutual self-giving..
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1644