Marriage Preparation Course
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria offers Marriage Preparation as a synchronous Zoom course, which are held periodically throughout the year. The dates for the upcoming year are posted below.
The marriage preparation course is designed to increase your knowledge of the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage and family, and to deepen your awareness of what a Catholic marriage entails, that is, the free and able consent of both parties to a lifelong, faithful and fruitful union before God. It will give you opportunities to discuss significant issues with your fiancé and provide you with ideas that will inform and inspire you as you grow in understanding and knowledge of the vocation of marriage, and of each other.
Topics include self-knowledge and expectations; communication; marital intimacy; sexuality and creating a family; the sacrament of marriage and the wedding ceremony; finances and faith; and conflict resolution.
The cost is $75 per couple, which includes access to the Zoom sessions, and one copy per couple of the book What God Has Joined, which ideally, will be mailed to each couple before the course begins, as well as one copy per couple of The Order of Celebrating Matrimony Liturgy Planning Guide.
After finishing the course, each couple will receive via email a pdf of their joint certificate of completion.
Please note: The Diocese of Victoria is no longer offering an online marriage preparation course. If you are not able to attend the any of the Zoom Marriage Preparation courses, please contact your parish priest to discuss alternatives.
If you belong to another (arch)diocese, please ask your parish priest whether the Victoria diocese marriage course will be accepted in your jurisdiction before signing up.
If you have any questions, please email the Marriage Prep Coordinator at