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"Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?" Mt 19: 4-6"The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament." Catechism of the Catholic Church #1601
Engaged couples requesting to be married in the Catholic Church should contact the parish office no less than six months prior to the proposed wedding day. Couples in a civil union may also contact the parish to have their marriage validated in the Catholic Church.
Contact: Mary Brown
Phone: 217-6740 (parish office)RELATED DOCUMENTS:
MARRIAGE PREP Program Information
Marriage...yesterday...today...always... A pastoral letter
Convalidation - Is my marriage recognized by the Church?QUICK LINK
Couple to Couple League - a Catholic, non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire, educate and support couples in family planning that is natural, effective, healthy and consistent with God’s plan for life, love and marriage.