Marriage Preparation Workshop

What Is FOCCUS | Goal | Topics | Couple Involvement | Hours | Registration Form

What Is FOCCUS

Prior to the marriage preparation workshop or sometime afterward, each individual will complete a computer inventory of 156 basic questions on marriage that creates a unique profile of the couple’s issues, challenges, strengths and realities.

Foccus enables a couple to own and shape their marriage preparation process by providing an outline for facilitating appropriate and on-target discussion and educational support to couples by a marriage preparation provider.

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Goal

This marriage education program provides information and discussion that every couple needs to understand what makes a successful marriage work. With the help of experienced, trained and committed facilitators, couples learn helpful guidelines for creating a healthy marriage and develop strategies, skills and attitudes that help build strong relationships.

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Topics

The workshop helps to improve communication in the following areas:

• Strengthening your bond: Respect, Trust, Faith, Values and Intimacy
• Sexuality: Creating an intimate marriage
• Family of Origin: exploring its impact on your relationship
• Working it out: resolving conflict
• Financial Harmony in Marriage
• Becoming a Couple, Becoming a Family

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Couple Involvement

The focus of the workshop is marriage education, not marriage therapy.

Couples will have ample opportunity to work together and in small groups as part of the program. Participants are invited to speak at their own level of comfort.

* NOTE: Couples who are interested in ongoing couple work will be referred to a counsellor.

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Schedule

• Weekend Workshops
  • November 7 & 8, 2008OR
  • April 24 & 25, 2009
• Friday
  • 6p.m.-9p.m.
    
• Saturday
  • 9a.m.- 4p.m. (lunch and snacks provided)

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Registration Form

The registration fee for the workshop is:
$190.00 per couple for weekend session.

Resource materials are provided.
Couples are encouraged to attend a workshop six months prior to their actual wedding date.

Please mail registration form with your cheque for $190.00 to:

Catholic Family Services,
447 Main Street East, Unit 201, Hamilton ON L8N 1K1

CLICK HERE TO OPEN REGISTRATION FORM (PDF Format)

If you require any additional assistance, please call 905-527-3823, Ext. 230

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