just did pre cana do i have to do this other one too

AllieCat16 · June 2010

my church (st. teresa's in summit) never mentioned that we had to go through pre cana and the joy filled marriage session. but when we were being let out of pre cana today, they said we will see you guys all at the joy filled marriage

anyone know? i just went to the archdiocese website and there was no information stating the requirements. there are not many sessions left before my wedding!!!

gibribuz · June 2010

I am not sure if all dioceses have the same rules. Our church is part of the Diocese of Metuchen and we had to do Pre-Cana and the Joy Filled Marriage session.

mscutieri · June 2010

Yes, it is now a requirement. It used to be optional, but as of July 2009 they have made it a requirement. FI and I though precana was on the boring side, but we really enjoyed the God's Plan for a Joy Filled Marriage. We got a lot out of it.

Just so you o=know, it's a little expensive -- I think it cost us $120ish.

Reilly626 · June 2010

And it was soooooo boring and a complete waste of time!

smw42 · June 2010

Yes, you have to do both sessions, plus focus. Joy filled marriage is way worse than the marriage prep IMO

cvl105 · June 2010

weird, I didn't have to do that. We live in MA and did Pre Cana here, but got married in NJ and didn't have to do any Joy Filled Marriage or anything.

DandT1206 · June 2010

we didn't have the Joy Filled Marriage either (we went about a yr ago in Hazlet, part of Diocese of Trenton).... so glad it wasn't a requirement (in fact, I've never heard of it until now).

smw42 · June 2010

We were told the original marriage prep was split up into two sessions instead of one long one, and that's where the Joy Filled Marriage session came from.