CONGRATULATIONS!
From all of us on the Pre-Cana Savannah team, we want to congratulate you on your engagement!
Gentlemen, your decision to ask your fiance to marry you and ladies, your “yes” have set you on a path to experience the beauty and joys of the Sacrament of Marriage. We are blessed to help you along this journey.
1. Meet With Your Priest
A couple desiring to be married must contact a parish priest at least four months before the proposed date of their wedding. This requirement is to insure adequate time for catechesis and to permit sufficient reflection on one’s readiness to enter into this sacrament. Before setting a date for your wedding, please contact your church’s office.
2. Register For Pre-Cana
Please check the calendar for upcoming dates for the Pre-Cana Marriage Retreat in Savannah, Georgia. The cost for the retreat is $100 per couple. This covers the space, materials, and food & refreshments.
*Registration is housed on the St. James the Less Catholic Church website linked in the “Register Here” button above.
What Is Pre-Cana?
Pre-Cana is a marriage preparation program, designed for engaged couples who believe they are ready for marriage in the Church because they have a growing, positive relationship.
What’s Its Purpose?
The goal of these programs is to provide an opportunity for engaged couples to continue discovering practical ways to enhance their communication with one another and God. Couples leave the busyness of their daily lives for a time to be together in a quiet and beautiful setting to help prepare them for their marriages.
How Long Is The Retreat?
Pre-Cana is a two-day pre-marriage preparation program led by trained married couples.
How Does It Work?
Pre-Cana is presented through short talks by the facilitators who present the Church’s teachings on marriage and family life, share their own experiences, group exercises, and personal reflections.
What Are The Topics?
Sacrament of Marriage
Communication skills
Intimacy and Sexuality
Christian Family Values
Finances
Family of Origin
Natural Family Planning
Interfaith marriage
Parenting
How Often Is It Held?
Your Marriage is the Savannah Deanery Program designed for individuals marrying for the first time and is offered three times a year in Savannah by a team of volunteer couples and a deacon. It is given on a Friday evening and all day Saturday. A similar program is offered in several other parishes of the diocese.
Where Is It Located?
Camp Villa Marie
6 Dolan Dr.
Savannah, GA 31406
“Spouses are therefore the permanent reminder to the Church of what happened on the Cross; they are for one another and for the children witnesses to the salvation in which the sacrament makes them sharers.”
– Familiaris Consortio, Section 13
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