Our Focus

The Office of Marriage & Family Life serves as an advocate for marriage enrichment. Husband & wife, called to live out their divine vocation as a “domestic church,” can find support and strength in several established organizations/programs. 
 

Marriage is a covenant or partnership of life between a man and a woman, which is ordered to the well-being of the spouses and to the procreation and upbringing of children.  When validly contracted between two baptized people, marriage is a sacrament (matrimony) (CCC 1601) 

Overview

The Office of Marriage and Family Life supports the vision of the Bishop by:

• Developing and supporting parish ministries focused on enriching marriages
• Overseeing the implementation of Marriage Preparation programs to ensure couples are fully prepared to partake in the Sacrament
• Networking with national ministries offering Marriage Enrichment to meet the diverse needs of the faithful in the Diocese
• Spreading the message of God's plan for Marriage and Family, including the Theology of the Body and human sexuality  
• Offering opportunities for Marriage Enrichment at a Diocesan level