Monday, September 21, 2009

The Pre-Cana Seminar


The pre-cana seminar is a requirement of the Roman Catholic Church. All couples have to go through the seminar (usually during the weekend), a task that most (if not all) couples dread going through because it takes up time and you don't really know what to expect.

It's worth going through though.

The seminar we attended took 2 days. I had to get up really, really early since the seminar was scheduled to start at 8 a.m.. In the spirit of togetherness, Sweetie and I decided to meet earlier and have breakfast first. A rare occurrence :)



Day 1 of the seminar consisted of talks on personhood, family and parenting, and family planning. I'm pretty sure the guys had fun during the Q&A and exercises during the family planning module. It was also the most hilarious. Day 2 was surprising interesting since it focused more on the husband and wife relationship, including resolving conflict and better communication. We were also given exercises and a guide on stuff that couples need to talk about before getting married.

Most of the speakers said that we were lucky to have a full-length pre-cana seminar since during their time they either didn't have to go through one or it was just a one-hour session. I'm glad that we went through it and I'm thankful to the speakers who volunteered their time for us.

3 comments:

  1. ganda nman ng story nio...love it..♥

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  2. hi. me and my fiance are set to get married this june. almost everything are set already but the pre-cana seminar! help! do u know any parish who holds this seminar?do u have any contact numbers of these parishes? thanks a lot in advance!

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  3. Try to call Mary the Queen Parish -
    http://www.marythequeen.org/

    Or Discovery Weekend -
    http://www.discoveryweekend.org/

    Or try to call the Church you have booked.

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