Congratulations on your Engagement
We are glad that you chose our parish family in which to celebrate the sacrament of marriage, and we look forward to working with you. Planning for your wedding involves careful consideration of all the details that will make it a beautiful and memorable day. Important as these details are, even more important is the preparation for your married life, which lasts much more than a day. It is with this in mind that the Church has formulated a marriage preparation policy, one which can assist you in being better prepared for both the wedding day and the marriage, the living of the sacrament.
Your engagement is not only a time of sending invitations and preparing for a party, but a deepened time of discernment and sacramental preparation. Engagement has a specific and legitimate purpose. Through prayer and conversation, you are preparing yourselves to commit to the religious vocation of Christian marriage.
Please join us at Sacred Heart as you prepare for your marriage by contacting the church office at
507-451-1588. If possible, please contact us at least six months prior to your wedding date.
