Explore What
Lies Beyond
MARRIAGE LIFE
"Marriage is a vocation since it is a response to a specific call to experience conjugal love as an imperfect sign of the love between Christ and the Church. Consequently, the decision to marry and to have a family ought to be the fruit of a process of vocational discernment."
Pope Francis - The Joy of Love (Amoris Laetitia)
Becoming a Marriage and Family Life-Building Church, so that people's lives are filled with hope
To become a "Marriage & Family-Building Church" the Office of Marriage & Family Life Ministry protects and advocates for marriage and family life, by promoting a comprehensive approach to the ongoing education for the vocation to the Sacrament of Marriage at all stages of life, to create a culture in which Christian marriage education is seen as an integral part of people's lives in becoming the domestic church.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mario Orlando & Paola Martinez
Co-Directors
Office of Marriage and Family Life Ministry
1201 E. Highland Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92404
Phone: (909) 475-5390
Email: pmartinez@sbdiocese.org
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Contact your parish & arrange to meet with your Priest or Deacon
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Take a premarital inventory and discussion
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Take your marriage preparation course
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Learn about natural family planning
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Sacrament of Reconciliation
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Final meeting (s) with your priest or Deacon
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Buy a marriage license and attend the wedding rehearsal
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Enjoy your wedding day as you receive the Sacrament of Matrimony
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Keep connected! Be part of the Marriage initiative
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