Newly engaged? Congratulations!
In a sacramental marriage, God’s love becomes present to the spouses in their total union and also flows through them to their family and community. By their permanent, faithful and exclusive giving to each other, revealing God’s unconditional love. The Sacrament of Marriage involves their entire life as they journey together and become more able to give to and receive from each other. Their life becomes sacramental to the extent that the couple cooperates with God’s action in their life and sees themselves as living “in Christ” and Christ living and acting in their relationship, attitudes and actions. In marriage, the grace of this sacrament brings to the spouses the particular help they need to be faithful and to be good parents.
Congratulations on your engagement! Please contact the office at 719-597-4249 or office@holyapostlescc.org to set up an appointment to begin the preparation process. Please allow 8-12 months before your anticipated wedding date.
Help strengthen your marriage and your family’s faith with the following resources.
Convalidation is a rite within the Catholic Church allowing Catholics who have been civilly married or married within another denomination to return to the sacraments. Please contact the office at 719-597-4249 or office@holyapostlescc.org for more information.
If you are civilly divorced and would like to petition the Church for a declaration of the nullity of your marriage, please call the office at 719-597-4249 or email office@holyapostlescc.org to set up an appointment with a priest or deacon.