Marriage Preparation Checklist

This form is always filed under the bride's name.

The first three sections (Bride's Information, Groom's Information, and Information for the Couple Together) are normally filled out by the bride, though sometimes it may be filled out by the groom, the marriage preparation coordinator, or the director of adult faith formation. If the couple is being prepared elsewhere, this segment will be filled out by the wedding presider or the pastor (or his delegate). If you are the bride or the groom, please do not fill out any more than these first three sections.

Bride's Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Initials

Are you registered as a parishioner with St. Luke? (If you are not but you want to participate in our community, we would appreciate you registering.)

I am registered with St. Luke. I am not registered with St. Luke.

Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

Cell Number

Home Phone Number

Email (very important; please include!)

This address will receive a confirmation email

Date of Birth

Bride's Age at the time of the Orientation Session (or at the time this form is initially filled out).

Bride's Profession

Is the Bride Baptized?

Yes, the bride is baptized Catholic. Yes, the bride is baptized non-Catholic. No, the bride is not baptized.

Is the Bride Confirmed? (If she is Catholic and not already confirmed, we strongly encourage her to consider getting confirmed either before or shortly after her wedding.) (This is not a requirement.)

Yes No

Is the Bride Pregnant?

Yes No

Does the Bride have Children from a Previous Relationship?

Yes No

Marital Status (Choose the one that is the most fitting.) (As examples, are you free to marry, are you already married to each other civilly, or are you still married to a previous spouse?)

Single (Never before been married) Widowed Divorced Divorced-Annuled Civilly Married Common-law Married

Church Attendance (Choose the closest fit.)

Daily Weekly Monthly Twice a Year Yearly Never

Educational Level

Finished High School Some College/Technical Four-year College Post Graduate Degree Other

Annual Salary

$0-15,000 $15,001-25,000 $25,001-35,000 $35,001-50,000 $50,001-75,000 $75,001-100,000 $100,001+

Ethnic Origin (Choose the one that fits best.)

Caucasian African Hispanic Asian Native American Other

Groom's Information

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Initials

Are you registered as a parishioner with St. Luke? (If you are not but you want to participate in our community, we would appreciate you registering.)

I am registered with St. Luke. I am not registered with St. Luke.

Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

Cell Number

Home Phone Number

Email (very important; please include!)

This address will receive a confirmation email

Date of Birth

Groom's Age at the time of the Orientation Session (or at the time this form is filled out).

Groom's Profession

Is the Groom Baptized?

Yes, the groom is baptized Catholic. Yes, the groom is baptized non-Catholic. No, the groom is not baptized

Is the Groom Confirmed? (If he is Catholic and not already confirmed, we strongly encourage him to consider getting confirmed either before or shortly after his wedding.) (This is not a requirement.)

Yes No

Does the Groom have Children from a Previous Relationship?

Yes No

Marital Status (Choose the one that is the most fitting.) (As examples, are you free to marry, are you already married to each other civilly, or are you still married to a previous spouse?)

Single (Never before been married) Widowed Divorced Divorced-Annulled Civilly Married Common-law Married

Church Attendance (Choose the Clostest Fit.)

Daily Weekly Monthly Twice a Year Yearly Never

Educational Level (Choose the Closest Fit.)

Finished High School Some College/Technical Four-year College Post-graduate Degree Other

Annual Salary

$0-15,000 $15,001-25,000 $25,001-35,000 $35,001-50,000 $50,001-75,000 $75,001-100,000 $100,001+

Ethnic Origin (Choose the one that fits best.)

Caucasian African Hispanic Asian Native American Other

Information for Both Bride and Groom Together

Language Desired for Preparation

English Spanish Bilingual (both English and Spanish)

Preferred Language for Wedding Ceremony

English Spanish Bilingual (English and Spanish) Other

If not civilly married to each other, what is the number of months you have been dating?

If you are civilly married (or common-law married) to each other, how many years have you been married?

Street Address (Shipping Address for Workbook, if different from Bride's Address)

City

State

Zip Code

If the two of you live together, how long have you lived together?

What is your plan? (Select all that apply.)

Marriage Preparation at St. Luke St. Luke Priest Presides over Wedding Mass St. Luke Deacon Presides over Wedding Ceremony Service to take place at St. Luke

Is this wedding is a convalidation? (That is, are you already civilly or common-law married to each other?)

Yes (Convalidation) No (We are not civilly or otherwise married to each other.)

Do you have Children from this Current Relationship?

Yes No

Preparation Classes Materials Fee (Please enter credit card info. at the bottom of this form).

Canon Law requires that couples marry at their own parish. If neither of you is a member of St. Luke, please state your reason for coming to St. Luke for marriage:

For Office Use Only, Beyond this Point

Note to office personnel: Prior to anything else being added to this form, please make sure that nothing below this point has been accidentally filled out, with the possible exception of the credit card informaiton at the end.

The Orientation Session

This section is normally to be filled out by the marriage preparation coordinator or the director of adult faith formation (or his delegate).

Date they Attended Orientaion Session

Couple Code from Fully Engaged

Inventory and Clergy

Normally to be filled out by the preparing priest or deacon, and/or the director of adult faith formation (or his delegate).

If the couple is being prepared elsewhere, the wedding presider or the pastor may select to skip this segment, as the information from the parish of preparation will include or affirm this information. There is no need to take an online inventory at St. Luke: Preparation done Elsewhere There is no need to have a preparing clergy at St. Luke: Preparation Done Elsewhere

Date they Took Online Inventory

Preparing Clergy Fr. Douglas Guthrie (English Only) Fr. Kingsley Nwoko (English or Spanish) Dcn. John Rapacki (English Only)

Classwork

Normally to be filled out by the marriage preparation coordinator, the classroom teacher, or the director of adult faith formation (or his delegate). "Couple to couple" is when a sponsor couple works with one other couple rather than having the couple preparing for marriage take formal classes; checking that box indicates that there will only be one ending dates (rather than four), as the class schedule may not be followed exactly. In the case of couple-to-couple, only one class date box needs to be filled out.

Alternate Classroom Schemes (if applicable) Couple-to-couple No Class work is necessary (Preparation at another parish) Spanish Classes--One retreat date encompassing all four class topics

Date they took Class 1: Differences, Division of Labor, Recreation

Date they took Class 2: Family of Origin, Communication, Conflict

Date they took Class 3: Catholic Identity, Finances

Date they took Class 4: Intimacy, Infertility, Parenting

Clergy Meetings

Normally to be filled out by the preparing priest or deacon. If the couple is being prepared elsewhere and they are having their wedding at St. Luke, the letter that the preparing clergyman sends to St. Luke to affirm that the couple is ready to set a date would be used as the basis for the wedding presider to fill out this segment. If the couple wants to bring in a presider from outside the parish, the pastor needs to be involved; no potential outside presider may preside without the pastor's explicit approval.

Date on which Clergy Meetings were Complete

Needs to see about an annulment? Yes, Anne Comeaux has been contacted. Yes, Sharon Harrison has been contacted. Yes, and they wish to make other arrangements for an annlument case sponsor. No, neither has ever been married before (or the former spouse has since passed on).

Date Annulment Case Sponsor was Contacted.

Annulments Complete Yes No NA

Affidavits of Freedom to Marry Complete Yes No

Certified Marriage License from State Yes No NA (because they are not yet civilly married)

Have they handed in their baptism certificates? Yes, both have. Yes, he has, and she does not need to. Yes, she has, and he does not need to.

When it is appropriate to set a date for the wedding, please complete a peach wedding-date form and give it to the couple so that they can take it to the Office of Worship or the evening receptionist.. The peach form requires the presider's signature, not the pastor's (unless the presider is coming from another parish, then the pastor would sign it). Once this form reaches the Office of Worship, the Office of Worship can begin setting a wedding date.

Please direct the couple to contact the Office of Worship to plan their wedding liturgy.

When the clergy-meeting section is complete, the director of adult faith formation will know that he may print a Twogether-in-Texas certificate for the couple; he will not look for the completion of this section on his own but will only print the certificate when the couple or the preparer asks him to print it. This certificate allows a discount from the cost of their marriage license, because they completed a state-recognized marriage preparation program. If the couple was prepared elsewhere, that parish should print the certificate. If the couple is already civilly married or is getting married outside of Texas, the Twogether in Texas certificate will have no value for them.

Credit/Debit Card Number

Expiration Date/CVC

Name on Card Card Billing Address

Marriage Preparation Checklist

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