@FrAndrewHart @fatherandrew I do think this is an area where the church being comfortable with Zoom could help. Parents of young children can’t often get out in the evenings for…

@FrAndrewHart @fatherandrew Amen, absolutely. We’ve been married 13 years, but there was a notable gap for us. We were cultured-out of the young adult group once we had our first…

@FrAndrewHart @fatherandrew I’d love us to offer more marriage prep for pre-engaged couples and more “real talk about marriage” style things for young adults who are single or maybe not…

@FrAndrewHart @fatherandrew And often by the time folks hit the marriage preparation program, so much of the trappings of the wedding have been put into place. Ift’s extremely hard for…

To add on to both Fr. Dickinson and @FrAndrewHart, marriage preparation in the Church can and should help couples see the real-life “mess” that comes with marriage. I don’t pretend…

@FrAndrewHart As someone who explored the priesthood before getting married, not that I think pre-cana time needs to be seminary-long 5-7 years, but definitely longer and more formative than how…