Tobit Marriage Preparation Weekends
The Tobit Marriage Preparation Weekend was designed and started in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in 1974 as a marriage preparation program. Over 7,000 couples have participated in the program in Indianapolis, and today weekends continue to be booked many months in advance.
The weekend takes you away from the tensions and demands of daily life to relax in a place of beauty and peacefulness. It gives you a unique opportunity to grow in your knowledge and love of one another. The program enables you to enter into a deeper personal relationship with Christ and to realize the importance of having Him at the center of your marriage.
2008 dates
- July 11-13, 2008
- September 19-21, 2008
Registration fee, including program, meals and overnight accommodations for the weekend is $280. Please mail $150 of that as your non-refundable deposit.
Taken directly from TOBIT pre-marriage surveys:
- "I am not Catholic and Mass had never been explained to me. After this mass, I feel better about my decision to include Catholic elements into our wedding and life."
- "I was surprised by my positive impression especially when I was dreading the program for weeks."
- "We knew what things we need to work on, but this propelled us to figure our how to work on it."
- "Our wedding is a few months away. I wish we came here sooner. From what I've learned we need more time to grow together and discuss our issues."
- "I'd like to thank the volunteer couples for their generosity...it's rare to see couples in long-term successful healthy relationships. Your sense of humor and general warmth was really an inspiration...you can rest assured that you have contributed to our happiness!"
- "So much better than I would've ever anticipated. Thank goodness my priest sent us here!"
- "We chose TOBIT [because] we needed to talk about issues and we didn't know how to go about it."
- "...Feel like I fell in love all over again. Also renewed our faith in God..."
- "Father Clem renewed my faith in the nobility and approachableness of the Catholic clergy. His walk-through Mass was one highlight of the weekend! "
- "Fantastic location. Once you are here you forget that you are in the middle of a metropolitan city."
- "With all of the negativity in our society today about marriage, we felt this weekend reaffirmed that others want that to change as we do."
Would you like to help young couples prepare for this important commitment? Share your experience and e-mail Cheryl McSweeney at cmcsweeney@archindy.org