The Marriage Readiness Diagnostic
A free five-minute self-assessment, drawn from canon law and tribunal practice, that helps engaged couples see what they need to see before the wedding day.
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Say "I do", and mean every word.
A free five-minute diagnostic for engaged Catholic couples, drawn from twenty years inside the marriage tribunal. Find out where your foundation is strong, and where it needs an honest conversation before your wedding day.
Take the Marriage Readiness DiagnosticFor whom this work is built
Three kinds of people, one common ground.
Engaged Couples
Who want their wedding day to be the beginning of a marriage that lasts.
Parish Priests
Who walk couples through preparation and want better instruments to do so.
Marriage Ministers
Who carry the weight of forming the next generation of Catholic marriages.
What you will find here
Resources, drawn from twenty years on the bench.
Articles and Resources
Clear, faithful writing on valid consent and real marriage preparation, beginning with the Five Pillars of Valid Consent and preparation beyond Pre-Cana.
Read the articlesBefore You Say "I Do" at the Altar
A marriage tribunal judge's essential Catholic marriage preparation manual, in final preparation for release.
Join the waitlistA teaching channel of short canonical and pastoral reflections from the tribunal seat is in preparation.
A word about why I built this
Every case began at an altar.
Every nullity case I write tells a story that began at an altar, where two people said "I do" without truly knowing what those words required of them. That is why I am here.
I have served the marriage tribunal of Enugu for twenty years, and I remain a parish priest. In that time I have read thousands of marriage cases, and nearly every one carried, somewhere in its history, a warning sign the couple themselves did not recognise before the wedding day.
This work exists to answer that. Not to discourage marriages, but to help engaged Catholic couples enter the sacrament with their eyes open, their consent free, their capacity sound, their intention right, and their unity real.
Build a marriage that will stand.
Five honest minutes. Twenty questions. A pastoral readout you can bring into the conversation with your fiancé(e) and the priest preparing you for the sacrament.
Take the Marriage Readiness Diagnostic