The Marriage Readiness Diagnostic
A free five-minute assessment, drawn from canon law and tribunal practice, that helps engaged couples evaluate their readiness.
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Catholic Marriage Preparation & Diagnostic: Say "I do", and mean every word.
A free five-minute diagnostic for engaged Catholic couples, drawn from twenty years inside the marriage tribunal. Identify where your foundation is strong and where canonical preparation is needed before your wedding day.
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For whom this work is built
Three audiences, one goal: Valid, lasting Catholic marriages.
Engaged Couples
Who want their wedding day to be the beginning of a marriage that lasts.
Parish Priests
Who walk couples through Marriage Courses and want better canonical tools.
Marriage Ministers
Who carry the weight of forming the next generation of Catholic spouses.
What you will find here
Resources, drawn from twenty years on the bench.
Clergy Toolkits & Guidance
Canonical checklists, homily guides, and tribunal preparation tools designed specifically for parish priests and catechists.
Access clergy vaultBefore You Say "I Do" at the Altar
A marriage tribunal judge's essential Catholic marriage preparation manual, in final preparation for release.
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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 recognize before the wedding day.
This work exists to answer that. Not to discourage marriages, but to help engaged Catholic couples enter the sacrament with free consent, sound capacity, right intention, and true unity.
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.
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