What Others Said of the Course

These are a few of the many comments from couples after our one-day pre-marriage course: www together.ie

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Overall:

Excellent - the course was well put together and enjoyable.... we found it much better than expected - well worth doing. We will recommend it to others ... We really enjoyed the married couple Mary and Tom, who showed that if you really want it you will keep up your marriage.... They are a credit to all married couples out there.
Patricia

Hi Father Pat,
The course was very good, much better than we had expected. We found it a very good experience and would recommend it to others.
Denis & Joan

Enjoyed Angela’s talk; she a very nice woman and doesn’t talk rubbish and I also found the other speakers great as well... The presenters where all top classand subject content all relevant and interesting. The couple at the end did an excellent job and we commend them for standing up in front of everyone and telling their story.
Paul and Sandra

Hi Patrick, Just a quick note to say how fantastic myself and Damien found the course last Saturday. We thoroughly enjoyed the entire day so thanks very much to you all. We will be sure to fill out the full assessment online, later on.
Thanks a million! Lorraine

Individual Sessions:

Session 1 (Communication): The speaker had good content on a very important topic in marriage... nice to know that there is always someone there to talk to if you hit the hard road ... It is clear how communication affects everything else! The importance of REALLY listening , knowing your arguing style can help you limit disagreements by focusing on the issue not just on how things are said etc.... A few less powerpoint slides, please! Talk to us, but not as a lecture.

Session 2 (Intimacy & family planning): Angela was great! She is very nice, and knowledgable in the area... I felt that the piece on sexuality and famliy planning was very well delivered, frank and to the point and didnt feel embarassing at all. I liked the info about smears, breast check and men checking themselves this is something people need info on and are still shy about... Perhaps even more practical suggestions on how to handle family planning problems may be useful...

Session 3 (Marriage in Law and Church): This was an excellent and very informative session, with good, clear suggestions for the church ceremony... Marriage in law and the church was again well delivered and brought up points we hadnt really thought about before.... The info about arranging the Mass, organising things with the priest was really helpful . The registrar/ documentation info was also very good as some priests are not helpful with this... Maybe a one-page handout from him, on the marriage requirements of church and state, would have been helpful...

Session 4 (One Couple's Experience): Excellent and very touching session. The couple are extremely brave and an inspiration... They had some amazing stories and great to see how they were able to get through some of their problems... They were lovely, brave, ordinary people, we could all learn something from them!... Having the young couple come in to talk to a room full of strangers was extremely helpful - they didn’t sugar coat anything and their honesty was inspiring. For us it left a real impression and brought tears to our eyes. It really brought home the changes that will take place and the committment and work involved to make a marriage a success.