Leader and Team Manual for Transformed in Love – Building Your Catholic Marriage

Prepare couples for the vocation of marriage!

This Catholic marriage preparation program was developed in the Archdiocese of Boston by a highly qualified group of priests, deacons, theologians, psychologists, and married couples. During a three-year pilot program, Transformed in Love: Building Your Catholic Marriage was enthusiastically received by engaged couples, program leaders, and team members. Their feedback helped shape the program, making it user-friendly and adapted to people’s needs today.

The Leader and Team Manual is designed to be used with its companion volume, the Engaged Couple Workbook. The manual can be used by personnel from marriage preparation offices and ministries within dioceses and parishes, adult faith formation groups, and retreat center pre-marital programs. Designed for teams with at least 5 members, this manual includes: step-by-step breakdown of content, team member roles and responsibilities, training instructions, directions, surveys, forms, and scheduling options. The program is easy to use—all of the preparatory work has already been done for you!

Written with consideration of the pastoral challenges brought on by current cultural attitudes toward marriage and family life, this program helps couples build strong foundations for a lasting union by:
- Reconnecting them with the Catholic faith
- Explaining the nature and significance of sacramental marriage
- Suggesting practical skills for living out marriage vows
- Providing the witness of faith-filled married couples

Witness presentations, new media, teaching modules, group and individual exercises, and mentoring offer a variety of methods for you to help couples acquire the tools they need to build happy and fulfilling marriages.