Pre-Cana

lilone9 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 01:34 PM

Pre-Cana

My FH and i have to do a pre cana. The in-house precana through our church wont come around until after the wedding. We were informed that we have to do it through the 'Rockville Center Diocese'.
Problem A: they want $250
(We already have to make a donation to the church)
Problem 2: All of there sites are in Uniondale.
We live in Rocky Point. nough said!
Problem C: We have to take another course ontop of that which is called a focus class or something.

i just can't believe $250 to talk with other married couples for 8 hrs!!!!!!!!!

thanks just needed to vent!

BernandRob Posted: Apr 06, 2007 01:39 PM

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That is crazy. Would they let you do another in house pre cana at another church. Ours was only $55

Blondie77 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 01:44 PM

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Mine is $400.......plus the donation....

MrsQ-in2007 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 02:03 PM

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Actually, you can do Pre Cana through ANY diocese. You get a certificate at the end which you take to your priest.

I did mine through the Brooklyn Diocese, at a church in Queens because their schedule worked WAY better for me. I had to go on a Friday night from 7:30pm to 9:30pm (but they let us out at 8:30) and then Saturday from 9-5pm (but they let us out at 2:30.

It was $175 for PreCana.

AMGBride2008 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 02:03 PM

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That sux!

But FOCCUS isn't bad... it's like 45 mins to an hour, you go, you take a test and then you leave... really, don't even count it as something else you have to suffer thru because it's so not a big deal, you'll see!

jenn122397 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 02:21 PM

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im doing it through Our Lady of Lourdes in Massapequa (even though im a queens girl, you can take it in any diocese) its one day and its free

Summer07Bride Posted: Apr 06, 2007 03:17 PM

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We are doing it through Rockville center and are required to do all the same things. I do agree, however, that all this 'donating' feels nothing like a donation to me.

gaccrrm Posted: Apr 06, 2007 03:19 PM

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My Church gave me #'s to other church's in my area to see if they would accomodate us. We ended up doing ours through my church and it was free.

Pinkiegirll07 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 04:45 PM

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Posted by MrsQ-in2007

Actually, you can do Pre Cana through ANY diocese. You get a certificate at the end which you take to your priest.

I did mine through the Brooklyn Diocese, at a church in Queens because their schedule worked WAY better for me. I had to go on a Friday night from 7:30pm to 9:30pm (but they let us out at 8:30) and then Saturday from 9-5pm (but they let us out at 2:30.

It was $175 for PreCana.

That's the same place I'm doing my pre-cana! You can do precana wherever you want I thought!

Blueeyes_two Posted: Apr 06, 2007 05:18 PM

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I think the focus is optional???am i correct?

trish71407 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 05:24 PM

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We had the same issue! We paid the $250 and are hiking to Uniondale May 5th & 6th! It totally stinks!

trish71407 Posted: Apr 06, 2007 05:24 PM

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Posted by Blueeyes_two

I think the focus is optional???am i correct?

Im not sure that it is optional, but I know we arent doing it! There were no open slots before we had our scheduled pre-cana!

JKamore Posted: Apr 06, 2007 05:39 PM

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I am attending the Our Lady of Lourdes precana in Massapequa on April 28th. Its free and one day! It's definately worth looking into!!

GabrielleandJohn Posted: Apr 06, 2007 06:11 PM

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The reason it is $250 is because pre cana is supposed to be a 6 week program and you are paying for the convenience of doing it in two days.

You can attend precana anywhere in the diocese just start calling parishes and asking but if you are looking for a one or two day slot your options will be limited and expensive.

I am sorry you aren't able to do FOCUS because it is a very good program and only takes about 45 minutes two seperate times.

Maybe if you think about how much you are paying your vendors for working for 5 hours then paying $250 for 16 hours wont be so bad. Remember that in that fee is your food and the parish has to keep the lights on and the heat on and that all the volunteers are there to help. At the end of my precana they gave us a beautiful cross that was worth the cost of our 6 week session.