Pre Cana..Good or Bad???

How was your expereince?? Was it all that you had hoped for??

We are doing it Veterans Day Weekend. I don't know what to expect

GOOD tomorrow is our last day

No preaching

No foccus

three 2 hour sessions

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Posted by Jen2999

GOOD tomorrow is our last day

No preaching

No foccus

three 2 hour sessions

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Was it just with a priest or was it with couples???

Sorry to butt in but here is my experience...

I really enjoyed Pre Cane...you learn A LOT about each other..HOWEVER....I went to the 4 week program and week 3 gets WEIRD where they start telling you that the catholic Church does not believe in condoms and all about Natural child birth planning......

I am an Irish Catholic but i had so many issues with day 3 of Pre Cana....it really bothered me.

Other then that Pre Cana is really an eye opening experience.

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Posted by beautyq115

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Posted by Jen2999

GOOD tomorrow is our last day

No preaching

No foccus

three 2 hour sessions

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Was it just with a priest or was it with couples???

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Like 30 couples in the basement of the church.. married couples presented different topics to us and we had worksheets to fill out alone and share with each other.

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Posted by SeptWed

I really enjoyed Pre Cane...you learn A LOT about each other..HOWEVER....I went to the 4 week program and week 3 gets WEIRD where they start telling you that the catholic Church does not believe in condoms and all about Natural child birth planning......

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I heard about this too. Did they openly ask you questions about views on natural child birth and birth control etc.? or did they just speak about it?

Thanks!

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Posted by MissingTheBGene

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Posted by SeptWed

I really enjoyed Pre Cane...you learn A LOT about each other..HOWEVER....I went to the 4 week program and week 3 gets WEIRD where they start telling you that the catholic Church does not believe in condoms and all about Natural child birth planning......

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I heard about this too. Did they openly ask you questions about views on natural child birth and birth control etc.? or did they just speak about it?

Thanks!

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They just talk about it. I just could not believe they were advocating to not use any type of birth control and do the calendar method to avoid pregnancy. It was just so old way of thinking so I thought it was useless.

we have pre cana tomorrow actually- the on Saturday all day job.

this is the 'schedule'

9:30 am registrations and coffee
selff-awaremess
communication
Moral decision making (LUV that one )

12:30 pm lunch
Sexuality
the Sacrament of marriage
Spirituality

4:30 om closing

do you think I should 'share' that I will probably be having margaritas and pre-marital sex tomorrow night!

We finished ours over the summer. We had a total of 6 sessions....the first and last were a mass followed by a meeting w/ one of the priests. Then the 4 in between were with a couple who hosted us at their house for about an hour each time. They were an amazing couple and we really enjoyed it. We didn't learn anything about each other that we didn't already know.

Overall a positive experience. There was no talk of what the Catholic church expects you to do. It was mostly how to communicate with each other.

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Posted by JessicaM.

do you think I should 'share' that I will probably be having margaritas and pre-marital sex tomorrow night!

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Posted by SeptWed

They just talk about it. I just could not believe they were advocating to not use any type of birth control and do the calendar method to avoid pregnancy. It was just so old way of thinking so I thought it was useless.

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Of course the church advocates NFP, the church teaches that there are moral and immoral ways to space and plan a family. NFP gets blasted because it is misunderstood as the old 'rhythm method' and because it requires sacrifice! I don't think anyone expects it to be easy, but I believe working together like that does truly strengthen a marriage.

NFP is very effective IF you follow the rules. Unfortunately, many couples get in the heat of the moment, break the rules, and then blame NFP (rather than their own weakness) for a surprise pregnancy.

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Posted by JessicaM.

we have pre cana tomorrow actually- the on Saturday all day job.

this is the 'schedule'

9:30 am registrations and coffee
selff-awaremess
communication
Moral decision making (LUV that one )

12:30 pm lunch
Sexuality
the Sacrament of marriage
Spirituality

4:30 om closing

do you think I should 'share' that I will probably be having margaritas and pre-marital sex tomorrow night!

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Posted by carlsbride

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Posted by SeptWed

They just talk about it. I just could not believe they were advocating to not use any type of birth control and do the calendar method to avoid pregnancy. It was just so old way of thinking so I thought it was useless.

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Of course the church advocates NFP, the church teaches that there are moral and immoral ways to space and plan a family. NFP gets blasted because it is misunderstood as the old 'rhythm method' and because it requires sacrifice! I don't think anyone expects it to be easy, but I believe working together like that does truly strengthen a marriage.

NFP is very effective IF you follow the rules. Unfortunately, many couples get in the heat of the moment, break the rules, and then blame NFP (rather than their own weakness) for a surprise pregnancy.

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I agree...not that I oppose birth control bc Im very much behind it, but my own personal preference is the NFP...I use the calendar method and so far so good!