Suggestions for Pre Cana

Julestrd Posted: Aug 02, 2004 03:32 PM

Suggestions for Pre Cana

FH and I are having to register for our pre cana for this month. I have heard a lot of horror stories. So could someone give me a good suggestion for one to go to, and the ones to stay away from....TIA

BCTM33 Posted: Aug 02, 2004 03:35 PM

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We went to the Immaculate Conception Center in Queens for the 1 day one. It wasn't fun but we got out an hour early.

katone Posted: Aug 02, 2004 03:56 PM

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We did the one through the diocese - it was all day Sat and Sunday at St. Johns HS in West Islip. It was long but really not bad. They had a lot of professional speakers - marriage counselors and communication speciatlists. We thought it was very useful info and the setting was casual and low pressure.

CaCRmr Posted: Aug 02, 2004 04:13 PM

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FH and I did it through my church. You can't really tell if your session is going to be bad. Ours was 6 classes at 2 hours a piece for 6 weeks. It wasn't so terrible but it wasn't that enjoyable either.

Stacey04 Posted: Aug 02, 2004 04:17 PM

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We are the middle of doing ours at the church we are getting married at.

We did the Focus test the first time and since had 1 session, and still have 2 or 3 more.

2 of the session are about 3-4 hours and the rest about about 1-2 hours.

TwoBugs Posted: Aug 02, 2004 04:21 PM

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We had 2 sessions that were 5 hours each.

It wasn't a particularly enlightening experience for us, but it definitely wasn't horrible.

If you go into it with an open mind, you just might have fun!

kbeana24 Posted: Aug 02, 2004 05:53 PM

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Mine is in Oct with the parents of my FSIL. Its a fri, sat and sun. FSIL said they give a 'sex talk'. What do they say????

nov2004bride Posted: Aug 02, 2004 05:58 PM

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We did our Pre-cana through our church. We enjoyed it. We went one night a week for 6 weeks. We had a great group!! WE learned a lot about each other and it got a lot out in the open. We also had a small party after and went to mass were the Priest blessed us and introduced us into the congregation. Our hosts also bought us a crucifix.