To all my ladies who did or will do Pre-Cana.....

AmorPeruano Posted: May 16, 2007 10:39 PM

To all my ladies who did or will do Pre-Cana.....

Did you do Pre-Cana at the church you are getting married at or did you do it somewhere else??

And if you did it at some other church.....was it a church listed in the Diocese of Rockville Centre booklet they give to you, or no??

How much was the fee you paid? Ive seen anywhere from 50 dollars to a couple hundred.

I was wondering if it is possible to do Pre-Cana at a church other then the one you are getting married at or any of the 4 or 5 they list in the booklet they give out....I cant believe the Diocese program is 250 dollars!!!!

Summer07Bride Posted: May 16, 2007 10:46 PM

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We are doing it through RVC.

ETA: I heard there is a free one day one in Massapequa, but I do not remember the name of th echurch.

BlushingBride714 Posted: May 16, 2007 10:47 PM

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We did it through the church we are getting married at. It was a $60 fee. Ours wasn't at the church itself though - it was at a host family's house and we met every monday for four weeks (they ended it a week short for us). I would call your church and ask if you can do it at another church. I agree the $250 the diocese charges is insane!

drpepper318 Posted: May 16, 2007 10:49 PM

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We did pre-cana through our own church and we went to the home of a married couple for meetings once a week for like a month... it cost $50.

MattandTricia07 Posted: May 16, 2007 11:13 PM

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We did our pre-cana through the dioceses. It cost us $250 for our FOCUS and our Pre-Cana weekend. We chose not to do it at our parish because of our schedules, especially FH's who has a rotating night schedule, which made most pre-cana sessions impossible to attend.

We went 2 weekends ago- Saturday & Sunday (not overnight) and it was an enjoyable experience. It was at Kellenberg HS.

Good Luck!

tiggsnme Posted: May 17, 2007 02:27 PM

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We did ours in CT....we had to pay $80 because it was not in the diocese where we are getting married....they basically all do that

Kara and Todd Posted: May 17, 2007 02:28 PM

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We did it at the church where we are getting married, and there were couples there who were getting married elsewhere. It cost $65.

FM me if you want more information - I had a horrible experience with pre-Cana, though. If you FM, I'll tell you the church and you can always ask for a different couple than I had.

ETA - Our church did not require the FOCCUS test (or however it's spelled!)

tricia3381 Posted: May 17, 2007 02:32 PM

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we did it through the diocese at a church we are not getting married at. it was really nice, fh and i really enjoyed it

Luvbsb4eva Posted: May 17, 2007 02:33 PM

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We're actually doing ours in Pittsburgh, PA since FH and I are both there for school... our priest was very good about helping us so that it was more convenient. In Pittsburgh you do this weekend retreat thing... should be interesting!

EGreene79 Posted: May 17, 2007 02:37 PM

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We did not do pre-cana where we're getting married. They let us do it at our local parish in Hoboken. It was one day from about 9-4, and cost $90 (I think).

It's up to your church - some allow you to take it outside the RVC Diocese, others don't. I think it also depends on your reason - I live out of state and don't plan on moving back to LI, so the priest didn't see the need for us to have it there.

denadewolf Posted: May 17, 2007 02:50 PM

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We padi the 250 but it was well worth it. Our church was booked up. I suggest the Emmanuel Center in uniondale because they have a cool courtyrad with fish,ducks, nature. We ate luch both days out there. Very romantic!!!

july06bride Posted: May 17, 2007 02:51 PM

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we got married on LI, but did a one day precana in CT where we live

Aug06 Posted: May 17, 2007 03:36 PM

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We live far away so we did ours at a church where we are. We paid about $300 but ours was a weekend retreat so we were paying for lodging and food. The cost was fine, it was a really great experience!

trish71407 Posted: May 17, 2007 03:45 PM

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Posted by MattandTricia07

We did our pre-cana through the dioceses. It cost us $250 for our FOCUS and our Pre-Cana weekend. We chose not to do it at our parish because of our schedules, especially FH's who has a rotating night schedule, which made most pre-cana sessions impossible to attend.

We went 2 weekends ago- Saturday & Sunday (not overnight) and it was an enjoyable experience. It was at Kellenberg HS.

Good Luck!

same here! We really enjoyed it!

rkl1130 Posted: May 17, 2007 03:47 PM

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We did it at the church we are getting married at and paid $90. Our church runs their own outside of the RVC one and is one day.

You don't have to do it at the church you are getting married at. You can always do it someplace else--as long as you get it done.

SOTHISISLOVE53109 Posted: May 17, 2007 03:49 PM

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Wait a sec....I know there is a fee to use the church and the organist...but is this fee you girls are talking about completely different?

Haven't heard of this one yet, can you please explain?

Thanks!

denadewolf Posted: May 17, 2007 03:52 PM

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Different fee!!! Ouuucchhh

Kara and Todd Posted: May 17, 2007 04:34 PM

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Posted by SOTHISISLOVE53109

Wait a sec....I know there is a fee to use the church and the organist...but is this fee you girls are talking about completely different?

Haven't heard of this one yet, can you please explain?

Thanks!

Pre-Cana is a mandatory class (or series of classes) you have to take in order to get married in the Catholic church.

jenn122397 Posted: May 17, 2007 05:34 PM

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We are doing it this Satrurday
we live in queens and that is where our church is but we are doing it at Our Lady of Lourdes in Massapequa - it was free too!
i know some people pay upto $350!
FM me if you would liek the info