W E L C O M E

to the

Marriage Pages
of the
Catholic Diocese of Columbus

Welcome to the Marriage Pages of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus!

If you’re visiting to begin preparing for your wedding day—wonderful! We’re glad you’re here and hope you’ll find the answers you need to start your planning.

Perhaps you’re looking for ways to enrich your marriage or wondering where to turn when your marriage needs help. We have resources to share with you, as well as a devoted diocesan Marriage and Family Life Office here to offer its support.

If you’re experiencing the pain of divorce or going through the annulment process you’re sure to have many questions. These subjects often are fraught with confusion and misinformation that can cause undue stress. We’ll do our best to present the facts clearly for you here.

Bishop Frederick Campbell and the Marriage and Family Life Office of the Diocese of Columbus are deeply committed to the sanctity of the Sacrament of Marriage and of the family. It is our hope that our efforts in presenting the information contained in these Marriage Pages, combined with the efforts of the U.S. Bishops’ Conference in its National Pastoral Initiative on Marriage, will help the Catholic Church “to be present and accompany couples from the time they begin marriage preparation and continuing throughout all the phases of life.”  (From “Family, Become What You Are!” A Message from the Bishops of the Church in America, 2004)

Marriage Preparation

What Marriage Means in the Catholic Church: The marriage covenant is a union by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to their good and to the procreation and education of children. A genuine marriage covenant is sacred and blessed by God, and it may never be dissolved except by God at the natural death of one or both of the couple.

Marriage in the Diocese of Columbus: Information to be added. Please check back soon.

Marriage Preparation for Engaged Couples

Marriage and Children: Natural Family Planning

Marriage Enrichment

Marriage Encounter Weekends

Jubilee of Anniversaries for Married Couples

World Marriage Day

Marriage Enrichment Links

When Your Marriage Needs Help

Retrouvaille: From Pain to Hope

Annulment and Divorce in the Catholic Church

About Annulment and Divorce: Information to be added. Please check back soon.

How to Apply for an Annulment in the Diocese of Columbus: Contact your parish’s pastoral staff.

Workshop for Those in the Divorce Process