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Step 2: Attend the
Catholic Marriage Preparation Course

​at least 6 months before wedding date 
(do not register your marriage at JPN before attending CMPC)

The CMPC originated from the Evenings for the Engaged, a worldwide Catholic Marriage Preparation Programme of the Catholic Church. It is designed to prepare engaged couples for a lifetime commitment to love in the Sacrament of Matrimony.

 

Because of the sacredness and indissolubility of marriage, CMPC is compulsory for Catholics getting married in the Catholic Church (even when only one party is Catholic). It is not because the Church is making life difficult for you, but because the Church cares and desires you to savour the beauty and joy of matrimony, albeit spiced with difficulties now and then to help you grow.

 

The Course does not teach you how to budget or how to raise children (the Church has other formations for that) but focuses on building and nurturing a love relationship as husband and wife.

 

The CMPC team/teams will touch on different topics for this relational growth through some accepted concepts, interspersed with sharings of their life experiences. This will motivate engaged couples to reflect on their own love relationship, providing them with the option to decide how best they want to live out their commitment to each other in their future matrimonial life. Marriage is not all just about the couple but also about family, society and the Church.

 

“The future of humanity passes by way of the family.” (quote from “Familiaris Consortio”).

CMPC 7-weeks

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  • Held at parish level at the home of a facilitating couple or in the Church itself
     

  • Usually held on weekends, time and date varies according to different parishes.
     

  • There are seven weekly sessions on various topics plus one session on Natural Family Planning (NFP), each session lasting about three hours.
     

  • Presented by a couple or couples; a parish priest may join in

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Get CMPC registration form, fill it up and return to parish office as soon as possible. Your intended date of marriage should be at least 6 months after completion of your CMPC. The parish CMPC Coordinator will inform you of the starting date and venue of the Course, usually held at the presenters’ home.
 

For those who are attending CMPC in your fiance’s parish, please get a letter of approval from your own parish priest.

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Available in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin & Tamil

CMPC-Weekend

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  • This stay-in programme caters for couples who cannot make it weekly for various reasons (eg. those on shift duties, outstation etc.).
     

  • Held at Archdiocesan level (usually in the APC), the session starts on Friday  and ends on Sunday evening.
     

  • Presented by a team of couples and a priest..

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Please get your Registration Form from your Parish Office, fill it up and hand it to the Archdiocesan Pastoral Institute (API).

 

As places are very limited for the weekend course, you need to submit your form as soon as possible, or you may be able to complete the course in time.
 

You will be informed of acceptance, date and venue of the weekend.
Acceptance into the Weekend-CMPC is strictly on a 'need' basis. Couples who do not fit the criteria will not be accepted.

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Available in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Mandarin & Tamil

For more information:
CMPC Weekend - Mandarin

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A certificate is issued at the end of the course which enables the couple to register to get married at their parish or any parish of your choice (with written permission from your parish priest). There is also a cost involved for materials, snacks, etc.

Please inquire from the Parish Office and refer to the forms

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