Ephesians 5:29-33
“For no one hates his own flesh but rather nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church. In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself, and the wife should respect her husband.”
The intimate community of life and love which constitutes the married state has been established by the Creator and endowed by him with its own proper laws. …God himself is the author of marriage. CCC 1603 Congratulations on your engagement! Marriages are essential in growing the Catholic Faith, and we want to walk with you during your engagement to help prepare you to enter into a good and holy Marriage.
Marriage at St. Jude
The Diocese of Shreveport requires that marriage arrangements be made no less than 9 (nine) months in advance of the marriage date.
- Contact the church office or email Peggy Moran at peggy.moran@stjudebossier.org at least nine months prior to the date you are requesting for your wedding, to schedule a meeting with our Pastor. (In order to schedule your wedding date, you must meet with Father to establish availability of your requested date.)
- Once the wedding date is established, a deposit will be required.
- The couple will complete a FOCCUS questionnaire, which is not objective, but assists the pastor in evaluating the needs of the couple in order to help them transition more effectively into married life.
- The couple will be required to complete a marriage preparation program. Click here for details explaining guidelines for your wedding here at St. Jude.
Teaching on the Sacrament of Marriage
Marriage is a covenant established by God and further blessed by Jesus Christ in which a man and a woman join in a free, total, faithful, and fruitful union for the sake of one another. It is free because love can only be given freely; it is total because love demands that husband and wife give themselves to one another totally; it is faithful because spouses must be true to one another; it is fruitful because it is designed to produce children, the “supreme gift of marriage” CCC 1652.