Did not FORGET

We are now done having our one-on-one (or more like, one-or-two) with Fr. Forget!(Pronounced FOR-zhay) For those of you who don't know, Joen and I were to fulfill all the pre-wedding Eucharistic Obligations here in Omaha. This obligation included taking a 156-question Survey categorized into different aspects of the marriage-- financial, spiritual, sexual, family background-related, etc. Every inconsistent answer between the two of us was to be discussed and elaborated on in the presence of a priest. Our priest of choice was Fr. Tim Forget of the St. Leo Parish. It was easy choosing because he really is our favorite priest- young-ish, funny and knows pop culture. So for 3 days within over a month, we would go to his office at the Parish and cover each inconsistently answered question. We did this one hour at a time and our third and last session ended last Monday, August 21. Fr. Forget facilitates very well and does not intervene in our discourse. He gives his guidance and enlightens us from time to time on the key areas Joen and I need to work on as individuals and as a couple. Our sessions with him were very much enjoyed.

The only thing we need to do now is to go to this Engagement Encounter weekend which is scheduled for October 6-8. It's sort of our version of the Discovery Weekend. After that's done, the parish will furnish a certificate of sorts addressed to the Redemptorist Church in Cebu. The Pre-Marriage Preparation here is very much different and in a lot of ways, more structured compared to what we have in the Phils. Hopefully, we would adapt the same program to nforce into , at least in some ways, those engaged couples the commitment that marriage entails.