Queen of All Saints Basilica

Marriage Preparation: FOCCUS
Facilitating Open Couple Communication,
Understanding and Study

Queen of All Saints pastoral staff wants to help you prepare for your journey of married life. This period of preparation is of utmost importance. Engaged couples stand before the Church’s representative, relatives and friends and face one another to proclaim their love and lifelong commitment.

It is our hope to help all couples prepare, not only for their wedding day, but for the life-time commitment of living a Christian marriage. As part of your preparation for married life, we at Queen of all Saints require that you take the FOCCUS.

FOCCUS, an acronym for "Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding and Study," is an internationally used instrument for marriage preparation. It is designed to help couples learn more about themselves and their unique relationship. It provides individualized couple feedback on where each partner stands in regard to topic areas important to marriage. FOCCUS was developed to reflect the values and ideals of marriage as sacred.