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Yes. I hadn\u2019t heard about this before, but it\u2019s catching on. \u00a0\u00a0Details:\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A collaborative project between a Port Huron company and the Archdiocese of Chicago has allowed thousands of couples to receive Catholic marriage preparation online.<\/p>\n

In the past two years, more than 2,000 couples have used Marriage Ministries, an online Catholic marriage preparation series, to prepare for the sacrament.<\/p>\n

Located above Weekends on Military Street, Marriage Ministries was developed in collaboration with the Archdioceses of Detroit and Chicago and has served couples in Detroit, Chicago, England, Wales, Singapore, Malaysia and Paraguay.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sometimes still pinch ourselves like, \u2018What are we doing here,?\u2019\u201d said Matt Brooks, co-founder of Marriage Ministries.<\/p>\n

Brooks said the program is used mostly by military couples, or people in long-distance relationships. The ease of viewing the course online makes meeting the church\u2019s marriage preparation requirements possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe solved the problem of how the church can help couples separated by distance,\u201d Brooks said.<\/p>\n

Frank Hannigan, director of the Family Ministries Office for the Archdiocese of Chicago, said he discovered Brooks and his fledgling\u00a0business<\/a>\u00a0when he was looking for an online option for couples separated by distance.<\/p>\n

Hannigan and Brooks created the program in 2010.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore and more, there will be dioceses using it as their standard marriage prep,\u201d Hannigan said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a video at the link explaining how it works. \u00a0 Curious? Visit the\u00a0Marriage Ministries<\/a><\/strong> website for details.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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