Mentor Couples

1 hour

Your local Marriage Formation Coordinator or WTL Coach (online) will schedule a meeting with you and the engaged or civilly-married couple to review the process and materials and get a few tips on how to be a mentor. You will have plenty of opportunities for questions.

We encourage couples to do something fun together before beginning formal meetings!

1 - 1.5 hours

Meet with the engaged couple six times (or four for couples using the Civil Marriage Initiative) before the wedding. During these meetings, you will discuss the questions and activities in the workbook that will be given to you by the parish Marriage Formation Coordinator, priest, or deacon at the orientation. The fifth (or third for CMI) meeting is the Theology Discussion Night, and the priest or deacon is invited to your home to discuss what you learned at a local or online Be More retreat (you may be invited to participate in the retreat).

Attend Mass together with your couple once or twice a month and consider making a Holy Hour with them to pray for their marriage. Remember them in your daily prayers and send them a word of encouragement in between meetings!

Continue reaching out to your couple as they begin married life together! Consider meeting up every couple of months and inviting them to small groups or retreats in your parish or through Witness to Love’s virtual marriage enrichment options.

Find more resources here.

Let them know they are always welcome to attend Mass with you and that you are there for them!