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Strengthening Marriages Through Faith & Commitment

Witness to Love provides a transformative journey for couples, guiding them through faith-based marriage preparation and ongoing support.

Couples

Through comprehensive resources and ongoing support, Witness to Love equips couples with the tools to navigate challenges and strengthen their bond for a lifetime of love in Christ.

Church Leaders

Witness to Love provides church leaders with comprehensive training and resources to cultivate thriving marriages within their communities, fostering a culture of love, faith, and commitment.

What is Witness to Love?

Witness to Love is a virtues-based, catechumenate model of marriage renewal and preparation that integrates modern principles of psychology and the virtues to help couples facilitate an authentic dialogue about their relationship.

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What We Offer

See how Witness to Love is responding to the different needs of couples through our other initiatives and offerings!

Media Center

The Witness to Love Media Center features a diverse range of resources including articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos.

Events

WTL hosts a variety of events ranging from certification trainings for marriage formation leaders to Date Nights for couples!

Witness to Love

Hybrid Experience

The Hybrid Experience, formerly called the Virtual Pathway, is a revolutionary alternative to online marriage prep which combines our proven virtues-based, mentor-led marriage formation with online coaching. 

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For Couples

Get ready for your big day with Witness to Love’s Hybrid Experience! We blend our tried and true mentorship model with online coaching, offering you and your future spouse a personalized and flexible experience. Whether you're juggling busy schedules, navigating a long-distance relationship, or don’t have a local parish, we’ve got you covered. Our certified WTL Coaches will guide you and mentors of your choosing through an engaging and dynamic experience that connects you to your faith community. Want more from your marriage preparation than talks and videos? Whether your are engaged or civilly married and preparing for a Sacramental marriage, start your journey here with a program that truly fits your life and sets the foundation for a strong and lasting marriage. 

 

Ready to Get Started?

Sign up for the Hybrid Experience now, or if you're already set, log in to view video content for meetings with your mentors!

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For Leaders

The Witness to Love Hybrid Experience combines our proven virtues-based marriage formation with online coaching, offering a comprehensive experience for engaged and civilly-married couples and their chosen mentors. With more couples in long-distance relationships or without parish connections, this innovative approach provides quality formation and personalized support, accommodating various schedules and situations before and after the wedding. Utilizing certified WTL Coaches, the Hybrid Experience delivers tailored guidance and fosters parish engagement, unlike other online programs that offer content but lack community connection. 

VP Whats Included?

What's included?

πŸ“”  Our virtues-based workbook and accompanying witness videos- available for engaged or civilly married couples in English and Spanish

πŸ‘©β€πŸ«  Live support from a WTL Coach for couples and their chosen mentors

πŸ–₯️  Our online Be More: Marriage Formation Retreat

β›ͺ  Connection to the parish during the process

What are the steps to get started?

✏️  Couple completes the Hybrid Option form 

πŸ‘«  Couple chooses mentors to walk with them on their journey

πŸ“”  Couple orders materials

πŸ‘©β€πŸ«  WTL Coach will reach out to the couple for further steps and to schedule their first coaching session

What is the process like?

πŸ“†  Couple meets with their mentor couples in person if possible or virtually if needed once a month for 6 months (engaged) or 4 months (civilly-married)

πŸ–₯️  Couple goes through the Be More: Marriage Formation Retreat

β›ͺ  WTL Coach connects with the parish to include clergy in the formation process and to make sure any other parish and diocesan requirements are met

What's the parish involvement?

πŸ“ƒ Initial meeting with the couple and completion of canonical paperwork

βœ…  Give couple and WTL Coach of any additional parish and diocesan directives

✝️  Clergy participation in the Theology Discussion Night during the couples' 5th (engaged) or 3rd (civilly-married) meeting

β›ͺ  Planning and celebration of the wedding liturgy

What happens after the wedding?

πŸ‘©β€β€οΈβ€πŸ‘¨  Mentor couples continue to support the newlyweds and help them stay connected to the parish community

πŸ’» Couples may choose to go through the Be Light Mini Date Night Series for marriage enrichment and to start marriage small groups

 

 

Ready to Get Started?

Invite couples to sign up for the Hybrid Experience now, or get resources to promote the Hybrid Experience!

What Others Are Saying

We’re honored to help couples build a strong foundation for their marriage vocation.

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I believe we definitely grew as a couple, not only closer to each other, but closer to God and the church. We really focused on the sacrament of marriage throughout the preparation. We also talked about things that really happen after the wedding; not being 100% perfect all of the time and how to deal with conflict/differences.
Jeremy & Lindsay
Payton & Cody
I would certainly recommend Be More Retreat to other couples. With each lesson being roughly 30 minutes or so long, you receive a great amount of knowledge regarding each topic that will certainly benefit those engaging in marriage
Payton and Cody
WTL Couple, Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, LA
Jason & Allison
Witness to Love has helped us to be more open to expressing our faith and relationship with others. We plan to continue to go to mass with our mentor couple on a regular basis, connecting with our church community with our mentor couple and we hope to become more involved in the parish.
Jason and Allison
WTL Couple, Diocese of Lansing, MI

Want to bring Witness to Love to your parish or diocese?

We’re excited to offer coaching for couples through our Hybrid Experience and invite you to consider how adopting Witness to Love could enrich your parish or diocese. Our training equips leaders to bring WTL "home" to transform communities through the power of relationships!