For Your Information From the Chaplain's Desk . . . The Catholic Center is happy to help USF students prepare for the Sacrament of Marriage. The Catholic Church believes and teaches that Marriage is a Sacrament.
Sacraments are sacred signs which make present the realities they signify.
In Marriage, the exchange of vows between a woman and a man is intended by God to create and sustain a permanent partnership of life and love. The process of preparation which The Catholic Student Center offers to university students approaching Marriage is intended to help the couple discover who they are in their relationship, how they want to create a marriage relationship together and what it will mean for them to be in a lifetime partnership with each other. Since Marriage is intended by God to be the Sacrament by which husband and wife consecrate themselves and their family, it is imperative that couples enter Marriage with an attitude of prayer and reverence. As well as preparing oneself intellectually, emotionally and spiritually, it is advisable to have completed the Sacraments of Initiation, namely, Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist. To marry in the Church means to make a sacred vow to your spouse, to God and to the Church.