Marriage Preparation Resources
A ministry of the Family Ministries Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago offering A Marriage in the Lord, a marriage preparation program, training for presenter couples and El Amor Nuestra y el Sacramento del Matrimonio for Spanish speaking couples.
Frank Hannigan
Family Ministries

3525 South Lake Park Avenue

Chicago IL 60653-1402

Phone:312.534.8351

Fax: 312.534.3858

Email: Fhannigan@archchicago.org

Website: www.FamilyMinistries.org

PREPARE/ENRICH

An online assessment tool which automatically customizes itself to a couple's faith tradition (Catholic, Interfaith/Interchurch), relationship stage (dating, engaged, married), and structure (cohabiting, forming a stepfamily, empty nest, etc.). Each scoring includes a Facilitator's Report, a report couples can keep, and a free downloadable Couple's Workbook with over 20 exercises.

Life Innovations

2660 Arthur Street

Roseville, MN 55113

Phone: 800.331.1661

Website: www.prepare-enrich.com

Preparing to Live in Love
Combines personal mentoring with a marriage preparation curriculum that integrates Theology of the Body and practical life skills
Ron and Kathy Feher, Fr. Chuck Gallagher, SJ
PO Box 2304
Southeastern, PA  19399
Phone:  877-201-2142
E-Mail:  PMRCusa@msn.com
Web Site:  www.livinginlove.org

Web Site:  www.tmewpi.org

Marriage Retorno
Joe and Mary Ward and Fr. Mel Herman, Executive Team
234 Hemlock Drive
North Wales, PA 19454
Phone: 215-362-8699
E-Mail: info@marriageretorno.org
Web Site: www.marriageretorno.org

National Marriage Encounter
The mission of National Marriage Encounter is to promote and encourage marriage and family life by offering Marriage Encounter weekends and a support community. National Marriage Encounter enables people to discover God's vision of marriage and family life and spiritual diversity, thereby leading them to a clearer understanding of their relationship with each other and with God
Chuck and Sandy Ogg, NME Business Administrators
4704 Jamerson Place
Orlando, FL 32807
Phone:800-828-3351
E-Mail: emory78@comcast.net
Web Site: www.marriage-encounter.org
Parish based marriage ministry focused on formation, fellowship and enrichment for married couples

E-mail: jeremy@thealexanderhouse.org

Will Woods Community
Community formed by married couples for the purpose of providing marriage enrichment programs for the Arch-diocese of New Orleans.
Deacon Tom Caffery
3330 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 345
Metairie, LA 70002
Phone: 504-830-3715
Fax: 504-840-9838
E-Mail: tom_caffery@wlae.pbs.org

Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Worldwide Marriage Encounter is a Catholic marriage enrichment organization with affiliations to many other faith denominations, promoting the value of the Sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders. WWME offers a wide variety of enrichments for married couples in parishes in 83 countries worldwide.
Administrative Office
2210 East Highland Avenue #106
San Bernardino, CA 92404
Phone: 909-863-9963
Fax: 909-863-9986
E-Mail: office@wwme.org
Web Site: www.wwme.org

American Academy of Fertility Care Professionals
11700 Studt Avenue Suite C
St. Louis, MO 63131
Phone:  402-489-3733
E-Mail: aafcp@aol.com
Web Site: www.aafcp.org

Apostolate for Family Consecration
3375 County Road 36
Bloomingdale, OH 43910
Phone: 800-77-FAMILY
Web Site: www.familyland.org

At Home With Our Faith
U.S. Catholic's site offers current reporting, commentary, and discussion about living as a Catholic today. Homefaith.com, sponsored by the family spirituality newsletter At Home with our Faith, provides parents with ideas and resources to help pass on a living faith.
Mary Lynn Hendricksen and Cathy O'Connell-Cahill, Editors
205 West Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60606-5033
Phone: 800-328-6515
E-Mail: editor@homefaith.com
Web Site: www.homefaith.com

CFL Family Retreat Center

The CFL Family Retreat Center, lay-owned and operated in the Marianist tradition, offers fun and faith-filled family empowerment retreats emphasizing affirmation, communication skills, reconciliation, and commitment.  Six-day retreats are offered throughout the summer and early fall. Weekend retreats are offered throughout the year.

2006 Wicker St.

North Topsail Beach, NC  28460

Phone: 910-328-1584

Fax: 910-328-1584
E-mail:  cflcenter@charterinternet.com

Web site: www.christianfamilyliving.org

Christian Family Movement

Christian Family Movement is a national network of Catholics and their families who share a common mission: to promote Christ-centered marriage and family life; to help individuals and their families to live the Christian faith in everyday life; and to improve society through actions of love, service, education and example.

Paul and Missy Parkison, Executive Director Couple
P.O. Box 925
Evansville, IN 47706-0925
Phone:812-962-5508
Fax: 812-962-5509
E-Mail: office@cfm.org
Web Site: www.cfm.org

Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education
Diane Sollee, Founder and Director
5310 Belt Road NW  
Washington, DC 20015-1961
Phone: 202-362-3382
E-Mail: Diane@smartmarriages.com
Web Site: www.smartmarriages.com

Effective Father Seminars
For assistance in your efforts to become a more effective father and/or grandfather.
1750 University Dr., Suite 214
Coral Springs, FL 33071
Phone: 877-510-4555
Fax: 954-341-4765
E-mail: efsjkream@msn.com
Web Page: www.effectivefathers.com 

Holy Cross Family Ministry
Promoting and supporting the spiritual well-being of the family.
518 Washington St.
North Easton, MA 02356
Phone: 800-299-PRAY
Fax: 508-238-6350
Web Site: www.hcfm.org

Marianist Family Retreat Center
We offer to families and to all who come seeking personal and spiritual growth, a wide choice of communal retreat experiences in the Marianist Tradition.
Anthony Fucci, Director
Marianist Family Retreat Center
417 Yale Ave. P.O. Box 488
Cape May Point, NJ 08212-0488
Phone: 609-884-3829
E-mail: mfrc@capemaymarianists.org
Web Site: www.capemaymarianists.org

National Marriage Project
Publishers of an annual report on Marriage and Family in the United States.
David Popenoe, PhD, and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, PhD, Co-Directors
Rutgers University
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Lucy Stone Hall B217
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 732-445-7922
Fax:  732-445-6110
E-mail: marriage@rci.rutgers.edu
Web Site: http://marriage.rutgers.edu

Parenting for Peace and Justice
Kathy and Jim McGinnis, Coordinators
4144 Lindell Boulevard, #408
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314-533-4445
E-mail: ppjn@aol.com
Web Site: www.ipj-ppj.org/PPJN--2dNEW.htm

Central DuPage Pastoral Counseling Center
Charles E. Alcorn, Ph.D., Executive Director
Sr. Patricia Francis, OP, Director of Marriage and Family
507 A Thornhill Drive
Carol Stream, IL 60188-2703
630-752-9750 ext.17
Fax: 630- 752-9768
E-Mail: cdpcc@sbcglobal.net
Web Site: www.cdpcc.org

Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development
625 Cleveland Street
Clearwater, FL 34615
Phone:813-461-5000
Fax: 813-462-6037
E-Mail: info@cppcd.org
Web Site: www.cppcd.org

Rainbows
Provides a bridge to emotional healing for children, adolescents and adults confronting death, divorce or other painful family transition.
Suzy Yehl Marta
2100 Golf Rd. #370
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008-4231
Phone: 800-266-3206 or 847-952-1770
Fax: 847-952-1774
E-Mail: info@rainbows.org
Web Site: www.rainbows.org

Retrouvaille
Peer ministry to help couples in struggling marriages.
Phone: 800-470-2230
E-Mail: international_office@retrouvaille.org
Web Site: www.retrouvaille.org

The Alexander House:  Christian Marriage Coaching

This program has helped thousands of couples rediscover the joy and happiness in their marriage by focusing on God's plan for their marriage.

Matt Dalton

c/o The Alexander House

PO Box 592107

San Antonio, TX 78259-2107

Phone:  303-840-1871

E-mail: matt@thealexanderhouse.org

The Third Option
An on-going ministry to hurting marriages.
Patricia Ennis, President
1342 Lancaster Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315-472-6728
Fax: 315-472-8409
E-Mail: pat@thethirdoption.com
Web Site: www.thethirdoption.com

National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved
Ingrid Seunarine, M.A.FT, President
PO Box 16353   
St. Louis, MO 63125-0353
Phone: 314-638-2638
Fax: 314-638-2639
E-mail: NCMBereave@aol.com
Web Site: www.griefwork.org

The Samaritan Ministry
Dedicated to providing spiritual, emotional and practical support to those who are experience anticipatory grief (during times of serious illness), shock grief (during the time of a funeral), and lingering grief (during the time of bereavement).
Charlotte Maluski, Director
14811 St. Mary's Lane, Suite #138
Houston, TX 77079
Phone: 800-383-5334
E-Mail: cmaluski@thesamaritanministry.org
Web Site: www.thesamaritanministry.org

Beginning Experience
Ministry for divorced, widowed and separated person and their children.
Phone:  866-610-8877
Web Site: http://www.beginningexperience.org

Catholic Divorce Ministry -
North American Conference of Separated & Divorced Catholics
Support for families experiencing separation and divorce.
CDM Central Office
P.O. Box 10
Hancock, MI 49930-0010
Phone: 906-482-0494
Fax: 906-482-7470
E-Mail: office@nacsdc.org
Web Site: www.nacsdc.org

Center For Learning
P.O. Box 910, Evergreen Road
Villa Maria, PA 16155
Phone: 800-767-9090
Fax: 888-767-8080
E-Mail: Customerservice@centerforlearning.org
Web Site: http://www.centerforlearning.org/


Center For Ministry Development
Established in 1978, the Center for Ministry Development is an independent, non-profit organization whose core purpose is to bring the Good News in new ways to the people of God. The Centerâs mission is to empower faith communities and their leaders for effective ministry with adolescents, young adults, and families through ministry education for leaders, ministry development training and resources, programs, and publications.
Contact:  Mr. Tom East, Director
5713 Wollochet Drive NW, Suite A
Gig Harbor WA 98335
Phone:253-853-5422
Fax: 253-853-5448
E-Mail: info@cmdnet.org
Web site: www.cmdnet.org

Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions
Ms. Lisa Tarker
415 Michigan Avenue NE, Suite 70
Washington, D.C. 20017
Phone: 202-635-6990
E-Mail: nationaloffice@fdlc.org
Web Site: www.fdlc.org

Holy Family Ministry
An organization which seeks to inspire families through its "A Quiet Moment" sculpture, a visual prayer of the Holy Family. Phone: 877-232-2203
E-Mail: Linda@holyfamilyministry.com
Web Site: www.holyfamilyministry.com

National Association of Church Personnel Administrators
Mary Jo Moran, PhD, Executive Director
100 E Eighth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202-2129
Phone: 513-421-3134
Fax: 513-421-3085
E-Mail: nacpa@nacpa.org
Web Site: www.nacpa.org

National Catholic Education Association
Karen M Ristau, Ed.D., President
1077 30th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone: 202-227-6232
Fax: 202-333-6706
E-Mail: nceaadmin@ncea.org
Web Site: www.ncea.org

National Association for Lay Ministry
6896 Laurel Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012
Phone: 202-291-4100
Fax: 202-291-8550
E-Mail: nalm@nalm.org
Web Site: www.nalm.org

National Catholic Young Adult Ministry Association
NCYAMA
P. O. Box 32253
Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone: 888-NCY-AMA1
E-Mail: info@ncyama.org
Web Site: www.ncyama.org

National Conference of Catechetical Leadership
Neil Parent, Executive Director
125 Michigan Avenue NE
Washington, D.C. 20017
Phone: 202-884-9753
Fax: 202-884-9756
Web Site: www.nccl.org

USCCB Committee on Marriage and Family
Most Reverend Joseph Kurtz, Diocese of Knoxville, Chairman
Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth
H. Richard McCord, Executive Director
Sheila Garcia, Assistant Director
3211 Fourth Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20017-1194
Phone: 202-541-3040
Fax: 202-541-3176
E-Mail: marriage@usccb.org
Web site: http://www.usccb.org/laity/marriage/

United States Catholic Conference of Bishops
3211 Fourth Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20017-1194
Phone: 202-541-3000
Web Site: www.usccb.org

National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors
Randall Cirner, Executive Director
5400 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21210
Phone: 410-864-4111
Fax: 410-864-4114
E-Mail: office@ncdvd.org
Web Site: www.ncdvd.org

National Council of Catholic Women
Offers programs and resources regarding Church Concerns, Family Concerns, Community Concerns, International Concerns, Legislative and Organizational Services.
Sheila McCarron, Executive Director
200 N Glebe Road Suite 703
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: 703-224-0990 or 800-506-9407
Fax: 703-224-0991
E-Mail: nccw01@algxmail.com
Web Site: www.nccw.org

National Cursillo Movement
Victor Lugo, Executive Director
P.O. Box 210226
Dallas, TX 75211-0226
Phone: 214-339-6321
Fax: 214-339-6322
E-Mail: nationalcursillo.center@verizon.net
Web Site: www.cursillo.org

National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
Robert J. McCarty, D.Min., Executive Director
Sr. Jude Ruggeri, ASCJ, President
415 Michigan Avenue NE, Suite 40
Washington, D.C. 20017-1518
Phone: 202-636-3825
Fax: 202-526-7544
E-Mail: info@nfcym.org
Web Site: www.nfcym.org

National Catholic Office of the Deaf
Arvilla Rank, Executive Director
7202 Buchanan Street
Landover Hills, MD 20784
Phone: 301-577-1684
Voice Fax: 301-577-1690
TTY: 301-577-4184
E-Mail: ncod@erols.com
Web Site: www.ncod.org

Teams of Our Lady
Teams of Our Lady is an international movement of married couples chartered in France in 1947. A Team is a group of five to seven couples who have joined together to create a Christ-centered community of friends who find support in their efforts to lead Gospel lives.
Ralph and Jackie Tygielski
P. O. Box 4638
Tyler, TX 75712
Phone and Fax: 903-535-7864
E-Mail: info@teamsofourlady.org
Web Site: www.teamsofourlady.org

North American Forum on the Catechumenate
3033 Fourth Street NE
Washington, DC 20017-1102
Phone: 202-884-9758
Fax: 202-884-9747
E-Mail: info@naforum.org
Web Site: www.naforum.org

University of Dayton
Joan McGuinness Wagner
Office of the Rector
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1624
Phone: 937-229-3094
Fax: 937-229-3396
E-Mail: joan.wagner@notes.udayton.edu

ACTA Publications
Publishes books/resources for marriage preparation, family life ministry and spirituality.
Gregory F. Augustine Pierce & Thomas R. Artz, Co-Publishers
5559 W Howard Street
Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: 800-397-2282
Fax: 800-397-0079
E-Mail: acta@actapublications.com
Web Site: www.actapublications.com

Ave Maria Press
P.O. Box 428
Notre Dame, IN 46556-0428
Phone: 800-282-1865 x244
Fax: 800-282-5681
E-Mail: avemariapress.1@nd.edu
Web Site: www.avemariapress.com

S & K Publishers
Foundations - a newsletter for Newlyweds and other resources
Steve and Kathy Beirne, Editors
P.O. Box 1632
Portland, ME 04104-1632
Phone: 800-775-4757
E-Mail: skpubs@aol.com
Web Site: www.foundationsnewsletter.net

Group Publishing
Group Publishing is a nondenominational Christian publisher of Christian books and magazines.
P.O. Box 481
Loveland, CO 80539
Phone: 800-447-1070
Fax: 970-292-4373
E-Mail: info@group.com
Web Site: www.grouppublishing.com

Marriage Magazine
Magazine to enrich, enhance and enliven marriage.
Krysta Kavanaugh, Managing Editor
955 Lake Drive
St. Paul, MN 55120-1497
Phone: 800-MARRIAGE
Fax: 651-452-0466
E-Mail: info@marriagemagazine.org
Web Site: www.marriagemagazine.org

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA ) at Columbia University
CASA Report:Spirituality and Religion Reduce Risk of Substance Abuse.
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA ) at Columbia University released a 52-page two-year study on November 21, 2001. The report finds that tapping the power of religion and spirituality has enormous potential for lowing the risk of substance abuse among teens and adults and, when combined with professional treatment, for promoting recovery. For more information contact:
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Phone: 212-841-5200
Web Site: www.casacolumbia.org

Our Sunday Visitor
200 Noll Plaza
Huntington, IN 46750
Phone: 800-348-2440  
Fax: 219-356-8472
E-Mail: osv@osv.com
Web Site: www.osv.com

PREP (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program)
Publishers of Fighting for Your Marriage and other resources for marital communication.
Howard Markman, PhD, and Scott Stanley, PhD, Co-Directors
PREP Inc.   
PO Box 4793
Greenwood Village, CO 80155-4793
Phone: 800-366-0166 or 303-759-9931
Fax: 303-759-4212
E-Mail: info@prepinc.com
Web Site: www.prepinc.com

RCL Benziger

Creators of Family Life

Phone:  800-527-5030
Web Site: www.RCLBenziger.com

St. Anthony Messenger Press
Publisher of St. Anthony Messeng