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- noun A spiritual retreat for couples about to be married.
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We had to take the Catholic marriage instruction course called Pre-Cana before we could get married, which was a little late in the day—Diane was eight months pregnant.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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We had to take the Catholic marriage instruction course called Pre-Cana before we could get married, which was a little late in the day—Diane was eight months pregnant.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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We had to take the Catholic marriage instruction course called Pre-Cana before we could get married, which was a little late in the day—Diane was eight months pregnant.
Me, The Mob, And The Music Tommy James 2010
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Today I have scant recollection of what was actually said during the process known as Pre-Cana, in which couples who are to be married in a Roman Catholic church must participate in a workshop-style preparatory course.
Homebuying 101 2008
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At one of the hotels, the last one we are trying before we set out for the next town, we run into Father Joe -- Pre-Cana Father Joe from St. Joe's.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro: A Bishop's Whisper From Cardinal Foley Joe The Nerd Ferraro 2011
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We did a one day intensive Pre-Cana where older couples shared their lives openly about Communication, Money, Sexuality, and Spirituality.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro: A Bishop's Whisper From Cardinal Foley Joe The Nerd Ferraro 2011
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Some might think the priest who looks the other way when a remarried divorcee approaches the altar for Communion, the lay minister who leaves out that she takes Communion at a mass celebrated by a woman, the Pre-Cana couple who omit that they are sexually active and using birth control, the lesbian who declines to discuss her marriage with her child's catechism teacher are all disingenuous.
Michele Somerville: Pentecost: The Flaming Dove Of Upper Room Roman Catholicism Michele Somerville 2011
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To get to the altar as a Catholic you need to take a Pre-Cana course.
Joe The Nerd Ferraro: A Bishop's Whisper From Cardinal Foley Joe The Nerd Ferraro 2011
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Some might think the priest who looks the other way when a remarried divorcee approaches the altar for Communion, the lay minister who leaves out that she takes Communion at a mass celebrated by a woman, the Pre-Cana couple who omit that they are sexually active and using birth control, the lesbian who declines to discuss her marriage with her child's catechism teacher are all disingenuous.
Michele Somerville: Pentecost: The Flaming Dove Of Upper Room Roman Catholicism Michele Somerville 2011
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Somehow I managed to skate through Pre-Cana despite being non-Catholic.
Pre-Cana Marriage Classes and the Awkward Questions pabba 2010
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