Please read this very important Christ the King General Policy on Marriage Preparation and the Celebration of the Sacrament of Matrimony available HERE (opens a PDF).
In order to help you best prepare to live out your vocation of Marriage, the Diocese of Bismarck has certain requirements and timeline to help you prepare to be best spouse you can be.
Before scheduling your wedding, if either party (Catholic or non-Catholic) has a prior attempt at marriage which has not been dissolved through death or received a Document of Freedom to Marry, please contact the Tribunal Office at the Diocese of Bismarck, 701-204-7203, before contacting the parish.
Bible:
Didache Bible, Midwest Theological Forum
Prayer:
Spousal Prayer: A Way to Marital Happiness, Deacon James Keating
A Short Guide to Praying as a Family, Dominican Sisters of St. Cecelia
Marriage:
Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity, Anthony Esolen
Marriage (2nd ed.) The Rock on Which the Family is Built, William May
Sponsors:
Witness to Love, Ryan and Mary Rose Verret
Family:
“Familiaris Consortio,” St. Pope John Paul II
The Catholic Family Handbook, Fr. Lawrence G. Lovasik
A Mother’s Rule of Life, Holly Pierlot
Lighthouse CD:
“Green Sex”
“Beloved,” Tim Gray, PhD
Jesus, the Bridegroom, Brant Pitra
Websites:
Bismarck Diocese: “Theology of the Body”
http://www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2TBIND.HTM
NaPro Technology http://naprotechnology.com/