[ZetaGirl22]

DH and I got married in a Catholic church as well, and we had to do the premarital counseling. The options were the EE weekend, or this sponsorship program the parish had that was one day a week for 5 weeks. We opted for the latter. I found it to be really great too! Our "sponsor couple" was a couple who had been married 40 years and was "mixed faith" too. Our wedding was considered interfaith because even though DH was baptized Catholic, he was confirmed Lutheran. There was very little church rhetoric. It was all about communication and expectations (ie, what expectations of eachother are you bringing into the marriage and are you on the same page about that). We lived together before we got married, and our sponsor couple had too, so no judgements there either. We got along very well with them. Definitely something I would recommend to all engaged couples, even if you just go to a regular couples counselor.