Marriage is a sublime gift for the spouses, their children, and for the community. The union of the husband and wife foreshadows the union that each of us was created to have for eternity with Jesus in Heaven - the wedding feast of the Lamb (Rev 19:7-9). 

Engaged couples, please contact Laura Hahnenberg shortly after your engagement to arrange an initial meeting about marriage preparation: 517-655-2620 or stmary.laura@gmail.com.
 

And this love which God blesses is intended to be fruitful and to be realized in the common work of watching over creation: "And God blessed them, and God said to them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it.'"
-Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1604