Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Persiapan Perkawinan bagi Calon Pasangan Suami Istri di Paroki St. Yosef Onekore Ende

Abstract

Marriage preparation education and training for prospective married couples also have been known in Indonesia as marriage preparation training courses (KPP). Like the other parishes in every diocese all over the world, St. Joseph Parish of Onekore Ende which belong to the vicariate pastoral ministry area of Ende, and the Archdiocese of Ende cares and pays more attention to the needs of parish community members who are planning to build a family up for living together as husband and wife. So, responding to the needs of these prospective couples and based on the pastoral activity planning that has been designed in an annual plenary pastoral assembly, the Parish Pastoral Council, through the Family Pastoral Section of the Parish, carries out an educational and training program for the premarital marriage preparation activities under the coordination of the Parish Pastor and his fellow co-pastor. The facilitators use the acronym term PMPET in this article. PMPET is shortened from Premarital Marriage Preparation Education and Training. The purpose is to know whether PMPET as an approach and model be able to enhance the knowledge and skill of the participants about the nature of marriage which is discussed from various perspectives or points of view.