The following people were instrumental in the development of this document. They served as the Revision Committee who created the general framework of the document. We thank them for their dedication to this project:

Rafael and Olga Anglada Valentín Araya-Mesén Tim and Connie Bultema Fr. John Cusick Maria Garcia John Green Frank Hannigan

Fr. Jim Heneghan Fr. Tom Hickey Fr. Patrick Lagges Mike and Pam Lilly Bishop Jerome Listecki Andrew Lyke Fr. Bill McNulty Bishop Tom Paprocki

Elsie P. Radtke  Fr. George Rassas Alicia Rivera Dcn. Larry and Fran Spohr Kevin and Crystal Sullivan Joanna Stroncek

Particular thanks go to Martha Burke Tressler for her work on the “Marriage After the Death of a Spouse” and “Prayers of the Faithful”; Sr. Joan McGuire, Rita George, and Fr. John Kartje for their help with the “Ecumenical Marriages” and “Interfaith Marriages” sections; Nora O’Callahan for her guidance on the “Previous Abortion” section; Richard C. Sparks, C.S.P., Ph.D., for his input in the “Special Circumstances” section that deals with health concerns; Christine Zambricki-Flaherty for her work on the “Cross-Cultural Issues” section; and Fr. Richard Saudis for his final review and valuable input to the document.

Many thanks also go to the Diocese of Gary, Indiana, and the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for their marriage preparation guidelines, which provided structure and insight for this document. Thanks also go to the Wisconsin Catholic Conference for the section on pregnancy and extended stay, and the Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, for the section on health concerns, marriage of minors, older couples, and the “Pastoral Aid to Enhance Dialogue” section.

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