Website Link Resources

Below are some helpful recourse links for Catholics

Catholic Engage Encounter - Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) is an international nonprofit ministry dedicated to marriage preparation. Our motto is "A wedding is a day, a marriage is a lifetime". Think of all the preparation taken for the wedding day. Most people spend months planning, and hundreds, if not thousands of dollars preparing for the wedding. But how much time and effort is actually spent preparing for a Lifetime of Togetherness? A Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekend is a weekend experience which provides the engaged couple the opportunity to discuss with each other their future together in the Sacrament of Matrimony. The goal is to deepen a couple's relationship through reflection and dialogue.

https://www.birminghamcee.org/

Natural Family Planning - Natural family planning (NFP) is fertility awareness, which is simply knowledge of a couple’s fertility. It is a means of reading the body’s signs of fertility and infertility; applying this knowledge through the Sympto-Thermal Method (STM) is over 99% effective in postponing pregnancy. A married couple’s virtuous application of this knowledge either to try to achieve a pregnancy or to postpone a pregnancy is called responsible parenthood. Practicing NFP is 100% natural — there are no drugs, chemicals or devices involved, which is one reason many today find it to be a positive and refreshing alternative to contraceptive methods. NFP honors our dignity as persons by respecting the natural rhythms and functions of the body and is approved by the Catholic Church.

https://ccli.org/what-is-nfp/

Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama - Visit our Diocese's website

https://www.bhmdiocese.org/

Saint Bernard Abbey - Visit Saint Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama. St Bernard Abbey has supplied priest for Saint Michael's parish for countless years. Visit the Ava Maria Grotto too!

https://www.stbernardabbey.com/

Saint Bernard Preparatory School - Prep School run by Saint Bernard Abbey. The Prep School is for grades 7-12th and is a co-ed environment steeped in Catholic Christian tradition.

https://stbernardprep.com/

Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) is the largest faith-based marriage enrichment organization in the world. Our programs have enriched and transformed the lives of married couples and priests for generations. We offer a peer-to-peer experience, typically over a weekend, where married couples and priests can pause and reflect privately on the meaning of their vocations and are given the tools for nurturing their love. Our mission is to proclaim the value of marriage and holy orders in the Church and in the world.

https://wwme.org/