Substantially revised with updated pastoral suggestions and commentaries, the third edition of this best-selling book is an invaluable guide for everyone involved in the Roman Catholic rite of marriage. Includes readings from the current Lectionary and a new section on convalidation, with perspectives from a canon lawyer and a pastor.

A step-by-step wedding preparation resource, the book embraces the sanctity of the sacrament while guiding couples as they prepare the marriage ritual. Breathe new life into wedding liturgies with a complete planning guide, sample orders of service, and sanctuary details that work beautifully. Other helps include musical suggestions, all prayer options, directions for music, and guidelines for environment.

ISBN 978-1-56929-075-0 [136 pp, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4, softcover]

Surname	Name
Covino	Paul Covino
Madden	Lawrence Madden
Rendler-McQueeney	Elaine Rendler-McQueeney
Buscemi	John Buscemi

"A practical, helpful guide for couples preparing for their wedding liturgy. ... It deals responsibly with headache issues (for example, when and if to use a unity candle). It is filled with interesting traditional bits of information as well as solid liturgical content. ... [Provides] some solid foundations for making good decisions. At the very least several copies ought to be in the parish liturgy library as a resource guide."
--Liturgical Ministry

"Among the many books and catalogs intended to help engaged couples prepare for their wedding, this is one that should be at the top of every Catholic couple's list. It's a valuable resource that I wish had been available when I was preparing for my wedding 33 years ago! ... The book has numerous sidebars or marginal notes that are filled with practical, personal, and historical background information, all explained in a warm, friendly tone. ...The insights and background information given in the commentaries on the Scripture readings are a valuable part of the book. ...I would love to see this wonderful resource in the hands of all couples getting married in the Church as well as in the possession of priests, liturgists, and musicians."
--Sandra Dooley, Pastoral Music

"For engaged couples preparing for marriage and for pastoral teams who are working with them, Paul Covino's book Celebrating Marriage is an essential ingredient for an effective and meaningful marriage preparation process. ... At each turn of the page, Celebrating Marriage promotes rich conversations about why the couple is choosing to be married in the Catholic Church. ... The overall presentation of this material is both catechetical and in the spirit of hospitality and inclusion. Covino's book also features a beautiful selection of scripture readings and psalms with commentaries that are both reflective and instructional. When you think that the book has done a complete job preparing a couple for their wedding day, you still find more valuable and practical material in the back: diagrams for positioning the wedding party, sample prayers of the faithful, music repertoire, and a worksheet template to write down the various ideas and choices a couple might make as they work through the book. I recently began my fourteenth year of marriage preparation ministry at the University of Notre Dame, and through the years I have given [the book] to over 1,000 couples. This new edition continues its standard of excellence."
--John Dillon, Director of Religious Education and Catechist Formation, University of Notre Dame