Office of Family Life

Marriage & Family	Pastoral Services

FOCCUS Facilitator Training

FOCCUS (Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding and Study) is an internationally used inventory designed to provide engaged couples and those working with them a PERSONALIZED PROFILE of what is needed in their marriage preparation process. It is not a test but a tool that is both a starting place for couple discussion and a map of what issues need time and attention, affirmation or problem solving.

Facilitator Training will be offered a couple times per year at the diocesan level to train new facilitators (clergy and lay) or serve as a refresher for current facilitators, to become more effective in their use of this tool with their engaged couples. To schedule training in your region, pool your efforts with neighboring parishes and contact Tim Roder.

FOCCUS is a product of FOCCUS, Inc., Omaha, NE. More information about FOCCUS as well as ordering information is available on line at http://www.foccusinc.com/ or by phone at 1-877-883-5422.

Contact Information

Spalding Pastoral Center

419 NE Madison Ave.

Peoria, IL 61603-3719

Phone (309) 671-1550

Fax (309) 671-1581

Mr. Tim Roder

Director, Marriage & Family

Ms. Jeanne Whalen

Director, Pastoral Services

Mr. Craig Dyke

Associate Director, Marriage & Family

Mrs. Terri LaHood

Secretary