FOCCUS is an aid for your marriage. It can help you study, understand, and communicate openly about many things that are important to your relationship.
It is not a test or way to predict the future. Rather it is designed to help engaged couple target the topics you need and want to address as a couple. It is a questionnaire which is taken approximately 3-6 months prior to the marriage. Answer sheets are sent to the Family Life Office for processing and returned to the parish for a married couple or parish minister to facilitate with the couple.
There are 13 categories that questions are sorted into, so it is easy to see where more communication would be helpful. Below are the various categories:
- Life Style Expectations
- Friends and Interest
- Personality Match
- Personal Issues
- Communications
- Problem Solving
- Religion and Values
- Parenting Issues
- Extended Family Issues
- Sexuality Issues
- Financial Issues
- Readiness Issues
- Marriage Covenant