Foccus Facilitator Training

FOCCUS Facilitator Certification Training

Trainer: Linda Ji
Audience: All deacons, their wives, lay couples, and religious who would like to facilitate conversations with engaged couples. 
Cost: $60 for the FOCCUS facilitator manual to be paid by parish.
Deacon’s meals are covered. Cost for others’ meals TBD

Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa
St. Mary’s Parish – Storm Lake
Saturday, September 16, 2023
9:30 am-4:00 pm
RSVP to: Dani at [email protected]
Learning Objectives:

• Reinforcement of how FOCCUS fits into a good marriage preparation process, including in the catechumenate model; the benefits of using a premarital inventory
• What a premarital inventory can do and what it is not meant to do
• The importance of facilitation and the facilitator’s role
• How to utilize the FOCCUS manual and couple report to prepare for facilitation
• Tips and best practices for FOCCUS preparation and facilitation
• Role plays, practicing FOCCUS facilitation
• Debriefing for FOCCUS facilitators, extra support, and resources
• Process steps of FOCCUS
• Signing up for your FOCCUS account (might follow in a post-class email)
• REFOCCUS (if time permits)