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What is an Annulment?

Posted on August 06, 2018 in: Events

If you are a divorced Catholic who would like to know more about annulments or is considering beginning the annulment process but aren’t quite sure what it is or how to go about doing so, this informational workshop is for you.

Join us:
Thursday, September 13, 2018, 7-9 P.M.
St. Bernard Church Hall
25 St. Bernard’s Terrace, Rockville, CT

Fr. Ted Tumicki, judicial vicar, and Fr. Brian Romanowski, vice-chancellor and adjutant judicial vicar of the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, will be part of a panel that will cover the numerous aspects of the annulment process including:

Church teaching on marriage and divorce
What an annulment is and isn’t and why they exist
Why a Catholic would need an annulment
Grounds for annulment
Steps in the process and how to begin it
Questions and answers

The annulment process may be the pathway you are seeking to healing, forgiveness and new joy.

Sponsored by the Catholic Family Services Office. For more information call, 860-848-2237, Ext 306 or email mclaughlin@norwichdiocese.net

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