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Just curious, it seems like ours expects a whole lot, which I don't mind, I think it's nice that he's getting to know us as a couple and is having reflect and discuss a lot of things.  However, it's just more time and he's always so busy, so he tends to overbook appointments so we end up waiting around quite a bit. 

So how many times did you and your FH/H meet with your priest?

We have met once with the priest who will marry us (and will probably meet 2 more times).

We have met 4 times already with our parish priest, and we will meet with him at least 3 more times (depends on how much help he thinks we need- haha).

Seems like a lot, but I'm actually enjoying it.

Wow, we've only met with our priest once. We went over our FOCCUS results with him and did the archdiocesan pre-nuptial questionnaire with him. We might meet with him once more before the wedding to go over last minute things but other than that, we have just been communicating with him through email or over the phone.

We met ours once to set up our pre-cana work and then we are meeting with him again in a month. However, we did the "counseling" meeting types with a certified marriage counselor we met three times in a two month span. My MOH did the counseling meetings with her Decon and they met about 5 times in a 6 month period. Depends on the church. Basically Rome says there needs to be 6mos of prep with a variety of things involved in that. However, how your particular parish decides to do it is up to them.

If you are having problems with the priest's punctuality, why not call the day before to "confirm" your appt? That way you can put a little bug in his ear that you will be there on time. Or, try to schedule your appts earlier in the afternoons. Our priest is super busy in the evenings and after meeting with a handful of other couples, sometimes appts run over and everything gets backed up, like being at the doctor's office.