Yes, We have the approval of the catholic Church!

"...At the moment there are a number of private pre-marriage courses in operation around the country. The quality of these courses vary a great deal from ones very much modelled on the Accord course to very short courses....It is clear that your course is close to the Accord course....and i do believe that there is a real need for someone like yourself providing courses..."
- Bishop Willie Walsh, who is President of Accord

“We did the Avalon pre-marriage course a couple of weeks ago and it was really beneficial. I was apprehensive about going - I'd heard all the horror stories about other pre-marriage courses - but we both really enjoyed it and the day flew by. It seemed to be quite practical and the information was down to earth with regard children, conflict etc. I also liked that the course was given by a family therapist. It’s recognised by the Church too.”

“I would highly recommend this course. The main presenter, David Kavanagh, was easy to listen to and kept it interesting. We went to the Limerick one there recently which was on from 11 until 5 with a coffee break and a one hour lunch too. There is no necessary interaction with him, unless you want to talk. We were with a lovely group. There is a workbook with questions that you and your partner fill in and swap between you then to see the other's answer. (My fiancé offered to do 50% of the chores – so am saving his for future reference). The topics covered are Children (not family planning but more do with the realities of cost and raising the child etc.) Money, the Wedding Ceremony and Conflict. It was actually nice answering questions and getting them right about the other or seeing what his thoughts were on the whole thing. David is married now and used his own marriage as an example when talking about fighting, money problems etc. which was nice and reassuring.”

“We really enjoyed the course in Dublin. Was easy to get to and didn’t start until 11. We were out by 5. It wasn’t too religious, but concentrated more on the relationship and us as individuals. We both really liked having the chance to find out things about each other which I think we had always assumed we knew the answer to or had just never thought about. It was interesting too and worth the money. I found it quite reassuring as we realised that we know each other really well. It was only a few hours and I think that in the run up to the wedding you can spend so many hours working out every little detail so it's no harm to take a few hours out to think about each other. Thanks David.”

“We attended the Avalon course last Saturday and I have to say it was fantastic. It was really practical and interesting information and conversation starters for you and your future spouse. David is a psychotherapist and is recently married himself and very in tune with reality. We went to Dublin from Kerry for the weekend and it was totally worth it! It only cost €140 so value for money.”

“I just completed my pre-marriage course with Avalon, found it brilliant. Enjoyable day. Not too religious, just a nice amount of talking about family, expectations, dealing with conflict etc. We've been loved up ever since!”

“Avalon is actually a great course. We really enjoyed it. David is recently married himself so we found it very practical as opposed to preaching about the church. He showed us slides outlining what the church expects from marriage etc but the discussions were about dealing with conflicts, looking at your families and your different expectations of marriage and family. We really enjoyed the day and noticed an even closer bond after it.”

For bookings please contact us on 01-498 22 42.