Marriage
Preparation
Evenings
for the Engaged
"It
Works Because..."
Evenings
for the Engaged works because
The
Married Couple and Priest are the Content
- They
provide an experience - not just a lecture. The married couple shares their
experience of living the concepts they are discussing.
- The engaged
couples receive personal help in deepening and strengthening their relationship
- The engaged
couples are challenged to strive to have a great marriage.
- The engaged
couples experience marriage as a two who are loving and tender, open and
honest, healing and forgiving.
An
Experience of Church - In the Home
- The engaged
couples experience Catholic marriage through the example and witness of
caring Catholic couples in their homes where the sacrament of Marriage is
lived.
- Opens
engaged couples to the lived awareness of the beauty of sanctity of the
vocation of marriage.
- It helps
engaged couples experience the love and support of the Church.
Six
Sessions - Six Full Weeks
- Time
to build trust and friendships. Couples can look at themselves in depth.
- The group
discussions allow the engaged couples to have an experience of caring Catholic
community.
- Lifetime
friendships are formed.
Weekly
Couple Paks - take home readings and questionnaires for 3 separate days during
the week.
After
the Six Weeks
- The couples
attend each others weddings, meet after the weddings (become God parents,
etc.)
