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WHAT IS ENGAGED ENCOUNTER? |
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Engaged
Encounter is a unique marriage preparation weekend.
Married couples, along with a priest or married
deacon, share their personal experiences as
a catalyst for the engaged to examine their
own relationship. After each presentation, questions
are provided for each individual to answer privately.
Then the couple privately shares and discusses
their answers to the questions. This enables
each couple to develop their own unique, loving
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The presentations cover a wide variety of topics
including communications, decision-making, disillusionment,
and forgiveness. The material and stories provide
a realistic and practical view of marriage from
couples that actively seek to keep their love
alive and growing. More than that, the presenters
provide a model for living out the vow they
made to each other before God.
The
weekend gives an engaged couple time to explore
the issues they will face in their marriage
relationship. It is a time to look beyond the
wedding to the life they will live after they
walk back down the aisle. The weekend also provides
an opportunity for each couple to consider the
spiritual aspect of their relationship that
will be as much a part of their marriage as
the emotional, physical, and mental dimensions. |
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Spend A Weekend With Us To Benefit
The Two Of You! |
Weekends
are held at St. Leonard’s Youth Retreat
Center in Avon, Ohio, a beautiful modern facility.
Click HERE for
directions.
Weekend
encounters begin on Friday night and end Sunday
afternoon with the celebration of Mass. Meals
are provided on Saturday and Sunday. Cost—per
couple—is $185 per weekend. Click HERE
to register for your "encounter."
YOU
MAY ALSO PRINT OUT A DETAILED VERSION OF A CATHOLIC
ENGAGED ENCOUNTER WEEKEND HERE.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE
SAYING : |
"Thanks
for making this weekend a little peace
of heaven on earth"
"We
weren't sure what to expect going into
this.
But what we have gained is too much to
describe."
"I
think that through dialoging, we as a
couple 'let our guards down'
and opened ourselves up to each other
and God"
"This
has been a nice experience. I would definitely
recommend this to other couples." |
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TYPICAL WEEKEND
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Friday
8:00pm through Sunday 3:30pm
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| Friday |
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8:00pm
Welcome and Introduction
Presentation: "Encounter with ME"
Presentation with WE" |
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| Saturday |
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7:50am,
Morning Prayer
8:00am, Breakfast
Presentation: "Openness in Communication"
Presentation: "Called To Be One"
12:00 noon, Lunch
Presentation
“Marriage Morality”
Presentation “Decisions in Marriage”
Extended Break
Presentation “Sex and Sexuality”
6:00 p.m. Dinner
Presentation “Becoming a Family”
Open Discussion
Presentation “Forgiveness”
Prayer Service |
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| Sunday |
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8:00
a.m. Breakfast
Presentation “Wedding”
Beginning of our Sacrament
Presentation “Betrothal”
Presentation “Sharing the Vision”
12:30 p.m. Lunch
Presentation “Planning a Life-Giving
Marriage”
Wrap-Up
Closing Mass
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