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CATHOLIC ENGAGED ENCOUNTER
“A Wedding is a day…a Marriage is a lifetime.”
Engaged Encounter is a weekend for couples planning marriage who desire an in-depth opportunity to deepen and enrich their lives together. The weekend allows engaged couples to take a break from the hectic pace of wedding plans and focus on themselves, their relationship and the building blocks needed for a successful marriage. The atmosphere of the weekend lets couples further explore their values, goals, attitudes and beliefs about love, communication, decision-making, commitment, time, sex, faith, etc. The weekend fulfills diocesan requirements for marriage preparation.
What happens on the weekend?
Two married couples and a priest give a series of short presentations in which they share personally from their experiences on many areas of marriage and family life. After the presentations, each engaged couple is given time to reflect in writing on the talk and then share their thoughts privately with each other. There are a few group activities, a prayer service and Mass, but the focus is always on personal reflection and couple dialogue.
What is the schedule of the weekend?
The weekend begins at 8:00 p.m. on Friday and ends early Sunday afternoon. Weekends, which include meals and separate overnight accommodations, are held several times a year in the Archdiocese of Hartford and are usually held at St. Thomas Archdiocesan Center in Bloomfield. Weekends are also offered in other dioceses in Connecticut and New England.
Why should we go on an Engaged Encounter?
Simple...to help make a couple’s marriage the best that it can be! For almost 30 years, Engaged Encounter has proven to be a powerful and positive influence on thousands of couples who strive to live out their vows of sacramental marriage. The weekend provides a setting for a couple to affirm their love and develop tools to make a conscious decision to love one another each day of their lives The gift of time together at an Engaged Encounter is truly priceless.
Want to get more information?
Further information about Engaged Encounter, including registration information, can be obtained at www.hartfordcee.org, or by calling the Family Life Office.
Upcoming Weekends
Hartford Archdiocese
Call (203) 230-2460 for information or to register at the website link of: http://www.hartfordcee.org
October 3-5, 2008
Norwich Diocese
Call (860)536-8665 for information or e-mail NorwichEEbooking@cs.com
September 19-21, 2008
Worcester, MA Diocese
Visit their website www.worcesterdiocese.org/familylife/engagedencounter.htm for further registration information. Their dates are:
August 15-17, 2008
November 7-9, 2008
New York Archdiocese (Engaged Encounter of Lower NY near Poughkeepsie)
Visit their website www.engagedencounterny.org for further registration information. Their dates are:
July 18-20, 2008
August 15-17, 2008
September 12-14, 2008
November 7-9, 2008
Please check www.engagedencounter.org for convenient locations and times to fit your schedule.
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Newly Added Events
Anniversary Sunday
ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY CELEBRATION for couples who celebrate their Silver, Golden and Diamond Anniversaries of Marriage in 2008. A special Mass in St. Joseph’s Cathedral on Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 2:00 P.M.
Hope for the Holidays
“Hope for the Holidays” for the Bereaved will be held at the Caritas Christi Center on November 16, 2008 from 1:30-3:30PM.
"Shattered Dreams"
A video presentation on healing after divorce on October 21, 2008 from 7:00PM-8:30PM at Caritas Christi Center, Hamden. This program will offer insights into rejection, grief, anger, forgiveness and letting go for those who are suffering the pain of separation or divorce.
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New Articles
Beginning Experience
Beginning Experience is a weekend program for people grieving their marriage because of death, divorce or separation. The next weekend is scheduled for October 17-19, 2008.
Family Perspectives for October-December, 2008
Please click on Parish Resources link to download Family Perspectives for October-December, 2008.
Marriage Help at www.foryourmarriage.org
Because the Catholic Church cares about your marriage, we'll help you with information, skills, inspiration and resources, and maybe a little humor along the way!
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Most good judgment comes from experience. Most experience comes from bad judgment.
--- Anonymous
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