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Christ Centered Couples
Christ Centered
Couples is an exciting new program for the newly
married. It’s a great opportunity to meet other newly
married couples in your parish, enjoy some fellowship,
and learn more about your marriage and the importance
of faith in strengthening marriages.
For more
information contact your parish or the Office for
Marriage, Family and Life at 651-291-4553.
Called to Love
Parish Marriage
Retreat
"This is my
commandment,
that you love
one another
as I have loved
you.”
John 15:12
This retreat is
designed to strengthen marriages by helping married couples refocus their
vision on Christ, each other, and their marriage. The retreat also helps
build community within the parish. The specific goal of the program is to
refresh ourselves in the basics of God’s plan for marriage and to promote
discussion among married couples about the issues that are most crucial to
them.
Some of the topics
include:
“In the
Beginning” God created man in His image and
has a plan for him to love and to be loved.
“And they become
one flesh” The Sacrament of Marriage reflects the exclusive,
permanent and life-giving relationship of God with His people. Sexual
intercourse expresses this complete gift of self and makes the invisible
visible.
“A time to build
up … and a time to heal” A marriage requires exclusive time and
attention on a regular basis to flourish. It also requires the ability
to repent and to forgive.
“Husbands Love
Your Wives / Wives Love Your Husbands” God calls spouses to
continually choose the good for each other and to deny themselves – by
taking out the trash and speaking kindly to each other.
“Devote
Yourselves to Prayer” “Be Constant in Prayer”
Prayer unites God with His children and His children with
each other. Prayer on several levels – personal through communal – is
essential for a healthy life in God.
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Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis
- Office for Marriage, Family and Life
Phone: 651-291-4553 or 651-291-4488/ Email:
mfl@archspm.org
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