REGISTER HERE
JUNE 9, 10, 11
NOV 10, 11, 12
LOCATION: St. Louis Parish, 53 Allen Street East, Waterloo ON N2J 1J3
For more information contact the Family Ministry Office at 905-528-7988 ext. 2249.
- Bruce-Grey Marriage Preparation
- Hamilton Marriage Preparation Program
- Waterloo Marriage Preparation Program
- Catholic Engaged Encounter (A Marriage Preparation Course)
- Natural Family Planning
- Prepare / Enrich
- Remarriage Preparation Courses
- Sacrament of Marriage
- Training and Support for Parish Facillitators
Catholic Engaged Encounter
(Marriage Preparation Course)
A Wedding is a Day... A Marriage is a Lifetime
First Contact:
Be sure you have met with the parish priest where you intend to marry before booking a course. Some parishes offer their own preparation for marriage.
Course Hours:
Friday 7pm-9:30pm ZOOM
Saturdays 9:30 am–4:30 pm IN PERSON, INCLUDES LUNCH
Sunday 12:00 pm–4:30 pm.
Cost: $250 per couple (includes course materials, which will be mailed)
REFUNDS due to cancellation, are subject to a $25.00 administration fee.
REGISTRATION COMING SOON
Catholic Engaged Encounter Weekends (CEE), The weekend is open to any engaged couple wanting to prepare for a deeper, more meaningful life together and who are considered “free to marry” according to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Engaged Encounter Weekend:
- Utilizes listening, writing, and dialogue.
- Encourages the engaged couple to concentrate on building a relationship.
- Consists of a team of experienced married couples and a priest to facilitate and guide the weekend.
Key Concepts of the Weekend:
- Self-acceptance is essential to building a relationship with another. “I can’t love you unless I love myself.”
- Love does not depend on feelings alone, but it is a decision that a couple must make every day.
- Openness is the key to communication with one another.
- Marriage calls the couple to love one another totally.
- Being life-giving is essential to a relationship; without this quality there is no growth, no sensitivity, no refinement.
- Sex and sexuality are part of God’s plan for man and woman to become human and more expressive of God’s goodness.
The CEE Weekend is an opportunity to:
- Reflect in Private; Be yourself; Enjoy being alone together.
- Talk, listen & discuss just with each other in old & new ways.
- Be sure; be gentle; laugh together; cry together; experience God.
- Examine, pledge, re-evaluate (if needed) & enjoy.
Happiness is incomplete unless it is based on a goal of unity, of loving each other as Christ loved us, totally and unconditionally.