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Committees
Charismatic Prayer GroupThe "Joy in the Holy Cross" Charismatic Prayer Group meets weekly on Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM in the Bride's Room. All are welcome. Contact: Jeanne Reynolds
736-6626
Home Prayer CentersHome Prayer Centers are small groups of parishioners gathering in homes twice a month to have authentic Bible study. Groups meet every night of each week with some centers meeting during the daytime. Attendees begin devotions with praise and prayer followed with:
Scripture study is presented by our pastor on video tape followed by questions related to the study of how the specific scripture reading would apply in our daily lives. All present may take part in the discussion regardless of their level of faith. All are welcome, Catholic and non-Catholic. The program seeks to increase attendees' knowledge of scripture to allow the individual to advance and defend the Faith, spreading the Good News to all. Contact: Pete Nellius 674-5787
Marriage Encounter
What Is Marriage Encounter?The Marriage Encounter Weekend is a positive and personal experience for a couple, which offers them a technique of loving communication that they can use for the rest of their lives. It's an opportunity to look deeply into their relationship with each other and with God. Also, it's a time to share their feelings, their hopes, fears, frustrations and joys. Marriage Encounter is open to all married couples regardless of faith, race, age, education, or financial status. Marriage Encounter is not a retreat, nor is it a marriage clinic or sensitivity course. It is not a time to look at the past, but rather to look to your future together. The weekend is a positive, simple, common sense experience between husband and wife, that revitalizes marriage by helping couples to see what their relationship could and should be. Who Is Marriage Encounter For?Marriage Encounter is for any couple who wants to enrich their marriage. The weekend is designed to expand and deepen the joys a couple share together whether they've been married for a short time or for many years. Marriage Encounter is also for priests and religious who want to revitalize their relationship with the people of God and develop an even deeper appreciation for their own vocation. What Happens At A Marriage Encounter Weekend?An atmosphere is created on the Weekend in which the couple can concentrate exclusively on one another. A series of talks are given by a team of trained couples and a priest. Each talk gives a husband and wife the opportunity to look at themselves as individuals, and to look at their relationship with each other, with God, and with others. Marriage Encounter starts with the love you have for your spouse and helps you to build, expand, and deepen that relationship. The Weekend shows you the way to do this and provides you with the means--the rest is up to you! The only talent one must have to make a Marriage Encounter Weekend is the talent to love, and a desire to make a good marriage even better... Does The Weekend Respect The Couples Privacy?Yes! Marriage Encounter emphasizes communication between husband and wife through a weekend experience, which is free of the every day distractions and tensions. You concentrate on your spouse to such an extent that you are hardly aware of the other couples who are on the weekend. The presentations are given to the group as a whole. After each presentation the husband and wife have time in the privacy of their room for their own personal sharing using the communication technique they are learning on the weekend. There are no group discussions. How Does A Marriage Encounter Enhance A Marriage?The fundamental difference between marriages that are good, average, or poor is the level of communication between husband and wife. Those with good communication it's a chance to deepen it, and those whose communication has faded it's a chance to begin again, in all marriages, there are times when we take each other and our relationship for granted. The Weekend presents each couple with opportunity to get off the "Modern World Treadmill", to stop and take a fresh look at the two of us, at our marriage, and at our priorities. We learn a communication technique which allows and encourages us to explore the important areas of our life together in a spirit of love and understanding. The weekend experience offers every couple the insights, the tools, and the confidence to enrich their marriage and to strengthen their love for one another. For many couples, "Their Weekend" is one of the most significant experiences of their lives. Do You Have To Be Catholic?No! The Weekend is presented by three Catholic couples and a Catholic priest. It is Catholic in its theology of marriage as a Sacrament of the Church, but couples of all Faiths can benefit from it and are encouraged to attend. A certain number of spaces are reserved each Weekend for people of other Faiths. When And Where?Marriage Encounter Weekends are held at local hotels. In some areas there is a waiting list for the Weekend. So, registration several months in advance of when you want to attend may be advisable. How Long Does The Weekend Last?The Weekend begins on Friday evening at 8:00 and ends Sunday afternoon at 5:00. Meals are provided on the Weekend. Mass will be on Sunday at the conclusion of the Weekend. What Does Marriage Encounter Cost?A $40.00 non-refundable registration fee confirms your food and lodging. At the end of the Weekend, each couple is given a blank envelope and asked to make a donation. No one is ever refused the opportunity to make a Weekend because of lack of funds. Contact: Ann and Joe Hunter 734-4089 To register for a weekend, call Bob and Michelle Dooley at 1-800-688-9963.
RetrouvailleA weekend designed specifically for couples who are having major problems in their marriage. It offers advice or counseling on problems within the marriage and provides opportunity to strengthen the marriage. A twelve-week follow-up program follows the weekend. Contact: Parish Office 674-5787
Men of MalvernThese men, known as the Archbishop Fitzmaurice Group, attend an annual retreat at St. Joseph's in the Hills, Malvern, PA. This retreat is held the last weekend of April. For the past fourteen years, a diocesan priest has conducted the retreat. Contact: Bob Bresnahan 736-0213
CursilloThe Cursillo is both a movement and a method. The purpose of the movement is to create small groups of Christians that will evangelize their environments with the Gospel spirit. The purpose of the method is to help persons to live what is fundamental for being a Christian by committing themselves to the spiritual aids the Church offers in order to grow in Holiness, Formation, and Evangelization. Ultreya meets on the third Sunday of each month at 3:00 PM in the Early Learning Center. Contact: Judy Lovett 741-2336 general questions Rose Pritchett 284-4437 Ultreya
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