Marriage Enrichment

Marriage is a journey!  A Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend can help you enrich your marriage and add some spark to your journey.  Whether you’ve been married 1 year or 50, a Marriage Encounter Weekend may be just the thing you need to put a breath of fresh air into your relationship. For more information call Denise at (563)920-9419 or register at wwme.org

Upcoming dates:                           
               - September 27-29 in Dubuque, IA
               - November 8-10 in Holstein, IA
                       

The Virtues: Four Dates   for Catholic Couples

Free Online Program
Couples reflect on the habits that help spouses mature as persons, grow in holiness, and strengthen their marriage. The virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are explored.







Be Light: A Marriage Renewal Date Night Series  - Couples enjoy a virtual date night and the opportunity to connect with other couples through a five part marriage enrichment series sponsored by Witness to Love. Free Registration







COMMUNIO –  Virtual Date Night Package - Enjoy a Date Night Building a Time Capsule

Catholic Couple Checkup - An online customized assessment tool, Couple Checkup is meant to be a fun, easy way to take a closer look at your relationship, increase relationship strengths, and above all - spark meaningful conversation between you and your partner. 




Discover your Love Language                                                                
Take the 5 Love Languages assessment to discover your love language and begin improving your relationships. Your love language profile will explain your primary love language, what it means, and  how you can use it to connect to others.

Intimate Graces - As Catholic  we are reminded to focus upon the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, tangible actions that show charity toward others. In  Intimate Graces, Teresa Tomeo and her husband, Dominick Pastore, demonstrate how applying these fourteen traditional virtues of Catholic spirituality can foster deeper intimacy in any marriage. The couple uses personal stories and reflections, as well as the experiences of other Catholic couples, to show how a husband and wife can become, in a real way, a haven of compassion and virtue for each other. Tomeo and Pastore each write in their own voice and include reflection questions, practical suggestions, and a prayer at the end of each chapter. (Ave Maria Press, 2015)
 

Beloved: Finding Happiness in Marriage

(3 DVD's  Episodes 1-6, couple's guide, leader guide) 
Explore the true meaning of marriage. Discover the deepest spiritual, emotional, and practical realities of what your marriage can and should be. Through an exploration of Scripture, Tradition, and Church teaching, God's plan for marriage will come alive. (Augustine Institute, 2015)






Love in Marriage: Pope Francis on Living and Growing in Love
(book/reflection questions)
Reflect on chapter 4 of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love. The text is divided into small sections, each followed by questions for reflection or discussion. (Magnificat, 2017)







Marriage:  Love and Life in the Divine Plan

(book, pastoral letter, leader’s guide)  A Pastoral Letter from the Bishops that brings together the Church's key teachings on marriage as a natural gift, as a sacrament, and as a public commitment between a man and a woman.  It also discusses several contemporary challenges to marriage  and the Church's response.  (USCCB Publishing -2010)

Partners on the Journey

(DVD’s, facilitator’s guide, participant booklet, music CD) Combines a Catholic theology of marriage with findings from scientific research to offer couples both inspiration and practical help.
(Gottman Institute, 2012)










Six Dates for Catholic Couples

(DVD’s, the book Happy Together and leader guide)
Six videos and handouts remind couples of the meaning of Christian marriage, and the blessing that marriage is to the  Church and society. (Twenty Third Publications, 2013)




The Beatitudes: A Couple’s Path to Greater Joy

(DVD, Blessed is Marriage book and program coordinator’s guide) Explores the Beatitudes as the path to holiness in Christian marriage. Guides a couple to live the beatitudes in their daily life. (Twenty Third Publications, 2010)

The Choice Wine: 7 Steps to a Superabundant Marriage

(book, host parish packet, 5DVD’s for 9 sessions, core team manual, couple guide) Nine week, interactive, multimedia program for couples integrating the latest findings from modern science with the timeless teaching of the faith. (Paradesus Dei, 2015)

The Virtues: Four Dates for Catholic Couples
            
(DVD, program guide, flyers/bulletin inserts/handouts, couple retreat outline) Couples reflect on the habits that help spouses mature as persons, grow in holiness, and strengthen their marriage. The virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are explored. (Bosio, 2016)