The Office of Marriage and Family Life can support your parsh in offering a Couples Dinner a simple but very effective event in supporting marriages. The event usually involves the following:
Parishes who successfully conducted these dinners in 2019 include St. John Vianney, Kirkland and St. John Vianney, Vashon Island. Both parishes had good experiences. The key to the success of both events was strong support from the staff and volunteers to attend to the details of the event.
Parishes may find more information on how to conduct one of these dinners, in the resources section of our website or by clicking this link.
It is truly important for couples to take time with one another to reflect on and share their love for one another. Availalbe in the link below are some printable cards that can help a couple faciliate their own discussion with one another about their marriage fostering appreciation for one another and for the vocation to which God has called them.
To make the conversation fruitful it's a good idea to set aside some time when you can give one another full attention. Ideally, you can use these cards to faciliate conversation over a meal with a conversation to accompany each course of the meal.
Click this link for a pdf of conversation cards for the 'Living I Do Everyday' event
Marriage Encounter is a weekend for married Christian couples who value their relationship and desire a richer, fuller life together. Attend a Marriage Encounter weekend and learn the tools needed to keep your marriage strong.
To learn more about Marriage Encounter in Seattle
https://www.seattlewwme.org/
Marriage Encounter weekend schedule
https://seattlewwme.org/schedule
World Wide Marriage Encounter
World Wide Marriage Encounter is an international marriage organization that promotes weekend experiences for couples who want to take their marriage to the next step!
http://www.wwme.org/
For Your Marriage
For Your Marriage helps couples at all stages of life to understand and live God’s plan for happy, holy marriages by providing educational and spiritual resources.
The website was launched in 2007 as part of the National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage, an initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to communicate the meaning and value of married life for the Church and for society.
http://www.foryourmarriage.org/
National Marriage Week USA
National Marriage Week USA seeks to mobilize individuals, organizations, and businesses in common purpose to strengthen marriage in communities and convey what the social science clearly tells us: marriage leads to greater wealth, health, longevity and happiness.
http://unitedmarriage.org/