Marriage Ministry

If you are struggling in your marriage, there is help!  

Retrouvaille is an international program that has helped thousands of couples rediscover the love they share.  Learn more at HelpOurMarriage.org

Upcoming Weekends: 
March 3-5
Detroit Area

 

Marriage takes work -
even after you have been married for 20 or 30 years!

But, there is joy in the work - you get to do it with your best friend!  

Mariage is worth it!

Download a list of activities to strengthen your marriage.  Maybe cut this into strips and place the suggestions in the jar.  Then on your weekly date, draw one out.

Heard about Love Languages?  Take this quiz and learn more!

Great marriages don’t happen by accident. So how do they happen? Discover the 21 tried-and-true secrets that will help you build the strong, happy marriage you desire!  Order the book, "21 Undeniable Secrets of Marriage" free from Dynamic Catholic.

Are you hurting in your marriage?  No matter how hopeless it seems, you can get back on track.  No marriage is beyond hope.  Learn about Retrouvaille at helpourmarriage.org

St. Vincent Catholic Charities’ Counseling Services offers individual, child/adolescent, family, couples and group therapy.  You can learn more at stvcc.org/services/counseling

You can enhance your marriage, anytime, anywhere.


Tune in to Beloved found on
FORMED.org
Registration Code:  07838b
 

BELOVED 1 – Mystery & Meaning of Marriage
More than a union based on romantic love or mutual fulfillment, Marriage goes back to the very essence of what it is to be human – and reflects a design placed in our hearts by God Himself.
 
Session 1      DOES MARRIAGE MATTER?
Session 2      ENTERING THE STORY OF MARRIAGE
Session 3      LOVE REVEALED
Session 4      TOTAL GIF T OF SELF
Session 5      A SACRAMENTAL BOND
Session 6      REAL CHALLENGES, REAL LOVE


BELOVED 2 – Living Marriage
Understanding the true meaning of marriage is one thing, living it out is another.
Beloved examines the day-to-day challenges of being united as husband and wife,
while maintaining individuality.
 
Session 1      CHRIST AT THE CENTER
Session 2      A DEEPER UNITY
Session 3      CONFLICT AND COMMUNICATION
Session 4      BUILDING A THRIVING MARRIAGE
Session 5      PROTECTING THE BOND
Session 6      SEXUALITY AND AUTHENTIC LOVE
 

The Nuptial Blessing

O God, who by your mighty power
created all things out of nothing,
and, when you had set in place
the beginnings of the universe,
formed man and woman in your own image,
making the woman an inseparable helpmate to the man,
that they might be no longer two, but one flesh,
and taught that what you were pleased to make one
must never be divided;

O God, who consecrated the bond of Marriage
by so great a mystery
that in the wedding covenant you foreshadowed
the Sacrament of Christ and his Church;

O God, by whom woman is joined to man
and the companionship they had in the beginning
is endowed with the one blessing
not forfeited by original sin
nor washed away by the flood.

Look now with favor on these your servants,
joined together in Marriage,
who ask to be strengthened by your blessing.
Send down on them the grace of the Holy Spirit
and pour your love into their hearts,

that they may remain faithful in the Marriage covenant.

May the grace of love and peace
abide in your daughter [name],
and let her always follow the example of those holy women
whose praises are sung in the Scriptures.

May her husband entrust his heart to her,
so that, acknowledging her as his equal
and his joint heir to the life of grace,
he may show her due honor
and cherish her always
with the love that Christ has for his Church.

And now, Lord, we implore you:
may these your servants

hold fast to the faith and keep your commandments;
made one in the flesh,
may they be blameless in all they do;
and with the strength that comes from the Gospel,
may they bear true witness to Christ before all;
(may they be blessed with children,
and prove themselves virtuous parents,
who live to see their children’s children.)

And grant that,
reaching at last together the fullness of years
for which they hope,
they may come to the life of the blessed
in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.