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Resources to support the couples of our Diocese and beyond.
This online resource produced by our Archdiocesan MFL Team in response to the Amoris Laetitia Family Year, explores the role of Love in our lives, its joys and sorrows, its compulsiveness and barriers, its rewards and challenges…. all over the kitchen table and a cuppa with a friend; What is Love? What is Love all about? Why is it so difficult to Love sometimes? And why do we spend so much time thinking about Love? Or Do we?
This series of 8 episodes can be used by individuals, couples, groups of friends or parish groups to explore the true meaning of love, as well as how and why we need to ‘Grow IN Love’
Getting Married?
For our engaged couples preparing for marriage in the near future, there are the Marriage Care ‘Preparing Together’ and ‘FOCCUS’ Preparation programmes now available Face-to Face (and online ‘Preparing Together Anywhere’). These courses should be booked via the Marriage Care central booking system via their website https://www.marriagecare.org.uk/marriage-preparation-2/
Marriage Difficulties?
As with all relationships, marriage needs working at. Couples wishing to develop and strengthen their relationship may find an enrichment programme a helpful process; the following organisations provide such opportunities and online resources:
- Marriage Encounter also Engaged Encounter
- Cana Retreats
- Smart Loving All relationships, whether solid and loving or stressed and fragile, experience challenges which test our ability to support and understand each other as needed or appropriate, and we may struggle with the promises we made to each other. Most of the time, couples will resolve their own differences through mutual sharing and listening, working together to find the best way forward. However, should things become strained and resolutions difficult to achieve, seeking support from others can be beneficial, especially relationship support with an impartial perspective.
- For those couples experiencing challenges or difficulties in their relationships, where relationship counselling would be helpful, please refer them to the Marriage Care Counselling Service again via their website
https://www.marriagecare.org.uk/how-we-help/relationship-counselling - Retrouvaille offer a lifeline to couples who feel their marriage needs re-focusing. The word “Retrouvaille” simply means “rediscovery” and their programme offers couples the chance to rediscover themselves, their partner, and a loving relationship in their marriage. If couples are thinking of separation, divorce or are already separated, but want to try again, then Retrouvaille may well help.
“Do you have relationship problems?
If so, Marriage Care have a team of voluntary counsellors trained to help you.We are a nationwide group with over 65 years of experience.
Don’t struggle alone…. make an appointment for help on 0800 389 3801 www.marriagecare.org.uk” the challenges presented by Covid-19 Marriage Care, in partnership with The Cardiff Archdiocese, continues to provide support to local couples at all stages of their relationship. By moving both their Counselling & Marriage Preparation Services to webcam delivery Marriage Care have been able to continue providing both services, in a timely manner, without having to worry about lockdowns or social distancing
Their marriage preparation and support service enable couples to nurture faithful and fruitful marriages that last, as they draw on Catholic teaching and contemporary research to help couples focus on the quality of their relationship with each other.
Through their relationship counselling service, they accompany, with compassion and practical wisdom, couples who find themselves in need of support on their journey. Recognising that the coronavirus pandemic has both increased stress and can lead to financial difficulties they remain unique in asking couples who come for counselling only to pay what they can afford, reflecting their commitment to support those most in need.
If you need to make use of, or want to know more about, either of these services please visit Marriage Care’s website at www.marriagecare.org.uk
Support with Separation & Divorce.
For those couples experiencing separation, divorce and the subsequent fall out, Restored Lives offer a variety of support for a variety of situations and perspectives including some one-off/ stand-alone sessions detailed at the foot of this email.
Full details of the Restored Lives services can be found on their website https://www.restoredlives.org/
If there is anything the Family Life Commission, can support your parish with, please do get in touch.
Joanne White
Archdiocesan Marriage & Family Life Worker/ Co-ordinator
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