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    • 05/03/2024 08:00 pm - 05/05/2024 04:00 pm

      HOLY NAME PASSIONIST RETREAT CENTER

      A Weekend of Discovery - A Lifetime of Love 430 Bunker Hill Rd, Houston, TX 77024

      06/14/2024 08:00 pm - 06/16/2024 04:00 pm

      Weekend - St. Anthony of Padua, Woodlands Non-Residential

      A Weekend of Discovery - A Lifetime of Love. This is a Non-Residential Weekend. Enjoy it in person at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in The Woodlands, TX. Sleep in your own home.

      11/01/2024 07:00 pm - 11/03/2024 04:00 pm

      Weekend - Houston South

      A Weekend of Discovery - A Lifetime of Love. If you are experiencing difficulties with your application or do not receive a confirmation email within an hour after applying online please call Brian & Tina Little at 281-773-4014 or email btlittle2@me.com.

Discover - Worldwide Marriage Encounter and Evangelization
Evangelization

A WWME weekend gives couples the tools of evangelization. 

The heart of WWME’s philosophy is the deep seated believe that the Sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders are powerful and precious gifts given by God to the church. The renewal of these sacraments is the special gift that Worldwide Marriage Encounter has to bring to the church and the world.  After a weekend, couples come to a deeper appreciation of the value of their marriage relationship, as well as their relationship with God.  In living the concepts, their sacraments come alive and many discover their vocation for the very first time. 

When the vision of who they truly are as sacramental people has taken hold in their heart and in their daily lives, they are empowered to step out of their comfort zone and become witnesses of God’s love. An encountered couple’s new awareness of their Sacrament calls them to reflect God’s love more clearly to their children and to become beacons of light in the parish community and in the world. 


 
Through living the steps of the weekend, their homes become a model of the Domestic Church.  The couples become the Good News for others and participate in the evangelizing mission of the Greater Church.

In a recent meeting between WWME and Cardinal Antonelli, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family,  he spoke about evangelization, saying it is based on each person’s ability to meet Christ and transfer that experience to others.  In the New Evangelization, the Gospel is transferred THROUGH people.  He said, "Christ calls us to be one in the Family - to pray - to hear the Word of Jesus and love each other, beginning in the family - and then network between families". 
 
Small groups of families are the real experience of the Church. WWME offers small group settings where couples and families can Be One in Family!

WWME is faithful to the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching that marriage is a covenant that exists between one man and one woman. Any reference to marriage or couple made by WWME is in this context.