For those who have been on Marriage Encounter- some questions

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My husband and I will be attending Marriage Encounter this weekend (Nov. 12- 14). My questions are: Is there opportunity for confession? Did you find the weekend at all difficult? (sharing, discussing things that might be difficult) What was the best part about it? Was there a worst part about it? Please share anything you think would be helpful going into the weekend. The weekend is part of our 20th anniversay celebration. (the other part is Christmas in Rome w/ our 3 teens 🙂 —KCT
 
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I haven’t been but my daughter has. I would love to go and hope to go in the spring. My daughter’s marriage was suffering when they went. It was difficult in that they had to dig deep and work out some problems that they had. Even after the first day she didn’t think that it was helping but by the time the weekend was over they had changed drasfically. It was a wonderful weekend for them and a great blessing to their marriage. I have heard that a lot of people go every 5 years or so. I think it is good for anyone. The last night was so great and people were praying for all those couples who attended. I think you will really enjoy it.:clapping:
 
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KCT:
Is there opportunity for confession?
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Yes
Did you find the weekend at all difficult? (sharing, discussing things that might be difficult)
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The exercises can get tedious and it can take a while to let go of the real world and get into the process. How hard it is to share is something you will discover on your own…
What was the best part about it?
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Everything is taken care - no distractions, total focus on each other
Was there a worst part about it?
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All the tedious exercises and returning to the “real world” where continuing the process can be VERY difficult
Please share anything you think would be helpful going into the weekend.
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Remember that it is more an enhancement exercise than a problem fixing process. Couples with serious marital issues will probably be worse off!
 
I completely disagree that the exercises are “tedious” and we had no problem applying it to the “real world”. I’ve never heard that about marriage encounter before.

Yes there is an opportunity for confession.

The best part : the great communication skills

The worst part: They keep ya busy all day - but it works great it really does.
 
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KCT:
My husband and I will be attending Marriage Encounter this weekend (Nov. 12- 14). My questions are: Is there opportunity for confession? Did you find the weekend at all difficult? (sharing, discussing things that might be difficult) What was the best part about it? Was there a worst part about it? Please share anything you think would be helpful going into the weekend. The weekend is part of our 20th anniversay celebration. (the other part is Christmas in Rome w/ our 3 teens 🙂 —KCT
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Yes…at least there was the opportunity for confession at ours
No, the weekend was not difficult (a little slow, but not difficult)
Best part was time away from kids…
Worst part was expecting some revelation… that never appeared…
(and that was ok upon reflection)
If your marriage is a happy one… the weekend will be ok, even probably fun… and that depends upon the couples helping…
I returned from Rome in July of 2003 with my wife on our 25th anniversary… prepare for a little taste of heaven…
Our 4 children did not go with us… maybe one day i will be able to afford it, but i don’t regret going alone with my wife… best marriage encounter i ever had… 👍
 
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Yes there is an opportunity for confession.

The best part : the great communication skills

The worst part: They keep ya busy all day - but it works great it really does.
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Being busy is fine; I’m used to that on retreats. Great communication skills is why we’re going. As for confession, in what context is it offered? I mean is it just there or is it encouraged? Is it talked about much? I ask, because I go frequently, but dh does not. If he goes to confession this weekend, communication skills will be icing on the cake. He hasn’t been in a LONG time. —KCT
 
Yes, you are encouraged to go to confession if you need to. But they don’t dwell on it either. You can also just speak with the priest privately. We were told what times the priest would be available for confession and he is part of the weekend.
 
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rayne89:
Yes, you are encouraged to go to confession if you need to. But they don’t dwell on it either. You can also just speak with the priest privately. We were told what times the priest would be available for confession and he is part of the weekend.
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Thanks. We’re attending ME in a diocese other than our own. (ours keeps cancelling due to low registration) The diocese where we’ll be is orthodox. —KCT
 
My husband and I went on a weekend for engaged couples that mirrored Marriage Encounter, and then we went on tha marrriage encounter when we had been married 5 years.

They were both excellent for our marriage. We have been married for 29 years in Jan. of next year.

It is private, so you listed to talks as a group but dialogue in private. You write a lot, but it helps to form good responses and not flip ones.

The weekend offers some free time to think or pray also. It is a very well planned weekend. Of course it touches on all the topics that make marriage a challenge; children, money, in laws, faith, etc.

There is mass, confession available, and great food. I think of that weekend as one of the best in our relationship because we didn’t have the distractions of home- like work, kids, phone, tv, computer, etc.

Have a wonderful weekend and I will pray for you to get the most our of it that you can.

Oh yeah, it does not take the place of counseling if that is needed. However, I don’t think it would hurt any marriage.
 
The weekend was wonderful- thanks for asking. At first we didn’t exactly ‘get it’ but once we did, we were off and running! We both bought notebooks on Monday for continued dialogue 🙂 —KCT
 
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