Couples & Marriage Enrichment
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CtR Date Night for Enriching Your MarriageStudies show that having dates with your spouse on a regular basis is an essential ingredient for a healthy marriage. You may ask “Why?” The answer is that a special night set aside for you and your spouse to spend more time together will rekindle the flame and remind you of the reason you got married in the first place! So, come and join us and many of our CtR couples for Date Night.
Christ the Redeemer offers various marriage enrichment programs for Date Night. In the past, we have offered 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage, 6 Great Dates for Catholic Couples and the Beatitudes for Couples.
Dates are held from 6:30 – 9 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. Topics do not build on each other, so you do not need to attend every month to benefit from this great program. There will be a brief discussion of the night’s topic before leaving for your personal date. Date ideas include dinner, taking a walk or a drive, coffee and dessert, etc. Anything that will allow fruitful discussion and quality time with each other.
Childcare is provided for children 6 months and older for $5 per family. Please reserve your childcare needs at ctrcc.com/nursery. To RSVP and for more information, please contact Brad and Michele Snyder at michele-snyder@att.net. -
Tips for a Quarantine Date Night
Even though we can't go out on a date, we put together a list of Date Night activities for you that you can do at home. We also added our 10 questions for you at the end. We hope you enjoy your homemade Date Night versions and can't wait to see you all soon.
Go for a walk.
Challenge each other to Poker (or your choice of card game).
Sing karaoke.
Dance in the kitchen, or the backyard, or the den...anywhere.
Cook a meal together.
Have a cook-off challenge.
Give each other massages.
Have a late-night, Date Night (once the kids are sleeping). Make it intentional.
Write each other a love letter.
Stargaze at night.
Play your own version of Pictionary.
Plan a dream vacation.
10 Questions for your date- What has been your favorite thing to do during this time?
- What have been some of the blessings during this time?
- Will you change anything about your life after this, due to your experiences over the last few weeks?
- What do you miss doing the most?
- What can I do to help alleviate any anxiety/stress that you are experiencing?
- What do you want our family to learn from this experience?
- Have you learned something about your personality that came as a surprise when dealing with stay-at-home?
- What’s been the hardest part of “letting it go”?
- If you were making a time capsule for this time, what memories would you put in it?
- Let’s plan our next Date Night!
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Couples & Marriage EnrichmentCtR is dedicated to enriching the lives relationships of serious and married couples. Fulfilling relationships is the foundation for a healthy family life. Through several resources, CtR works to help all help see God's grace and help them grow, together, in His love.
Links and Resources
- Worldwide Marriage Encounter - A healthy marriage blesses couples and everyone around them. Your family deserves your love and happiness! Renew the relationship with your spouse in a intimate and spiritual setting. The next two scheduled weekends this year will be Oct. 14 - 16 and Nov. 4 - 6. Space is limited. Sign up at www.houstonme.org or call 713-482-1791.
- For Your Marriage - An initiative of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops that includes resources for Catholic marriages and enrichment.
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Contact Us
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christy.wrightctrcc.comChristy Wright Director of Family Life
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Prayer for Married Couples
Almighty and eternal God,
You blessed the union of married couples
so that they might reflect the union of Christ
with his church:
look with kindness on them.
renew their marriage covenant,
increase your love in them,
and strengthen their bond of peace
so that, with their children
they may always rejoice in the gift of
your blessing.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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