Teams Of Our Lady

Team couples strive to live out Endeavors, which assist in their spiritual growth as a couple and as an individual. The Endeavors are gradually introduced over the course of several meetings and are easy to incorporate into daily life.

The Endeavors are:

• Daily personal, couple and family prayer
• Regular reading and reflection on the Bible
• Attending an annual retreat
• Having a monthly “sit down” with your spouse to discuss spiritual, couple and family matters
• Following a personal “rule of life”

"Together in Christ" Married Couples Retreat - Jan. 19, 2019
9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Camp Allen in Navasota

“Together in Christ” is a one-day retreat that offers married couples an opportunity to spend the day focusing on their life together as a married couple. The retreat is a great way to begin the New Year by giving each other and your marriage the greatest gift of all, quality time together.

Cost: $135 per couple
Registration Deadline: Jan. 11, 2019
The cost includes breakfast, and a catered lunch and dinner provided by Camp Allen. The registration fee also includes all the materials for the retreat. A Saturday evening vigil Mass followed by a candlelight dinner will be a beautiful way to conclude your special day together.

The retreat will be facilitated by Deacon Jim and Christy Wright. Deacon Jim has been an ordained deacon for 34 years and is currently assigned to St. Angela Merici Catholic Church in Missouri City, Texas. Christy is the director of Family Life at Christ the Redeemer. Christy holds a Master's Degree in Pastoral Ministry, is a spiritual director and retreat leader. Deacon Jim and Christy have been married for 48 years and during their years of ministry have developed and facilitated several retreats. 

The Married Couples Retreat is being sponsored by CtR Teams of Our Lady. See the flyer below for more information and to view the location of the retreat at Camp Allen. You can register for the retreat below.  

To learn more about Teams of Our Lady, please attend one of our information meetings. The meetings are usually at 7 p.m. on a Friday at the church. Childcare is provided. Please RSVP to Brad and Michele Snyder at cypresssector.teamsofourlady@outlook.com. You can also fill out the interest form below!

Upcoming Information Meetings: first Friday of every odd number month
Nov. 2, Jan. 4, March 1, May 3

Teams of Our Lady is an international lay movement of more than 60,000 couples in the Catholic Church, blessed by the pope and designed to enrich marriage spirituality and make good marriages better. 

A team is comprised of five to seven couples whose marriage is recognized in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Couples from all stages of life (newly married, child rearing and empty nesters) can be part of Teams. The team meets once per month, rotating from one home to another, sharing a simple meal, prayer, endeavors, and a study topic.

The team becomes a close community that can inspire one another through their living examples of faith, and share with one another their struggles and successes on their way to holiness. Although Teams is not a parish-based, it is advisable for couples to live in the same geographic vicinity. Christ the Redeemer supports the Cypress Sector teams. Currently there are 14 active teams in Cypress and we are growing every year. Since this is a lay association, lay couples hold all positions of responsibility.

The Blessed Mother is the Patroness of the Movement. Her canticle of joy, the Magnificat, is prayed daily with fellow Team members worldwide. Teams of Our Lady is a movement of Christian Marriage Spirituality, which brings together couples united by the Sacrament of Matrimony, and who wish, together, to deepen the graces of their Sacrament.

It offers married couples a pathway toward love, happiness and holiness. This movement’s aim is to help couples live fully their Sacrament of Marriage. “Teams of Our Lady have as their essential aim, to help couples strive after holiness—no more, no less,” (Rev.. Henri Caffarel, founder of the Teams of Our Lady).

If you are interested and or have any questions, please fill out the form below! You can also contact Brad and Michele Snyder at cypresssector.teamsofourlady@outlook.com.