Parish Information

FOR ENGAGED ONLINE

Engaged Online allows you to provide flexible, high-quality marriage preparation from within your own parish.

Designed to be experienced over a period of four to eight months, Engaged Online responds to the call of the recent Synods on the Family for marriage preparation to be more like a catechumenate than a once off course that is completed in a day or weekend.

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How it Works

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1. Meet & Enroll

    • The Priest/Deacon meets with the Engaged Couple to complete paperwork, book the church and invites them to enroll in SmartLoving Engaged Online. This brochure can be printed and given to your Engaged couple.
    • The parish will pair your Engaged couple with a married Sponsor Couple who will then be trained by the Archdiocese of Washington Office of Family Life. Please direct potential Sponsor couples to: smartloving.org/sponsor-washington/ to find out more.

 

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2. Course Participation

    • The couple completes the course at their own pace, ideally one or two lessons per month. Each lesson includes tools to practice before the next lesson.

 

 

    • The Sponsor Couple and the Engaged couple meets regularly to discuss the key concepts using the discussion questions in the SmartLoving Engaged workbook.

 

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3. Graduation & Follow Up

    • Once the couple completes the last lesson, they will answer a short assessment to obtain their Course Report and Completion Certificate.
    • Couples and clergy meet to review the Course Report and discuss what they have learned. SL will send you a Celebrant's Guide to the Course Report to help you review the couple's answers so that you can interact with them at a meaningful level.
    • SL offers a Newlywed Program through which it will send follow up material to the engaged couple and their Sponsor Couple to provide ongoing support.

 

Impact Statistics

(2017 graduates)

Watch the video for all the details.

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Review the Course for Free

It is easy, just fill out the form below, create your account and get instant access to the Sponsor version of the Engaged course which is identical to the Engaged couple version with the exception of the progression and time locks. This means that you can move to any lesson in the course in any order and that you are not required to spend the minimum hour in each lesson before attempting the lesson quizzes.

Another difference is the end of course certificate - you won't get one! If you need a certificate, please enroll in the Engaged Online Course.

Engaged Course Review

Marriage Ministry in your Parish

Catholic Marriage Preparation in the 21st century is undergoing a radical transformation.

Psychological sciences are developing deeper insights into what makes relationships work and theological advances are equipping Catholics to more clearly and powerfully articulate the role of Matrimony in the mission of the Church.

In addition, new technologies provide flexible and more effective ways for parishes to nurture the gift of Matrimony in all its stages within their community.

With the SmartLoving Sponsor system, parishes can initiate a marriage ministry with minimum effort and powerful impact.

Pastoral Care and Follow Up

Online Community

We know how important it is for couples to have access to real people and a Parish Sponsor Couple is the ideal.

In addition, all SmartLoving online students can access our chat line, or the Help Centre for personalised assistance or advice.

We are also monitoring the comments in the course, and responding where appropriate directly of through the comment feature.

Further, occasional webinars are a space where any couple in our platform can ask questions and seek advice of the SmartLoving Coaches.

Course Follow Up

Every lesson includes links to articles and extension activities related to the topic for couples who require further information or who wish to go deeper on the topic. SmartLoving eNews provides weekly inspiration in their inbox until they unsubscribe.

Additionally, at the conclusion of the course, couples are invited to indicate if they'd like more information on a particular topic. This triggers our system to send them a series of emails with articles and resources on that topic.

Couples retain access to the Engaged course materials for two years and may purchase additional courses at discounted rates as needed.

Newlywed Program

Included free with every SL Engaged registration, SmartLoving Newlywed provides a monthly email with a short formation activity based on our 5-10-15 format: 5 mins input, 10 mins private reflection, 15 mins discussion.

Designed to begin after the honeymoon, this course can be used by individual couples at home or in small groups. This program addresses common points of tension in newlywed life and provides links to additional resources for those who need more.

 

Imprimatur

SmartLoving Engaged has been granted ecclesiastical approval

 

Nihil Obstat: Most Rev. Michael Kennedy, Bishop of Armidale

 

Imprimatur: +Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney

 

June 13, 2019 | View the Imprimatur: here

 

View the documentation of edits made to the existing print materials: here