God’s Love Lavished Upon Us – Members Content
“God is Love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him” – 1 Jn 4:16 According to Pope Benedict…
The Redemption of the Body – Members Content
“The man and his wife were both naked yet they felt no shame” – Gn 2:25 The BattleGround of the heart We all know that…
The Power of Forgiveness – Members Content
Let’s face it, your fiancé is not the only person who can or has hurt or disappointed you. Outside injuries, whether new or ancient, limit…
Free to Love – Members Content
The challenge before you is to learn to love the other effectively and to do so wholeheartedly and consistently with God’s abundant grace. Clearly some…
My Family of Origin – Members Content
People often say that “you marry into a family”. This is certainly true in that you gain a whole new set of relatives, but it…
Formation – Family of Origin – Members Content
This session is designed to help you see clearly the pictures in your brain of what you think is right and normal. That is, your…
Everyday Communication – Members Content
Good communication… IS ALWAYS OTHER-CENTRED The best way to stay other-centred and ensure effective communication, even amid the stress of every day situations, is for…
Emotional Communion – Members Content
Emotional Communion is more than just reading or listening actively to what our loved one is sharing. It involves opening our heart in vulnerability to…
Unregulated Self-expression – Members Content
Common Traps When Speaking Generally, men are less dependent than women on verbal expression to establish connection and emotional intimacy with their spouse. This imbalance…
Communion of Persons – Members Content
“…man, as male-female is a person, created in the ‘image and likeness of God,’…this image is realised in the communion of persons.” TOB, n 69:4.…
Listening with the Heart – Members Content
The first step towards the kind of active listening that will facilitate an experience of intimacy is to examine some of our normal responses to…
Levels of Intimacy – Members Content
Emotional intelligence refers to a person’s ability to understand their own and other people’s emotional life. Some people are very bright academically but can be…
Communication – Members Content
It is helpful to make a distinction between communicating for information and communicating for intimacy. Communicating for information is all about getting the facts and…
Gratitude – Members Content
Extension Activities Gratitude is like a wonder drug! While many people turn to escapist distractions, the simple habit of gratitude is often more effective, and…
My Dream for Our Marriage – Members Content
Extension Activity: Your Dream Write What is your dream for your relationship with each other? What would your ideal marriage look like? Describe a typical…