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SLD Sample Topic
SmartLoving Discern Sample Topic | Marriage as Mission PRAYER Father, we thank you for sending us to each other and for this opportunity to learn how to bring each other your love and joy. Please bless this time and grant us insight and clarity of vision. We ask this through Jesus, our Lord, Amen. INTRODUCTION…
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Best Lent Ever…For Your Spouse!
While lots of people make resolutions for the New Year, most of these optimistic beginnings fizzle out before the end of January. Thankfully, Lent gives we Christians another, and a better, chance of success. One year, about two decades ago, a close friend of ours shared with us how she decided to give up blame…
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Engaged Couple Interview with Priest
So, you’re getting married in the Catholic Church and you’ve booked a meeting with the parish priest. You may be wondering: What questions will the priest ask? We’ve got you covered below! Welcome! We’re really glad you’re here and are honoured to be part of your journey to marriage. The Catholic Church is a community…
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Spiritual intimacy shouldn’t be taboo
Religious practice and spiritual belief is often a point of difference for couples, especially if they come from different religious traditions. But having religious differences should never be a reason for avoiding a topic or making it taboo. Even for couples of the same faith like us, differences persist and make sharing our spiritual life…
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Donate SmartLoving Fundraising Projects Helps us funding the projects below. Your contribution helps us to provide quality catholic marriage formation Translate Engaged We’re raising funds to translate the Engaged course into a variety of other languages. LEARN MORE Refilm Chapter 7 of the Engaged Course: Love Gives Life We’re raising funds to refilm the total…
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The Power of Ritual
Some years ago, we attended a Smart Marriages conference in the United States. One of the most memorable inputs was from Dr Bill Doherty, a family therapist and author. Over dinner, he engaged the audience in telling stories about their relationship rituals, before unpacking how rituals work to strengthen marriages. It confirmed for us some…
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Listening is the Music of Love
One of the most supremely loving gestures we can give another is to listen to them. Yet for most of us, being listened to is a rare experience. What makes it so hard to give this simple gift to each other? We remember those days so well. The early romance days. Living in two different…
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Undoing the Knots is Easier than you Think
September 28 marks the feast of Mary Undoer of Knots. The devotion is over 300 years old and is based on a Baroque painting by an unknown artist located in Germany. The painting features angels feeding a knotted rope to Mary who unties the knots one by one. It was inspired by an ancient homily…
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Making Stumble-Stone Altars
There will be mistakes. We will make errors and we will mess up in this marriage business. Obstacles and challenges will be part of every romance. The critical issue is how we respond to these inevitable stumbles. We attended a beautiful wedding recently in country NSW and came away inspired by the depths of faith…
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Engaged Live
Face-to-Face Mentoring For couples marrying in the Catholic Church An approved course for Catholic marriage prep SmartLoving Engaged is an innovative program to prepare you and fiancé for Marriage in the Catholic Church. This comprehensive course is a rich audio-visual experience that takes you on a journey of discovery, guided by video input and supplemented…
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