Formation for Married Couple Leaders

The need:

• The vocation of marriage needs to be strengthened today.
• Bishops want to strengthen the vocation in their dioceses. It is one of the elements of the USCCB’s 2017-2020 Strategic Plan; however, bishops cannot do it alone.
• Many pastors also want to strengthen the vocation of marriage in their parishes; however, they have ever increasing demands on their time and energy.
• Many faith-filled Catholic married couples want to do something to strengthen the vocation of marriage; yet they don’t know how to do this, nor do they know what to do.
• Many faith-filled married couples are looking for more formation, for them as a couple, and for serving together in ministry.

The solution:

• We are here to help you: “strengthen the strong arm.” That is, strengthen faith-filled married couples and form them for marriage ministry.
• We want to help you strengthen faith-filled married couples so that what they do in marriage ministry flows from their interior lives and relationship as a couple.
• We want to help you provide faith-filled married couples more human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation.

Annunciation Ministries Options for Formation for Married Couple Leaders:

• Diocesan Marriage Summit (sponsored by a bishop)
• Parish Marriage Missionaries
• Parish Marriage Missionaries Level 1 Formation Weekend (weekend program offered at a diocese or parish)
• Parish Marriage Missionaries Level 2 Formation (in development)
• Fiat Couples Groups (monthly couples group meetings)
• Amore Couples Groups (weekly couples group meetings)
• Marriage Retreat (day-long; weekend; silent; or directed)
• Ignatian Spiritual Exercises for Married Couples
• Spiritual Direction for Married Couples
• Apostles for Marriage (members of all vocations who both pray and serve to strengthen the vocation of marriage)
• Check out Our Blog and Recent Events and search by the tags Formation for Married Couples, Parish Marriage Missionaries, or Marital Spirituality for examples of our services.