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Reflecting on Marriage and Spirituality
Anthony Steele addresses the Roundtable Oct 2010 At the beginning of the 21st century, there are many understandings of the term spirituality. For Catholics, spirituality is
Challenges for Catholic Counselling Agencies
Oct 2010 As a Senior Manager in Centacare Catholic Social Services – Diocese of Parramatta I have the responsibility for many of the services our organisation provides encompassing marriage
The Contribution of Catholicism to Marriage and Family
Peter Holmes addresses the Roundtable on Couple Therapy | Oct 1, 2010 When considering the contribution of Catholicism to marriage and family, particularly to relationship counselling, it is easy to
Teaching Couples how to Love Smart
Media Release For Immediate Release It’s easy to feel the love on a couple’s wedding day, but what about when the honeymoon is over and life has settled down?
Supporting Marriage and Family
Gail Godfrey looks at the role of The John Paul II Centre for Family and Life in supporting marriages. The John Paul II Centre for Family and Life in Brisbane
The Training of Catholic Marital Therapists
Bernadette Devine addresses the Roundtable on the challenges of acquiring adequate training for counsellors working in the Catholic tradition. There is currently not one comprehensive, degree awarding counsellor training
Finding Meeting Points between Couple Therapy and Gospel Values
Fr Mario Debattista addresses the Roundtable on Couple Therapy I offer these thoughts as a Catholic Priest and a practicing counsellor who has only in recent years completed training
A Tribunal Perspective of Marriage Counselling
Adrienne Connaghan explores the issues faced by the Marriage Tribunal when couples present for an annulment. I am speaking from my experience as a Judge of the Regional Tribunal
A Vision for Catholic Marriage Counselling
Ray Reid outlines his vision for Catholic Marriage and for Counselling practice that supports couples in creating enduring marriages. Vision of Marriage The fulfilment of each human person comes
The Renaissance of Marriage
While many draw the conclusion that marriage is an outdated and irrelevant artefact of a bygone era, one group is steadfastly confident that modern marriage can be both relevant
Recapturing the Mystery of Marriage
Media Release Sydney, NSW, 20 Feb. 08 120 delegates from across Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Africa gathered at St Joseph’s Spirituality Centre, Baulkham Hills on Friday 15 to Sunday
Celebrate Love burns ahead
With a catch phrase of ‘rekindle the fire’, the Celebrate Love seminar for married couples promises to spark up marriages that have been over run by the demands of
Passionate Love
When twenty two couples gathered at St Josephs spirituality centre inSydneyfor a retreat called ‘Passionate Love’, they weren’t quite sure what to expect. Having all previously attended a Celebrate
Australia’s Latest Export
It is not often that Australia gets to export a home grown relationship programme overseas! So when the first Celebrate Love seminar was held in London in May of
A History of Innovation
Developed inAustraliawith collaboration of colleagues inPennsylvania,USA, the first prototype Celebrate Love seminar was held in Kensington parish, Sydney in 1992. Since that time, there have been 60 seminars in 12
Celebrate Love: Living Marriage in Full Colour
“When we went to Celebrate Love in 1997, we were married 12 years” so says Michael Casey of theCentralCoast. “We had three children and things were going really nicely
Life And Love In Uganda
This year marks Celebrate Love’s fifteenth anniversary in Australia and, with more than 1,000 couples having attended seminars in Australia, England and New Zealand, Celebrate Love has set its
Good to awesome: marital bliss is a learning curve
In your marriage, do you crave conversation from your spouse or their physical touch? Is recreational companionship a stronger need for you than domestic support? When you reach out
Marriage – for better or for even better?
Some marriages seem happy, peaceful and relatively calm. Some couples operate at a somewhat and even measurably efficient level and there is a perception that everything is OK. The
Catechesis on Marriage and Family
Celebrate Love: Living Marriage in Full Colour Since its beginnings in Australiain the mid 1990s more than 1000 couples have attended a Celebrate Love seminar - inAustralia,New Zealand orEngland.
Passion: It’s not just for newly weds!
Now here is a great exercise for every married couple: Think back to the time you first fell in love with your husband/wife. Remember the excitement, the passion, the
SmartLoving Workshops
A series of free-standing half-day workshops for couples These three-four hour workshops are run by MRC’s trained presenters and include an opportunity for couples to reflect individually and share with
SmartLoving Marriage Seminar Process
Usually conducted over a weekend, the seminar is a series of exercises comprised of: input on the topic from a presenting couple, private reflection for each participant with the
SmartLoving Talks
A series of freestanding talks for couples across the life cycle. These one and half hour talks are run by MRC’s trained presenters and include a presentation, couple reflection,