SmartLoving Discern

By |2022-05-24T15:46:13+10:00May 24th, 2022|Dating, Engaged, Engaged (Proximate Formation), Resource, Young Adults (Remote Formation)|

Created in response to the feedback, the course walks dating couples through the first four lessons of SL Engaged. These lessons give them some foundational skills to dive deep into their relationship and explore each other's views and expectations. Additional content specifically for discerning couples is included. Explore yourself, your relationship, your understanding of marriage and your hopes for your future, without the pressure of wedding day timelines.

Sycamore – Growing in Faith Together for Engaged and Married Couples

By |2021-12-14T12:02:15+11:00December 14th, 2021|Engaged, Engaged (Proximate Formation), Married, Married couples (Enrichment Formation), Newlywed|

For engaged couples who have completed their marriage preparation course and want to continue exploring their faith together, and for married couples to enrich their friendship and love. Four sessions about happiness, prayer, the Mass, and the meaning of love. With special discussion questions that allow couples to share and reflect together. This new Sycamore course has been designed to help couples reflect together on the deeper questions of life and on their love, in light of the Christian faith. How can couples achieve lifelong happiness and a sense of balance in their lives? How can they learn to pray together and support each other spiritually? How does God call couples to live out their faith in the family and society? This 4-week course is recommended first of all for engaged couples who have completed their formal marriage preparation, and married couples seeking to build and develop their relationship. The course is not a marriage preparation programme, and it does not directly explore the meaning of the sacrament of matrimony, but it can supplement or follow on from marriage programmes that are already taking place.

Marriage Matters with Paul Shogren

By |2021-03-16T15:07:34+11:00March 16th, 2021|Empowerment (Training & Leadership), Marriage Support, Married, Married couples (Enrichment Formation), Mature Aged, Newlywed|

A series of video interviews hosted by the Catholic Leader in Brisbane, featuring Canon Lawyer Paul Shogren. Paul unpacks such topics as: What is the difference between a Sacramental and a civil marriage? What exactly is an annulment? What is the process required to have a marriage annulled? Is a divorced person excommunicated from the Church? Can a divorced person who does not remarry or start a new relationship receive Communion?