The Family Life Office of the Diocese of Little Rock offers the following ministries. For the most current calendar information, visit the Diocese of Little Rock Web site: www.dolr.org/offices/familylife/calendar.php.
For engaged couples:
Nov. 15, 2008: St. Joseph, Pine Bluff
Jan. 17, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Feb. 7, 2009: St. Boniface, Fort Smith
March 14, 2009: Christ the King, Little Rock
May 9, 2009: St. Boniface, Fort Smith
May 16, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
June 20, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Sept. 19, 2009: St. Boniface, Fort Smith
Oct. 24, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Additional dates to be added.
Nov. 15, 2008: St. Vincent de Paul, Rogers
Feb. 21, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Call the Family Life Office or visit the diocesan Web site to view the class schedule in Arkansas. Additional information and dates are available on the Couple of Couple League's Web site: http://www.ccl-ar.org.
For married couples:
Currently, National Marriage Encounter is held at parishes and World Wide Marriage Encounter is held at a retreat setting. For more information about NME visit the Web site: http://marriage-encounter.org. To learn more about WWME, visit http://www.wwme.org.
National Marriage Encounter: For more information, call your parish to find out if it offers this ministry.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter:
Feb. 13-15, 2009: Coury House, Subiaco Abbey
Sept. 25-27, 2009: Coury House, Subiaco Abbey
Encuentro Matrimonial:
Nov. 21-23, 2008: St. John Center, Little Rock
April 24-26, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
July 24-26, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Oct. 9-11, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Feb. 20-22, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Sept. 18-20, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Nov. 23, 2008: St. John Center, Little Rock
For families:
Father/Son Chastity Day: Dec. 7, 2008: St. John Center, Little Rock
Mother/Daughter Chastity Day: March 8, 2009: St. John Center, Little Rock
Beginning Experience weekends
Feb. 20-22, 2009: St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith
April 24-26, 2009: Camp Christian, Choteau, Okla.
June 12-14, 2009: St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith
Sept. 11-13, 2009: Camp Christian, Choteau, Okla.
For singles:
For seniors:
Additional ministries provided in parishes are also promoted and assisted by the Family Life Office. These include programs for the divorced, widowed and separated, bereaved and for parenting and other family related issues.
For more information or to register for an event, call the Family Life Office at (501) 664-0340 or download the forms from the diocesan Web site at www.dolr.org/offices/familylife/services.php.
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