Catholic Engaged Encounter, Phoenix, Arizona

Finally, a priest and two presenting couples deliver the weekend's talks and facilitate the activities. When the weekend is complete the host couple returns to clean up.

First and foremost, you will become part of a community of couples who share a deep commitment to their marriages, their families, and their faith on a day-to-day basis.

Second you have the opportunity to increase your spirituality through optional community activities.

Finally, as a presenting couple you will be reaffirmed as the two of you share significant experiences from your marriage with the engaged couples

Hosting Couple - Helps the Sat AM check-in and Sunday afternoon cleanup

Supply Couple - Coordinates all the supplies to ensure necessary supplies are available for each weekend.

Kitchen Couple - Helps prepares meals for the entire weekend.

Do you have other talents (artistic for banner making, or a knack for finances?)?

Do you own a business that would be helpful to us (for example, copy shop...we make lots of copies!)?

Any couple - married or waiting to get married - who wants to serve can become a hosting couple. The host couples must be available on Saturday morning by 7am

Presenting couples are baptized Christians, married in the Catholic Church, and actively practicing their faith in a Catholic parish

Because of family and time commitments, the number of weekends each couple presents varies from couple to couple. It is required you present at least 1 weekend per year to remain active, however, most couples average 2 weekends a year.

It is also required that all community couples attend community meetings and enrichments whenever scheduled.

District and National conventions are held annually that couples may attend.

Children of any age are welcome at the Community Gatherings. However, for weekends, babysitting arrangements need to be made. Arrangements can be made with other teams or, if necessary, babysitting costs will be reimbursed by the community pending the availability of funds?

The time it takes to write your talks depends on you and your "workshop" couple. You will work out a schedule that fits into your schedule. Some couples have written their talks practically overnight, others have taken a year or more. One talk each month is a good average

If you are ready to learn more, contact our Local coordinators for an interview: John and Lisa Wakefield

All talks are written based on a National standard outlines which develop basic ideas and values. Presenting Couples and priests add their own experiences to illustrate the concepts set forth in the outlines. When writing you will be assigned an experienced EE Workshop Couple to help you develop your experiences and put them down on paper.

The best benefit from following a National outline is that you can present an EE weekend anywhere in the World!!! (which happens from time to time)

Neither are we. That's why we have our talks written.