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A Wedding is a Day....           .... A Marriage is a Lifetime     ..... are you ready?

 

Catholic Engaged Encounter is a community of volunteer married couples committed to providing weekend retreats for couples preparing for the sacrament of marriage in the Catholic Church.

If you reside in the Phoenix Metropolitain or Northern Arizona areas and require a weekend retreat
before our next weekend, please contact us for assitance.


Give your marriage a solid foundation by attending one of our weekends.

Weekend Dates:

2010
Location Capacity
September 25-26, 2010
MCRC 20 couples
December 4-5, 2010 Register MCRC

20 couples

2011      
Janruary 8-9, 2011 Register MCRC

20 couples

April 15 -17, 2011 Register LWRC 14 couples
June 25-26, 2011 Register MCRC

20 couples

September 17-18, 2011 Register MCRC

20 couples

October 14-16, 2011 Register LWRC 14 couples

Locations

LWRC

Living Water Retreat Center is located in Cornville, AZ, approx 2 hours north of Phoenix .Cornville is approximatley 15 minutes east of Cottonwood, Arizona. Typically our weekends held at LWRC accomodate enaged couplesresiding in the Northern Arizona regions. However, any couple may attend these weekends at this facility.

The Engaged Encounter weekends held here start on Firday night approx 8:00PM and continue through Sunday approximatley 4:00PM. Two overnight stays are required. Meals are provided for Saturday and Sunday. No meals are provided Friday night.

Living Water Retreat Center, 595 N. Aspaas Rd., Cornville, AZ 86325
www.livingwaterretreatcenter.com


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MCRC

Mount Claret Retreat Center is locatedin Phoenix, AZ, at the base of Camelback Mountain. Typically our weekends held here accomodate enaged couples in the Phoenix Metro Arizona area. However, any couple may attend these weekends at this facility.

The Engaged Encounter weekends held here start on Saturday mornig approx 7:45AM and continue through Sunday approximatley 4:00PM. Only overnight stay on Saturday is required. Meals are provided for Saturday and Sunday.

Mt. Claret Retreat Center, 4633. N. 54th Street Phoenix, AZ



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For the Married  

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE?

Are you looking for a ministry to do with your spouse that will strengthen future marriages as well as your own?

Catholic Engaged Encounter is expanding within the Diocese to once again offer Diocesan approved and Internationally recognized marriage preparation weekend retreats for our engaged.

We need couples willing to join our presenting teams or support team for Engaged Encounter weekends. Whether you have been married for 1 to 100 years, we need you!!

Information sessions are forming now. Whether you have EE experience or not and are interested in joining this life-giving ministry please consider joining our ministry. 

For more info on Volunteering, click the Volunteer link on our Navigation bar to the right. .

For weekend information, please call (602) 412-1674

John Lisa Wakefield
Local Diocesan Coordinators  - Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona
(480) 984-4995

phoenix@arizonacee.org

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