Catholic Engaged Encounter
A wedding is a day - A marriage is a lifetime
Introducing the Catholic Engaged Encounter marriage preparation course.
Catholic Engaged Encounter offers a preparation weekend for couples contemplating marriage. It is currently held at the St Josephs Conference Centre in Baulkham Hills. The course will help couples build vital skills for a life-long and life-giving marriage.
How prepared are you for marriage? Engaged Encounter provides you with deep insights into each other and into married life. We give you a chance to spend time together to strengthen and enrich your relationship.
The weekend is designed as a private experience with most of the time spent by the couple in private - relating deeply and honestly over a wide range of issues. The talks over the weekend mainly involve sharing by married couples and are intended to provide material for the engaged couples’ own discussions. The private nature of the weekend makes it ideal for a wide range of couples, including inter-faith couples, couples already living together, and people who have been married before.
Topics covered include:
- Keeping Romance Alive
- Relationship Skills
- Conflict Management
- Communication Skills
- Decision Making
Engaged Encounter is a Christ centred community of ordinary couples who enjoy married life and are keen that new couples enjoy it to the full too. Some share being on weekend presentation teams while others are involved in supporting roles. The weekend team is usually a senior couple (married 10 or more years) and a junior couple (a few years married).
Upcoming weekend events:
August 8-9, 2026, November 14-15, 2026, February 13-14, 2027.
For further information and details on the course, visit Engaged Encounter at the link below.
www.engagedencounter.org.au