http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/1421 A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:53:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/1421#comment-80212 Funky Dung Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:32:21 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archives/1421#comment-80212 Did your parents intend for EE to satisfy diocesan pre-cana requirements? If not, then I'd applaud it as a useful crash course in the psychological and relational aspects of marriage. Whoever decided that this material was adequate for Catholic pre-cana was very wrong. Preparation for the sacrament of Holy Matrimony requires more than EE (as I experienced it) offers. If a weekend is to call itself <em>Catholic</em> Engaged Encounter, it had better present material that authentically represents orthodox Catholicism. Catholic Engaged Encounter, it had better present material that authentically represents orthodox Catholicism.]]> http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/1421#comment-80206 Mary Harlan Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:56:12 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archives/1421#comment-80206 My parents began the Engaged Encounter in the 60's. It was not meant to be a "Catholic" experience but an experience for the engaged couple. If you did not attend the Engaged Encounter in the Detroit area, the you attended an off shoot that someone rewrote. In Detroit, when a priest can be found, he comes only to say mass and bless rings. The priest NEVER presents a topic. None of the material was ever copyright protected as my parents felt it could benefit all. http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/1421#comment-9640 Ales Rarus - A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog » Engaged Encounter Part I: House of God? Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:52:57 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archives/1421#comment-9640 [...] Is NFP Just Another Form of Contraception?Investigating NFP: PrefaceWhy Is Prostitution Illegal?Apology Due to Michael Schiavo?The Church in the Modern WorldSenator Specter's Snake OilYet More Adult Stem Cell AdvancesLiturgical Soapbox: Humility, Contrition, and Petitions in the Tridentine and Novus Ordo MissalsShut Up and Fill the PrescriptionInvestigating NFP: Pius XI Featured Posts Investigating NFP: Pius XIISalvation, Discipleship, and PrioritiesInvestigating NFP: PrefaceMaking the Best of a Bad SituationEngaged Encounter Part II: Three to Get Married? Recent Posts [...] http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/1421#comment-26 regina doman Thu, 16 Feb 2006 02:29:54 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archives/1421#comment-26 We hated our Engaged Encounter too but we really appreciated the Marriage Encounter retreat we took (ten years later). The rules for arguing was about the best part of the weekend, btw, and got the most use by us. http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/archives/1421#comment-723 Tom Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://alesrarus.funkydung.com/wordpress/archives/1421#comment-723 That's really weak. I wonder if any of the couples there will actually follow the teaching on contraception. With such lame catechesis, I really can't say that I blame people for not.<br /><br />Interesting thought you had about teaching a pre-Cana class using Theology of the Body as the primary source. Another good candidate would be the writings of St. John Chrysostom, the Eastern Doctor whose teachings regarding marriage and family are one of the bases of the ideas we have about Christian love. (As a sidebar, Chrysostom is pretty much the #1 doctor in the Orthodox world, but their follow-up on his doctrines regarding contraception has been really, really weak.)
Interesting thought you had about teaching a pre-Cana class using Theology of the Body as the primary source. Another good candidate would be the writings of St. John Chrysostom, the Eastern Doctor whose teachings regarding marriage and family are one of the bases of the ideas we have about Christian love. (As a sidebar, Chrysostom is pretty much the #1 doctor in the Orthodox world, but their follow-up on his doctrines regarding contraception has been really, really weak.)]]>