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Marriage Encounter Scotland Prayer

Lord be with us all and help us to remember why we gather together in this way:- to grow closer to God to grow closer to our spouse; to grow closer to one another, that you may be formed more and more in us!

Help us to remember that there is no growth without pain, so when the painful times come, may we truly "Love one another" as you loved us. Let it be said of us in truth: "Behold how these Christians love one another"

Amen 
 

Community Night Glasgow

On Sunday the 22nd. February we invited some couples who have been active in the Glasgow area to come together for a community evening at the Mill Hill House in Cardonald. There was a reasonably good response and we had a very fruitful evening with Mass celebrated by Father Domonic followed by tea and a discussion on what we might do to promote marriage and family life in the Archdiocese. We agree to have another such event in a few months with an invite to all ME community to join us. 


Photos of the Community Night

Marriage Encounter Weekend 24th-26th April 2009

 7 couples joined the Team for this Weekend at Gillis. 5 of the men are diaconate candidates. This was the fourth Weekend we have presented to diaconate candidates and their wives. On this occasion we had two other couples who, by happy coincidence, are celebrating their silver wedding this year - one just before the Weekend, and the other just after it.

The Weekend brought couples from across Scotland, from the dioceses of Argyll, Glloway, Glasgow, Motherwell, Paisley, St Andrews and Edinburgh, while the team Priest was Father Greg Carroll from Ireland and the middle couple Tony and Pam Darroch from Hampshire.

The Weekend went well with everyone seeming to benefit.

Marriage Encounter Weekend November 27-29, 2009

5 couples joined the team for this Weekend at Gillis. It was a very good weekend with all five couples sharing how much they had gained from the experience. The Renewal day was held in December - extremely bad weather meant 2 couples were unable to travel but the others came together in Glasgow for a very enjoyable afternoon.

 Diaconate Weekend Gillis April23-25,2010

this was not a Marriage Encounter Weekend - there were only 3 candidates this year for the married diaconate. Instead Marriage Encounter presented a programme on Friday and Saturday which had the couples look at their marriage from its beginnings until now. This was followed by inputs from married deacons and their wives on how the diaconate affected the marriage.

Joke for the month

A young woman brought her fiancé home to meet her parents. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out about the young man. The father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk.
"So what are your plans?" the father asked the young man.

"I am a biblical scholar," he replied.

"A Biblical scholar. Hmmm," the father said. "Admirable, but what will you do to provide a nice house for my daughter to live in?"

"I will study," the young man replied, "and God will provide for us."

"And how will you buy her a beautiful engagement ring, such as she deserves?" asked the father.

"I will concentrate on my studies," the young man replied, "God will provide for us."

"And children?" asked the father. "How will you support children?"

"Don't worry, sir, God will provide," replied the fiancé.

The conversation proceeded like this, and each time the father questioned, the young idealist insisted that God would provide.

Later, the mother asked, "How did it go, dear?"

The father answered, "He has no job and no plans, and he thinks I'm God." 

Dialogue question.   today is the first day of the rest of our lives. How do you feel reading that?

     Events for 2010 

     National Board , Glasgow ,May 22

     BBQ, GLASGOW, August 7

     Next ME Weekend   November 2010