Phone 225.242.0323

"Called to Love"
An Online Retreat for Engaged Couples

The Office of Marriage & Family Life is offering a virtual retreat experience for engaged couples to assist with their spiritual preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony. Because engaged couples may spend a great deal of time and energy arranging the practical details of their wedding day, they may lose sight of the real significance of that event. This retreat will help couples refocus on the meaning of that milestone. The retreat has two main objectives, namely, to help couples recognize how God is a partner in their relationship actively calling them to marriage and to help them understand what God is asking of them in marriage so that they can knowingly respond to that call. To meet those objectives, the couples will learn a variety of ways to pray both individually and as a couple to include God in their relationship. They will reflect on the Scripture readings pertaining to marriage to understand the demands of God’s call. They will reflect on the various elements of the marriage ceremony which have implications for their married life. They will experience support and inspiration from the other couples present, both married and engaged.
 
The schedule for the retreat includes an opening session on Friday evening from 7 to 9 PM, a full-day schedule on Saturday from 9 AM to 4:30 PM and a morning session on Sunday from 9 to 11:30 AM followed by a pre-recorded Mass. The cost of the retreat is $100 per couple. For registration information, please review the adjoining column on this page.
Office of Marriage and Family Life  (225) 242-0323.
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 Engaged Encounter
For more information on these weekend experiences, please contact Ed & Linda McClure at: (225) 337-2214. website: www.CEEofBR.org.
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NEW in 2020:  Marriage Encounter weekends in Spanish, ​in the Diocese of Baton Rouge
 See below a link for the Spanish ME for 2020).​

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¿Qué es un fin de semana de Encuentro Matrimonial Mundial? ​(Click Para más información se pueden )​

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Domestic Church
​Ready to spend a quiet weekend intentionally reconnecting with your spouse and encountering God powerfully as a couple?
​ For more information or to register, visit DomesticChurchFamilies.com.
Questions? Feel free to send an email to diocesan coordinators Michael and Erin Franco at domesticchurchbr@gmail.com.  
Domestic Church
For general information on Domestic Church 
 'Called to Love' virtual retreat -
2021 1st Quarter Dates 
January 15-17 / February 5-7 / ​March 12-14
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Called to Love Retreats:
2020 ​Registration Information
Due to the Corona virus, we converted our Called to Love overnight retreat weekends to a virtual format for the remainder of 2020.
Remaining weekends for 2020 are: 
October 16-18, 2020  (​REGISTRATION CLOSED​)
November 13-15, 2020
Retreat times: The Virtual Retreat weekend schedule will be as follows: Opening session on Friday 7 pm-9 pm; Saturday 9 am-4:30 pm;
Sunday 9 am-to Noon. 
(Click the gray button below to register by credit card). (Continue to read further if paying by check). 
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PAYING BY CHECK: for New Couples
If you wish to pay with a check you will need to mail in your registration. To begin, download & review the Information/Instructions Sheet for Called to Love 2020.  Then print out a copy of both Registration Sheets.  (See pdf files below to download). Fill out forms and return to us via mail, along with your check or money order to the address below:
​(Make check payable to: Diocese of Baton Rouge) 
Office of Marriage & Family Life
Diocese of Baton Rouge 
P.O. Box 2028
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
(If you have questions, please call Mila Gernon at 225-242-0133 (or 225-242-0323).  Or you can send an email to:
mgernon@diobr.org​
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 Marriage Encounter - This program is designed to make a good marriage better - a weekend, overnight experience with reflection and sharing with your partner. Click below:  
Marriage Encounter Virtual Retreats Register online at : www.LAMS-wwme.org - 
​For more information call: 1-800-586-5469
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​​“Beginning Experience”
A Weekend of Healing for Separated & Divorced

 Beginning Experience is a weekend program designed to help those struggling with the trauma of separation and divorce. It can help participants deal with the natural pain and loss that follows such a life-changing event. It can also create an opportunity, with God’s help, to turn the turn the pain of loss into an experience of positive growth. The next Beginning Experience weekend is scheduled for the weekend of November 13-15, 2020 at the William J. Kelly Retreat Center in Bay St. Louis, MS. For more information or to register, please contact Roslyn Milligan at (504) 481-1083 or by email at: rosemill@charter.net