A Wedding is a Day…
A Marriage is a Lifetime

Catholic Engaged Encounter is a Weekend retreat designed for a man and a woman who are preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage in the Catholic Church.

This Weekend fulfills the marriage preparation requirements of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

Testimonials from Happily Married Couples

If you put in the energy and allow yourself to experience vulnerability with your fiancé, then this will help you grow closer to each other and also help yourself grow as a person.

I have to say, after months of preparation and planning for our wedding, I was not looking forward to it. But I am SO glad that we went! It was a wonderful, valuable experience.

If you put in the energy and allow yourself to experience vulnerability with your fiancé, then this will help you grow closer to each other and also help yourself grow as a person.

Watch as this creative couple make their way to Santa Barbara for a Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend.

What is an Engaged Encounter Retreat?

Engaged Encounter is an investment in the future – a weekend experience in which an atmosphere is created that enables each couple to concentrate exclusively on one another while free of the pressures and interruptions of daily life. This Weekend is not a recreational retreat. It is a program designed to give each couple an opportunity to discuss honestly with their fiancé, in a face-to-face manner, their strengths and weaknesses, desires, ambitions, goals, their attitudes about money, sex, family, their role in the Church and in society.

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