What is a Retrouvaille Program?
The word Retrouvaille™ (pronounced re-tro-vi with a long i.) is a French word meaning rediscovery. The program offers tools needed to rediscover a loving marriage relationship. Thousands of couples who are in or headed for cold, unloving relationships or divorce have successfully overcome their marriage problems by attending the program.
The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience combined with a series of 6-12 post-weekend sessions over 3 months. It provides the tools to help put your marriage in order again. The main emphasis of the program is on communication in marriage between husband and wife. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way.
What the Program is not.
It is not a retreat, marriage counseling, or a sensitivity group. There are neither group dynamics nor group discussions on the weekend. It is not a time for hurting; it is a time for healing between individual couples.
Who is it for?
Retrouvaille is for couples who desire to improve their marriage. Some couples come to Retrouvaille during the initial signs of a marriage problem; poor communication, living separate lives under the same roof, or simply drifting apart. Other couples are in a state of despair and hopelessness, considering separation or divorce when they attend the program. Couples who are already divorced but would like to make one final attempt to repair their broken relationship, even it is to simply be able to improve communication in order to co-parent their children, have experience success on the weekend.
What Happens During a Retrouvaille Program?
During the weekend phase, a team of three couples and a priest or three couples and a Christian minister & spouse give a series of presentations. The weekend is not a spiritual retreat, not a marriage encounter or marriage seminar although it does have characteristics of each of these and much more. You will, however, be encouraged to put the past behind you and start rediscovering each other.
The team presents a technique of communication that enables you to take a good look at most areas of your relationship. The team does not provide marriage advice. The team provides practical tools for improving your marriage. They will share how they were able to benefit from these techniques themselves. After each presentation you will have a chance to reflect on it by yourself, then discuss it in complete privacy with your spouse. At no time will you be asked to share your thoughts, feelings or experiences with anyone other than your spouse.
The weekend is not a ‘miracle cure'; therefore, the post-weekend sessions have been designed to continue the marriage renewal begun on the weekend. The post-weekend phase is as crucial, maybe more critical, to the healing of marriage problems. During the post-weekend sessions, the technique learned on the weekend is further developed and is used to explore additional areas of the marriage relationship.
When and Where?
The program is offered on scheduled weekends beginning Friday evening, and closing with Mass late Sunday afternoon at Holy Family Retreat House in Oxley, just outside of Harrow, Ontario. TWe host weekends in both August and February, please see the home page for details on an upcoming weekend.
The post-weekend sessions last a minimum of two to three hours and are hosted at a local parish hall in Essex County.
All inquiries are strictly confidential.
Do I have to be Catholic?
Retrouvaille is Catholic in origin. Couples of all faiths and those with no faith tradition are welcome and encouraged to attend. While there are opportunities for the sacraments on the weekend, it is not a mandatory part of the process and there is no pressure to attend.
Will someone try to convert me?
The program is not designed to promote a specific religion. Atheists, agnostics and those of various religions are respected for their beliefs and encouraged to attend for the benefit of their marriage.
No attempt is made to convert anyone to a religion. Saving a marriage is our focus. The ultimate goal of Retrouvaille is solely to help improve marriages.
What does the Program Cost?
A registration fee of $250 is required for each couple who registers to confirm their spot on the weekend. Couples are asked to make a voluntary donation on Sunday to help cover the entire cost of the program. This one donation covers all the expenses of the weekend and the post-weekend sessions. Weekend lodging, meals and materials are all covered by this single donation.
No couple is ever denied the chance to heal and renew their marriage because of lack of funds, we encourage you reach out to us should this be a situation you find yourself in.
The word Retrouvaille™ (pronounced re-tro-vi with a long i.) is a French word meaning rediscovery. The program offers tools needed to rediscover a loving marriage relationship. Thousands of couples who are in or headed for cold, unloving relationships or divorce have successfully overcome their marriage problems by attending the program.
The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience combined with a series of 6-12 post-weekend sessions over 3 months. It provides the tools to help put your marriage in order again. The main emphasis of the program is on communication in marriage between husband and wife. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way.
What the Program is not.
It is not a retreat, marriage counseling, or a sensitivity group. There are neither group dynamics nor group discussions on the weekend. It is not a time for hurting; it is a time for healing between individual couples.
Who is it for?
Retrouvaille is for couples who desire to improve their marriage. Some couples come to Retrouvaille during the initial signs of a marriage problem; poor communication, living separate lives under the same roof, or simply drifting apart. Other couples are in a state of despair and hopelessness, considering separation or divorce when they attend the program. Couples who are already divorced but would like to make one final attempt to repair their broken relationship, even it is to simply be able to improve communication in order to co-parent their children, have experience success on the weekend.
What Happens During a Retrouvaille Program?
During the weekend phase, a team of three couples and a priest or three couples and a Christian minister & spouse give a series of presentations. The weekend is not a spiritual retreat, not a marriage encounter or marriage seminar although it does have characteristics of each of these and much more. You will, however, be encouraged to put the past behind you and start rediscovering each other.
The team presents a technique of communication that enables you to take a good look at most areas of your relationship. The team does not provide marriage advice. The team provides practical tools for improving your marriage. They will share how they were able to benefit from these techniques themselves. After each presentation you will have a chance to reflect on it by yourself, then discuss it in complete privacy with your spouse. At no time will you be asked to share your thoughts, feelings or experiences with anyone other than your spouse.
The weekend is not a ‘miracle cure'; therefore, the post-weekend sessions have been designed to continue the marriage renewal begun on the weekend. The post-weekend phase is as crucial, maybe more critical, to the healing of marriage problems. During the post-weekend sessions, the technique learned on the weekend is further developed and is used to explore additional areas of the marriage relationship.
When and Where?
The program is offered on scheduled weekends beginning Friday evening, and closing with Mass late Sunday afternoon at Holy Family Retreat House in Oxley, just outside of Harrow, Ontario. TWe host weekends in both August and February, please see the home page for details on an upcoming weekend.
The post-weekend sessions last a minimum of two to three hours and are hosted at a local parish hall in Essex County.
All inquiries are strictly confidential.
Do I have to be Catholic?
Retrouvaille is Catholic in origin. Couples of all faiths and those with no faith tradition are welcome and encouraged to attend. While there are opportunities for the sacraments on the weekend, it is not a mandatory part of the process and there is no pressure to attend.
Will someone try to convert me?
The program is not designed to promote a specific religion. Atheists, agnostics and those of various religions are respected for their beliefs and encouraged to attend for the benefit of their marriage.
No attempt is made to convert anyone to a religion. Saving a marriage is our focus. The ultimate goal of Retrouvaille is solely to help improve marriages.
What does the Program Cost?
A registration fee of $250 is required for each couple who registers to confirm their spot on the weekend. Couples are asked to make a voluntary donation on Sunday to help cover the entire cost of the program. This one donation covers all the expenses of the weekend and the post-weekend sessions. Weekend lodging, meals and materials are all covered by this single donation.
No couple is ever denied the chance to heal and renew their marriage because of lack of funds, we encourage you reach out to us should this be a situation you find yourself in.