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Welcome
Welcome This site is dedicated to the promotion and continuation of the Worldwide Marriage Encounter movement in the Dioceses of Rockford, Madison, and Milwaukee. In addition to the Worldwide Marriage ...

Discover the Weekend
Discover the Weekend This could be THE Weekend for the two of you to Explore, Rediscover, and Reconnect. Worldwide Marriage Encounter is a weekend getaway that helps married couples rediscover themselves ...

Staying Connected
Welcome You've gone on a Weekend. Now what? There are Community Groups throughout the area where you can meet with other couples that have found the Weekend to be a crucial tool in keeping their marriage ...

Why consider a Weekend?
Why should you consider a Weekend? Has squeezing the toothpaste tube from the middle doused the flames of romance in your marriage? Does your family deserve the love that Mom and Dad will discover on ...

How to begin
The first steps An old Chinese proverb tells us that "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". Well, you've made the first step by considering a Worldwide Marriage Encounter ...

Additional information
Additional information We're sure that it comes as no surprise that we are not the only Worldwide Marriage Encounter site on the World Wide Web. Aside from the National Site, we have included links to ...

Local Communities
Communities This is the latest listing of the Community Leadership within the Rockford, Madison, and Milwaukee Dioceses for Worldwide Marriage Encounter. If you would like more information about WWME ...

Supporting the Weekend
Supporting the Weekend You've gone on a Weekend. Now What? Here's your chance to explore important areas in your relationship with the love and understanding you found on your Weekend. Learn to continually ...

Living the lifestyle
Living the lifestyle On our Weekend we learned a new lifestyle, maybe even a somewhat radical lifestyle, that is God's desire for our sacrament. It involves sharing our innermost self with our spouse ...

The eSpirit Newsletter
Welcome to the eSpirit Newsletter Welcome to "The eSpirit", the newsletter for Worldwide Marriage Encounter couples, by Marriage Encounter couples. "The eSpirit" is here to reach out ...

The Spirit Newsletter
Archives of "The Spirit" Newsletter Prior to our current newsletter, The eSpirit, we published a monthly newsletter for all "encountered" sacraments, called The Spirit . The archives ...

Inviting others to the Weekend
Inviting others to the Weekend How much do you value what you received on the Weekend? Isn't it worth giving to others? If we really want the 'dream' of an 'encountered' world to come true, we need to ...

Weekend Schedule
Schedule of Weekends in our area Below is a schedule of Weekends to be presented during the upcoming months. If you would like to register for one of the Rockford, Madison, or Milwaukee Weekends, you ...

Apply online for the Weekend
Bold fields are required. Weekend Selection Weekend Selection Please make your Weekend choice by first selecting a Diocese and then a date, followed by a location. If a couple or priest invited you to ...

WWME in other faith expressions
WWME in Other Faith Expressions This site is maintained by the Catholic expression of Worldwide Marriage Encounter in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. However, couples of all faiths, or of no ...

FAQs for Couples
Frequently Asked Questions This page was created to help respond to many of the questions that you may have. However, if you do not find an answer to your question, please contact us. There are also FAQs ...

FAQs for Clergy
Frequently Asked Questions for Clergy This page was created to help respond to many of the questions that you may have. However, if you do not find an answer to your question, please contact us. There ...

Volunteer your services for the Weekend
Supporting the Weekend - Volunteer Form We are all family and we believe in the lifestyle and mission of Worldwide Marriage Encounter. From time to time we need assistance in fulfilling that mission.

The journey of dialogue
The journey of dialogue Dialogue is the tool we use to share ourselves by sharing our feelings. By following some simple guidelines, we can make the most out of our dialogue. Feelings are the foundation ...

Your daily dose of dialogue questions
Your daily dose of dialogue questions We have placed some random dialogue questions here for your use in several different categories. If you refresh the page, you will also refresh the questions. Additionally, ...

Guidelines for sharing
Guidelines for sharing From time to time, we are asked for the guidelines we use in our monthly Community meetings during our sharing. Well, here they are for you to see and use. Feel free to copy them ...

Guidelines for fighting fair
Guidelines for "fighting fair" (The term fight, as we use it, never refers to any physical or mental violence.) We first came across the guidelines on our original Weekend. Feel free to use ...

Contact Us
Contact Us If you have any questions regarding the Weekend or Worldwide Marriage Encounter, please contact us by calling or e-mailing us and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. We look forward ...

Bulletin announcements
Bulletin announcements One method of inviting couples to the Weekend is through announcements place in church bulletins, newsletters, flyers, or handouts. And these are just a few of the possibilities.

Romantic dinners
Romantic, candlelight inviting dinners Sometimes it takes just a little more than just asking a couple to attend a Weekend. One good way we've found to 'close the deal', is to invite them to a candlelight ...

Mass Talks / Pulpit Talks
Mass talks/Pulpit talks Another statistical big hitter, is 'Mass Talks'. This is where an Encountered couple speaks from the pulpit at Mass about how the Weekend changed their lives, and gives a few details ...

Bishop Lane Retreat Center
Bishop Lane Retreat Center Bishop Lane Retreat Center is located at 7708 East McGregor Road in Rockford, Illinois. Please use the interactive map or, below the map, select a starting point for printable ...

St. Benedict Abbey & Retreat Center
St. Benedict's Abbey and Retreat Center St. Benedict's Abbey and Retreat Center is located at 12605 224th Ave., in Benet Lake, Wisconsin. Please use the interactive map or, below the map, there are directions ...

Bishop O'Connor Pastoral Center
Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center The Bishop O'Connor Catholic Pastoral Center is located at 702 South High Point Road in Madison, Wisconsin. Please use the interactive map or, below the map, there ...

The guidelines for dialogue
W.E.D.S.: Guidelines for dialogue write... Write your love letter to an already chosen question for 10 minutes. As you write, keep in mind the person to whom you are writing – your spouse. Write ...

Describing your feelings
Describing your feelings Feelings are hard to get out because we've been trained to think, rather than feel. It takes patience and gentle questioning on the part of the spouse to help the partner discover ...

Feeling words
Feelings are the foundation of intimate communication! By exchanging feelings through dialogue we are giving our personhood to our spouse so that we can experience moments of unity when we both experience ...

Downloadable dialogue questions
Downloadable dialogue questions This incredible collection of dialogue questions compiled by Pat and Debye Galaska, is now available in downloadable format to print and use in your daily dialogue. This ...

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