When
Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM CST
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5:45 pm - Cash bar
6:30 pm - Dinner
7:30 pm - Theresa & Peter Martin
"Can Your Marriage Save the World?"
Cost
$85 per couple - Prepayment Required
Contact
Rosanne KourisDiocese of Gary
219-769-9292
rkouris@dcgary.org
Marriage Date Night
February 17, 2024
Be inspired in your marriage and faith!
Can Your Marriage Save the World?
Trusting The Rule of St. John Paul II, we are a family of families, striving for holiness, strengthening marriages, and living the truth of life-giving love with JOY!
St. John Paul II said we need to see each person in two moments: who he is and who he is meant to be, seeing both the real and the ideal. He calls this the integral vision of the person. In following the Rule, we accompany spouses in the real, gritty, everyday reality, but always seeking and reaching for the ideal of Christian life-joyful unity with God.
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Conjugal spirituality is the relationship between God and the spouses, united as one. This new relationship is formed through the Sacrament of Marriage. This real spiritual union can be so profound, John Paul II says, that the spouses have but one interior life! Conjugal spirituality is also the key to finding unshakable joy and peace in your marriage. The Rule helps unlock this amazing gift of grace!
Theresa and Peter Martin
After reading the Rule for Married Couple Groups by St. John Paul II, Peter and Theresa Martin knew it had to be shared! They founded the Wojtya Community & Institute (WCI) to bring the Rule to the English-speaking world! The WCI also supports those who wish to follow the Rule through leadership training, workbooks, dialogue journals, and more! The founding of the WCI was also a direct answer to the call of St. John Paul II. In these newly translated texts, he said when there's not a community that supports authentic marriage, the dignity of the person, and the cultivation of conjugal spirituality—it must be created!
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Theresa and Peter always felt called to place their marriage at the service of the Church. The first four years of their spousal life were spent in Rome, Italy studying theology. They attended the Pontifical University of St. Thomas, the Angelicum, and in their fourth year, Peter began studying at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute in Rome.
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After returning to the States, Peter completed his Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, D.C.
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Theresa finished her Masters in Theology, with specificity in Marriage and Family, from the Maryvale Institute International Catholic College in Birmingham, England. St. John Paul II’s Rule for Married Couple Groups was the primary text of her Masters dissertation.
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The Martins are also published authors and were featured in the Vatican institutional journal Educatio Catholica.
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In addition to founding the Wojtyla Community and Institute with his wife, Peter is the Director of the Office of Life, Marriage & Family as well as the Director of Communications for the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. Theresa is the Executive Director of the WCI; however the most important fruit of her vocation is being mother and home educator to their children, which brings her great joy.