God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage

	Joy-Filled Marriage, Starter Pack by Christopher West, Tom McCabe, MA, Rosemary McCabe and Greg Popcak, PhD The Joy-Filled Marriage program consists of two components—Life Skills for Couples and God’s Plan for Love. These are complemented by a beautiful Couple’s Journal. This program offers a comprehensive approach to marriage preparation that covers not only the sacramentality and theology of marriage, but the practical life skills necessary to live out the rich Catholic vision of marriage. This Starter Pack includes: 2 Couple's Workbooks 2 Leader’s Guides 1 Couple's Journal 2 DVD sets Sessions Life Skills for Couples: 1. An Introduction to Life Skills for Couples 2. Discovering Your Marriage Mission and the Role of Virtue 3. Communicating Love – Learning and Respecting Love Styles 4. Resolving Conflict – The Art of Loving Amidst Challenges 5. Building Happiness – Managing Your Time, Money, and Energy 6. Fostering Intimacy in Marriage – Sexuality and Prayer God’s Plan for Love: 1. God’s Plan for Marriage “In the Beginning” 2. Christ Restores God’s Plan for Marriage 3. To What Are You Saying, “I Do”? 4. Where the Words of Your Vows Become Flesh 5. The Beauty of Openness to Life 6. Living God’s Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage These two video sets are designed to accompany the Life Skills for Couples and God’s Plan for Love Couple’s Guides. Together, God’s Plan for Love and Life Skills for Couples comprise the complete Joy-Filled Marriage program. SKU: 811661015094 Price: $189.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION
	Joy-Filled Marriage, Couple's Set by Christopher West, Tom McCabe, MA, Rosemary McCabe and Greg Popcak, PhD The Joy-Filled Marriage program consists of two components—Life Skills for Couples and God’s Plan for Love. These are complemented by a beautiful Couple’s Journal. This program offers a comprehensive approach to marriage preparation that covers not only the sacramentality and theology of marriage, but the practical life skills necessary to live out the rich Catholic vision of marriage. This program will help participants: See the significance of their call to married life Appreciate what the Catholic Church teaches about marriage, and why Embrace the gift of grace that makes a lifelong, joy-filled marriage possible Learn the sound principles upon which successful marriages are built Discover more about themselves and each other Recognize topics of importance in their relationship, identify shared goals, and set concrete plans to build a joy-filled marriage These Couple’s Sets are essential for every engaged couple participating in the Joy-Filled Marriage program. The Couple’s Set will guide participants through both Life Skills for Couples and God’s Plan for Love with thought-provoking questions, activities, inspiring quotes, and helpful commentary. Each Couple’s Set contains two Couple’s Guides for each component and a copy of the Couple’s Journal. The Couple’s Guides are designed to accompany the corresponding video presentations. SKU: 811661015100 Price: $54.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION
	Joy-Filled Marriage, Leader's Set by Christopher West, Tom McCabe, MA, Rosemary McCabe and Greg Popcak, PhD The Joy-Filled Marriage program consists of two components—Life Skills for Couples and God’s Plan for Love. These are complemented by a beautiful Couple’s Journal. This program offers a comprehensive approach to marriage preparation that covers not only the sacramentality and theology of marriage, but the practical life skills necessary to live out the rich Catholic vision of marriage. Each Leader’s Set contains a Leader’s Guide for each component and a copy of the Couple’s Journal. These two Leader’s Guides are essential for every leader or facilitator of Joy-Filled Marriage. They include the contents of the Couple’s Guides, as well as thorough notes for leading engaged couples through the content and space for creating teaching notes of your own. This program will help participants: See the significance of their call to married life Appreciate what the Catholic Church teaches about marriage, and why Embrace the gift of grace that makes a lifelong, joy-filled marriage possible Learn the sound principles upon which successful marriages are built Discover more about themselves and each other Recognize topics of importance in their relationship, identify shared goals, and set concrete plans to build a joy-filled marriage SKU: 811661015117 Price: $69.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION
	Joy-Filled Marriage, DVD Set by Christopher West, Tom McCabe, MA, Rosemary McCabe and Greg Popcak, PhD The Joy-Filled Marriage program consists of two components—Life Skills for Couples and God’s Plan for Love. These are complemented by a beautiful Couple’s Journal. This program offers a comprehensive approach to marriage preparation that covers not only the sacramentality and theology of marriage, but the practical life skills necessary to live out the rich Catholic vision of marriage. This program will help participants: See the significance of their call to married life Appreciate what the Catholic Church teaches about marriage, and why Embrace the gift of grace that makes a lifelong, joy-filled marriage possible Learn the sound principles upon which successful marriages are built Discover more about themselves and each other Recognize topics of importance in their relationship, identify shared goals, and set concrete plans to build a joy-filled marriage Sessions Life Skills for Couples: 1. An Introduction to Life Skills for Couples 2. Discovering Your Marriage Mission and the Role of Virtue 3. Communicating Love – Learning and Respecting Love Styles 4. Resolving Conflict – The Art of Loving Amidst Challenges 5. Building Happiness – Managing Your Time, Money, and Energy 6. Fostering Intimacy in Marriage – Sexuality and Prayer God’s Plan for Love: 1. God’s Plan for Marriage “In the Beginning” 2. Christ Restores God’s Plan for Marriage 3. To What Are You Saying, “I Do”? 4. Where the Words of Your Vows Become Flesh 5. The Beauty of Openness to Life 6. Living God’s Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage These two video sets are designed to accompany the Life Skills for Couples and God’s Plan for Love Couple’s Guides. Together, God’s Plan for Love and Life Skills for Couples comprise the complete Joy-Filled Marriage program. SKU: 811661015124 Price: $189.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION

God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage-6DVD (with FREE Segments Guide)

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God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage is a new, supplemental marriage preparation program by renowned Catholic author and teacher Christopher West, based on Pope John Paul II's revolutionary Theology of the Body.

Author: Christopher West

Detailed Description

God's Plan for a Joy-Filled Marriage is a marriage preparation supplement that offers engaged couples a more complete understanding of God's glorious plan for marriage and human sexuality than perhaps any program available in the Church today. Based on Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body, this supplement is intended to enhance a key component of marriage preparation: catechesis in the theology of marriage and the gift of human sexuality.

This DVD includes a Full-Length Version of eight talks and a Segments Version, with easy-to-use navigation menus. The forty-three shorter video segments enable marriage preparation facilitators to utilize select aspects of the original video program while enhancing their own live presentations of the God's Plan content. (Segment descriptions can be found in the accompanying guide.)

Introduction (4 segments)
Talk #1: God's Plan for Marriage "In the Beginning" (8 segments)
Talk #2: Christ Restores God's Plan for Marriage (7 segments)
Talk #3: What Are You Saying "I Do" To? (6 segments)
Talk #4: Sexual Honesty Before Marriage (6 segments)
Talk #5: Sexual Honesty Within Marriage (7 segments)
Talk #6: Some Practical Benefits of Natural Family Planning (5 segments)
Question & Answer (8 questions)

The Holy Father teaches that human life's dignity and balance depends at every moment on "who woman will be for man and who man will be for woman." God's plan of life and love is literally stamped in our bodies. Here, you will find a much-needed testimony to the essential interrelation between love, life, and sexuality, and discover how a deep appreciation for this interrelation is the path to a blessed and joy-filled marriage.

The Theology of the Body has been called "one of the normalest reconfigurations of Catholic Theology in centuries," according to George Weigel, the pope's official biographer. It addresses some of the most fundamental and important questions of human existence, including: