CATHOLIC MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER NORTHERN IRELAND 2019
Reference and Administrative Details for year 2019
Charity name:
Catholic Marriage Encounter Northern Ireland
Charfity Commlsslon Number:
101458
N.1 Contart Person:
Madeline Mccully
9, Kingsfort CrescenL
Derry
BT48 7TB
Tel: 02871350612
Email:
Trustees:
The trustees serving for financial year 31/12/2018- financial year 31/12/2019
Madeline Mccully
Thomas Mccully
Daniel Lynch
Kieran Casey
Sarah Casey
Secretary:
Elizabeth Murray
Executlve Officer
Thomas Mccully

2019 Annual Review of Catholic Marriage Encounter Northern Ireland.
During the year 2019 Marriage Encounter and Engaged Encounter
Weekends were held at venues in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of
Ireland.
The National Leadership team, Thomas and Madeline Mccully with Fr. Sean
Coyle, attended three European conferences. Content of each meeting
centred on Communication and Relationship training, education and spiritual
formation for Christian marriage and family life. An important aspect is
marriage preparation. Priests and religious received a parallel programme for
ministry to Marriage and Family.
A Worldwide Council provides the content for these meetings and Continental
Councils disseminate this. The European Conference, which the national
responsible team for each European country attends, brings the training and
formation to the National Board of Catholic Marriage Encounter Ireland.
Meetings are held in regional areas for team training workshops and
community group gatherings.
Catholic Marriage Encounter Northern Ireland supplied teams and interested
couples for weekends organised by our umbrella organisation -catholic
Marriage Encounter Ireland.
The marriage preparation programme of Engaged Encounter was particularly
successful and positively evaluated by the participating couples. A pilot
preparation programme was presented over 5 nights and this will be
evaluated as a possible alternative to a weekend programme although the
original format will still be presented.
Married couples continue to meet in small groups of three or four couples on
a regular basis across the province. These meetings had an emphasis on
communication and listening skills with the objective of enriching their
relationship and giving support in family, parish and community life.
A Deeper Enrichment Weekend with 27 participants took place in February
and new teams are now undergoing training to present weekends here and in
the south.
The participants on the Marriage Enrichment Weekends were encouraged to
become involved in their parishes and communities and indeed many have.
Two of the members, Michael and Rose Curtin are on the Committee of the
Council for Marriage and the Family of the Irish Episcopal Conference.
Tom and Madeline Mccully were invited to be on the Derry Mission team.
During the year members of Catholic Marriage Encounter and Engaged
Encounter meet with different lay movements and associations involved in
church ministries.
Signed:
Madeline Mccully