CATHOLIC MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER NORTHERN IRELAND
Reference and Administrative Details for year
Charity name:
Catholic Marriage Encounter Northern Ireland
Charlty Commlsslon Number:
101458
N.I Contact Person:
MadelRne Mccully
9. Kingsfort Crescen(
Derry
BT48 7TB
Tel: 02871350612
Email:
Trustees:
The trustees serving for financial year I/1/2020- financial year 31/12/2020
Madeline Mccully
Thomas Mccully
Daniel Lynch
Kieran Casey
Sarah Casey
Secretary:
Elizabeth Murray
Executive Officer
Thomas Mccully

2020 Annual Review of Catholic Marriage Encounter Northern Ireland.
During the pastyear Marriage Encounter and Engaged Encounterweekends were held as
virtual weekends due to Covid-19 restrirtions on social distancing.
The Nation31 Leadership team were invited to attend a European Council in Austria in
February, dealing with Christian marriage, relationship education, forniation, and marriage
preparation and family life. Priests and religious received a parallel programme.
In May, following a selection process and ratification at a National Board Meeting, a new
leadership team of a couple and a priest were selected for Marriage Encounter. They are
Emmet Gerard Mccluskey and Mary Margaret Mccluskey with Fr. Sean Coyle, a Columban
priest.
Again, to Covid restrictions, one other European Council was held virtually.
The fruits ofthese were disseminated from the European Council to the National Board of
Ireland and thence to regional areas for team workshops and group gatherings which were
held by Zoom.
Catholic Marriage Encounter Northern Ireland supplied teams and interested couples for
Marriage Enrichment weekends organised by our associate organisation-catholic Marrlage
Encounter Ireland. Follow-up meetSng were held by Zoom which allowed couples from
different regions to fully participate in further enrichment programmes.
The marriage preparation programme of Engaged Encounter was particularly successful and
well embraced by the participating couples even though it was a virtual experience.
Marrled couples continued to meet by Zoom on a regular basis across the province. These
meetings were particularly valuable during lockdown when couples and families needed extra
relationship support.
The participants on the Marriage Enrichment Weekends and Engaged Encounter were
dellghted to participate in the follow-up programmes by Zoom. These were particularly
successful.
It was an unusual year and new ways of thinking are emerging for presenting the
programmes. These will be discussed at National Board meetings in the coming year.
Signed..
Madeline Mccully