2 Become 1 Marriage Retreat
Mt. Angel Abbey
September 1-3 2023, June 7-9 2024, September 27-29 2024
A retreat from the hustle and bustle of life to focus on your one true vocation, the vocation of marriage. For engaged and married couples, this weekend will offer you opportunities to pray together, learn together, play together, and grow together. God has created this sacred sacrament and called you to it. On this weekend you will be invited to discern your current state of life, and listen and respond to God’s call and invitation to allow him into this Holy calling. This weekend is focused on learning how to respond to God’s call to marital holiness, you will review a personalized inventory of your relationship, and have quiet moments for prayer, reflection, and discussion.
This weekend qualifies for Marriage Preparation for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. Check with your individual parish for specific requirements.
Cost: $550 – Couple (includes room for 2 nights, and meals)
For registration, email retreat@mtangel.edu.
Schedule
FRIDAY
1-3 pm Registration
3:45pm Orientation
4 pm Conference w/ Fr. Matt Libra
6 pm Dinner
7:25 pm Compline
8pm Conference w/ Patricia Mackie
SATURDAY
5:20 am Vigils (optional)
6:25 am Lauds (optional)
7 am Breakfast
8 am Mass
9 am Conference w/Patricia Mackie
12 pm Noon Prayer
12:15 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Conference w/ Br. Louis
3:10 pm Reconciliation & Adoration
5:15 pm Vespers
6 pm Dinner
7:25 pm Social Hour at the Brewery & Small Group Discussion
SUNDAY
6:35 am Lauds
7:30 am Breakfast
9 am Mass & Blessing of Marriages
10:30 am Sharing of Graces
12 pm Noon Prayer
12:15 pm Lunch & End of Retreat
This weekend qualifies for Marriage Preparation for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon. Check with your individual parish for specific requirements.
Cost: $550 – Couple (includes room for 2 nights, and meals)
For registration, email retreat@mtangel.edu.
Schedule
FRIDAY
1-3 pm Registration
3:45pm Orientation
4 pm Conference w/ Fr. Matt Libra
6 pm Dinner
7:25 pm Compline
8pm Conference w/ Patricia Mackie
SATURDAY
5:20 am Vigils (optional)
6:25 am Lauds (optional)
7 am Breakfast
8 am Mass
9 am Conference w/Patricia Mackie
12 pm Noon Prayer
12:15 pm Lunch
2:00 pm Conference w/ Br. Louis
3:10 pm Reconciliation & Adoration
5:15 pm Vespers
6 pm Dinner
7:25 pm Social Hour at the Brewery & Small Group Discussion
SUNDAY
6:35 am Lauds
7:30 am Breakfast
9 am Mass & Blessing of Marriages
10:30 am Sharing of Graces
12 pm Noon Prayer
12:15 pm Lunch & End of Retreat
Resources for Self Healing
Patricia Mackie, LPC
|
I specialize in helping diagnose and treat marital challenges. We will start by diagnosing what is going on in your marriage and understanding how that compares to what research tells us about thriving marriages. I will teach you tools, and skills based on your goals for you marriage. We will map your interactions and identify the helpful patterns and destructive patterns.
I am trained in Level 1, 2, and 3 Gottman Marital Strategies, as well as Emotion Focused Couples Therapy, and Imago relationship therapy. I maintain specialized training in the areas of trauma, and attachment. I update my clinical skills regularly to ensure I am providing you with evidence based care. Clients seek me out to navigate life changes; entering adulthood, transitioning to parenthood, feeling lost, struggling with anxiety, intrusive thoughts, or depression. Wherever life has led you I am here to help you find your footing, gain personal insight and move forward on your journey. In 2006 I earned a Masters' degree in Clinical Psychology with a specialty in Marriage and Family Therapy from Benedictine University. |
Associations & Affiliations
|
|
 |
|
I ask the Holy Spirit, St. Dymphna and St. Zélie & Louis Martin to guide and protect this counseling practice, and watch over all that seek my services. I ask that they may guide my work and intercede for my clients needs.
|
|