Marriage & Family Life

1) Building a Better Marriage (BABM)

On Saturday OCT 3rd 2026 couples are invited to a day where they can privately explore their relationship more deeply and gain valuable insights into the communication and the call of the Church to be married at St Matthew church hall, 37 Norwood High St, West Norwood, London SE27 9JU 9.00am till 4.30pm

The one-day course is for married couples (whether married for one year, 60 years or anywhere in between).

It seeks to help husbands and wives to make their marriages better and to improve their communication skills and learn how to raise issues without hurting each other.

There is no group sharing and private information remains private to each couple.

The unique selling point of this day is it is NOT marriage counselling - Marriage Care and Retrouvaille do a brilliant job at this! Refreshments will be provided but please bring a packed lunch.

Booking is essential. To apply please contact: Carole on mflkent@rcaos.org.uk or by phone on 07983 524 727

2) For engaged and married couples:

SycamOre – Growing in Faith

The Growing in Faith Together for married and engaged couples is an ONLINE course, which has been developed in collaboration with the Southwark Marriage and Family Life team, the Agency for Evangelisation and Sycamore, a programme about the Catholic faith by Fr Stephen Wang,(Bishop-elect Arundel and Brighton)

Growing in Faith Together consists of four one hour-long sessions via Zoom and is a wonderful opportunity for:

married couples to enrich their friendship and love./engaged couples who want to continue exploring their faith together.

The course continues on Tuesday 22nd and 29th at 8.30pm – 9.30pm. For further information and to book a place, please contact Carole on mflkent@rcaos.org.uk

3) Rooted in Love

Is an opportunity for engaged and married couples to meet for one hour, once a month on Zoom In each session we share friendship, reflect on real-life topics, and pray together as we grow in love, rooted in Christ. We meet on the following Thursdays: 24th September at 8.30pm, 22 October at 8:30pm, 26 November at 8:30pm, 10 December at 8:30pm Email mflkent@rcaos.org.uk to sign up or receive more information

Retrouvaille MARRIAGE SUPPORT: 

From relationships that are 'Just in a Rut', needing some refreshment or more serious issues - If you are open to try again – Retrouvaille could be the solution. We have helped thousands of couples get their relationship back on track as they rediscovered hope and trust in the marriage. To find out more:

www.retrouvaille.org.uk +44 797 338 0443 ‍

GRIEF IN LOSS HOPE IN CHRIST: For anyone bereaved a weekend at The Friars Aylesford 9th -11th October see poster on church notice board for details. Tel: 01622 717272 Email: reception@thefriars.org.uk

For more events please visit the events page.