Healing & Reconciliation: Hallmarks of Retrouvaille Program

Retrouvaille began in 1977 as a French language weekend for hurting marriages in the province of Quebec, Canada. It was adapted to English by the community in Toronto, who also revised and strengthened the contents of the weekend and developed the post-weekend programs. Retrouvaille is Catholic in origin and has spread through the U.S.A., South America and into many other countries around the world. Couples
of all faiths and those with no faith tradition are welcome and encouraged to attend.
No attempt is made to convert anyone to a religion. Saving a marriage is our focus. The ultimate goal of Retrouvaille is solely to help save marriages.
The word Retrouvaille™ (pronounced retro-vi with a long i.) is a French word meaning rediscovery. The program offers tools needed to rediscover a loving marriage relationship. Thousands of couples headed
for cold, unloving relationships or divorce have successfully overcome their marriage problems by attending the program. The next upcoming Retrouvaille weekend is February 22-24, 2013.
The Goals of Retrouvaille 
The primary goal is to provide help for couples who live in the disappointment and pain of a marriage problems. The weekend provides a safe setting encouraging couples to learn communication in marriage in a respectful manner. The post-weekend phase of the Retrouvaille program is as critical to a couple experiencing marital problems as the initial weekend experience. The degree of disappointment, deterioration and despair in hurting marriages cannot be healed in one weekend. Restoration takes time. The post-weekend sessions provide support as couples discuss concepts of the importance of communication in marriage, intimacy, and many other topics. Today's unchallenged acceptance of divorce suggests that
many friends, families, church communities are providing only limited support for marriages. Retrouvaille is a program that is solely dedicated to providing the necessary support to help save marriages.
The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend phase combined with a series of 6-12 post-weekend sessions over 3 months. It provides the tools to help put your marriage in order again and gives
couples and opportunity to rediscover each other and examine their lives together in a new and positive way.
Retrouvaille has a vision statement that sums up the work they do. “The unchallenged acceptance of divorce has infected our world with hopelessness, but we believe that every marriage deserves the opportunity to survive, be healed and thrive as a covenant of life and love. Retrouvaille is the place where we, as hurting couples, found hope and so we are passionately committed to dramatically increasing the number of couples served in both new and existing communities worldwide. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we will use our talents and gifts to promote and spread the healing ministry of Retrouvaille.”
How do I find out more? 
Please visit www.retrouvaille.com for registration, events, and more detailed information.
Find out more about what they have to offer in Kansas City by contacting the local coordinators Jerry & Kim Bronder (816) 718-6046  
Email: retrouvaillejerrykim@gmail.com