Fully Engaged April 2022
Quarterly Newsletter
(320) 258-7611 www.getfullyengaged.com
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Wishing you & your parish
a blessed Triduum
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Note: The Fully Engaged Offices will be closed Good Friday through Easter Monday. |
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Fully Engaged Website Updates |
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As we move forward with the new website, we are "tweaking" certain functions and verbiage. The feedback we have received from both you and your couples has been most valuable.
There are many more enhancements we are working on to make the site better and easier to maneuver. Our current priority is the printout, fixing a few items and adding the Comparison Graph.
If you have any ideas or feedback for us, please send us and email or call us.
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Couple's Workbooks & Homework Assignments
Using them to the MAX
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In training Mentor Couples, we discuss the importance of the Couple's Workbook and providing addition information as homework. But when you have a couple sitting in front of you, some of those details may be forgotten.
We have found that by utilizing the Couple's Workbook to its fullest, assigning the couples homework of 3 or 4 sections for the next meeting, providing Supplements, brochures and some additional links to pertinent short video clips or articles, help answer many questions the couples have and enhances your time with them. The more prepared they are before they meet with you, the deeper they are able to go into areas they struggle with the most.
To aid you with using the Couple's Workbook more effectively, I have taped a short (17 minutes) video clip to describe some ideas that will be helpful as you work with your engaged couples.
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New Facilitator Guide Pages - English
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To be as effective as possible as Facilitators and Mentors, we have to have the tools to do the job. In keeping with that bit of wisdom, we have revised Facilitator Guide Pages.
The revisions include:
· Added: "Facilitator Notes" for each section offering homework ideas and tips
· Added: Information on addressing the Chastity and Difficult Times Pledges
· Added: New pages on addressing the three intentions in the Sacrament of Marriage section
· Added: Homework ideas for many statements
· Added: Up-to-date references and resources to aid discussion or homework
· Revised: Page numbers coordinating with the Couple's Workbook using both the newest edition and older versions. For example: “Ask the couple to refer to their answers to Reflection Question #3 on page 9 (#4 on page 8) in the Couple’s Workbook.” The first page number is for the newer versions, the one in parenthesis is for older versions.
The cost for replacement pages for the English Premarital Facilitators Guide is $15 per set plus shipping and handling. The new pages are an enhancement. The older version will work OK, understanding that the Couple's Workbook pages cited in the Facilitators Guide may be a page or two off.
We are currently working on the Bilingual Premarital Facilitator Guide pages and anticipate that project to be completed by late May, early June.
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Mailing Couple's Workbooks
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Over the past few months, we are have seen a longer and longer delay in the engaged couples receiving their Workbooks. After discussing this with USPS, we are now mailing the Couple's Workbooks first class. This should speed up the time it takes for the couples to receive their Workbooks.
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New Resources for Facilitators |
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On our new website, we continue to develop a more in-depth list of resources by topical areas. To access these resources, click on Facilitators in the upper right hand corner of the Home page of the website, then click on Facilitator Resources.
This will give you access to archived Newsletters, supplements and brochures. It will also give you a list of topical areas that include links to Videos, Handouts, Articles, etc. in English and Spanish.
If you have a resource that you use and feel it would be helpful to others, please send me the link. I will review and add it to our list. Email me at ccodden@gw.stcdio.org
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Updates on Couple's Printout |
We have updating the data and appearance of the Coupe's Printout and have:
- Added the Bride & Groom Initials
- All the items in the Differences section are Discuss
- The glitch on answers not agreeing with the preferred answer now will indicate "DIscuss"
- Spanish printout will indicate responses in Spanish.
While it is not functional at this point, we are making headway on adding the Comparison Graph and it should be included soon.
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Sacrificing to Meet Your Spouses Needs |
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In this behind the scenes video, Dan Lian shares how sacrificing to meet your spouses needs in marriage is one of the greatest callings we have in marriage. From XO Marriage
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ST. GIANNA NOVENA
Tuesday, April 19 - Wednesday, April 27
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The USCCB invites you to pray a special novena with us starting TUESDAY for moms in need. By signing up, you'll get the novena emailed to you each day.
St. Gianna Beretta Molla is a powerful patron for pregnant and parenting mothers. As a physician, wife, and mother, she knew intimately what it was like to struggle with a challenging medical diagnosis during pregnancy.
We look forward to praying with you, and with Saint Gianna, in support of mothers in need!
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Fully Engaged Training Opportunities
for New Mentor Couples
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Fully Engaged Pre-Marital & Convalidation Inventories are offering New Facilitator Webinar Trainings via Zoom. The following options are available:
English
- Thursday evenings, May 12 & 19, 2022 – 7 pm to 9:30 pm EDT
- Saturday, August 13, 2022 – 10 am to 4 pm EDT
Español
- Sábado, 4 de junio de 2022 de 10 am a 4 pm EDT
- Sábado 10 de septiembre de 10 am a 4 pm EDT
The cost for the webinar is $25 per couple which includes the couple taking the pre-marital inventory and receiving the results. Each couple will need a Pre-Marital Preview Package which is $45 plus shipping and handling. To register, click here (español) or contact Jill at (320) 258-7611 or jill.svihel@gw.stcdio.org. Please register at least 10 days prior to the class.
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Tutorials for Navigating the new Website |
A list of tutorials are available from the homepage of the Fully Engaged Website.
Under the main banner, scroll down to "About us" and the link will direct you to the list of tutorials. All have been updated as a few procedures have changed.
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New Training Manual and PowerPoint Slides are now available in both English and Bilingual. Below are highlights of the changes on the PowerPoint slides and Training Manual content.
Cost for Training Manual is $25 for English and $30 for Bilingual. To order, login to your parish account or email fe@gw.stcdio.org or call (320) 258-7611.
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Thank you for your commitment to forming couples for the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony. |
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Chris Codden – Director, Fully Engaged
320-250-9778
Jill Svihel – Coordinator, Fully Engaged
320-258-7611
Dawn Gohmann—Clerical Support, Fully Engaged
(320) 258-7617
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