PASTORAL SERVICES: Family Life

• Marriage Encounter -- The Marriage Encounter is a weekend experience for married couples seeking to build communication skills and improve their marriage relationship. The contacts for this wonderful weekend of enrichment are Tom and Mary Frances Burke at 307-577-7456.

• Engaged Encounter -- The Engaged Encounter is a weekend experience for couples contemplating marriage. Engaged Encounters are held throughout the year in different regions of the state. Contacts for these events are:
  • Doug & Marilyn Cameron, Butte/Deer Lodge: 406-494-8080
  • Paul & Laura Putnam, Kalispell: 406-756-6586

• Retrouvaille of Montana -- This is a weekend experience for married couples seeking help in a troubled marriage. For more information, please contact Dave and Joyce Schiller at 800-470-2230.
  • Retrouvaille of Montana: www.retrouvaille.org

• Adoption -- The Diocese of Helena, along with the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, supports placement of children into adoptive homes; birthmother, birthfather, and adoptive parent counseling; and birthparent searches through the efforts of Catholic Social Services for Montana.
  • Catholic Social Services of Montana:
    www.catholicsocialservicesofmontana.org

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