Based on Catholic teachings and values, the Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend experience encourages the engaged to grow in self-understanding, developing deeper qualities of love, patience, openness in communication, and being of service to others – most especially one another.
The Catholic Engaged Encounter weekend is a presentation-styled format in which the content integrates the five interrelated themes of The Family We Grew Up In, Sacramental Marriage, Communication, Intimacy, and Values with the formation principles of Human, Intellectual, Spiritual and Missionary outlined in the Called to the Joy of Love National Pastoral Framework.