Sharings

Dear Dong Hanh Family,

Receiving the images and news from Hanoi, our hearts are filled with emotion and gratitude to God. We are so happy to see each beloved face arrive safely, be warmly welcomed, and especially the meaningful presence of the Archbishop and the priests in the opening mass. This is truly a priceless spiritual gift that God has given to our community!

We would like to thank God, the Spiritual Director, TIM 81, BPV and all of you who have sacrificed and devoted yourselves to this mission. The support and companionship from Dong Hanh's Leadership Board through prayer…

The workshop was definitely the experience of a lifetime; a self-examine and reminder of my relationship with my significant other. As convinced by the busy world, I often forgot what's truly important, but MRW has set it forth that there is nothing more important than my faithful partner and most importantly to always make room for God in my relationship.

Finally, we found some free time together, and after canceling a few events that weekend; My family (Hien) called Mr. Phu to register to attend the 29th course of the Holy Father's Day (held at the Vietnamese Martyrs Parish, Arlington, Texas).

Mr. Phu enthusiastically guided the necessary details, and sent contact forms even after 9 pm. Thank you, Mr. Phu Thu.

The next day, we received an email from Mr. and Mrs. An Huong,

Before I could reply, in the afternoon, Mr. An called to ask

visit. Even though we've never met in person, and this is the first time…

Hey! Hey friends, this Friday afternoon Chile will play Australia... Only once every 4 years can we watch the biggest Sports match on the Planet, definitely not to be missed.

I hurriedly arranged my work at work to prepare for this hobby of Football, when suddenly I heard my wife complaining: "Honey, today I have to go to the "Life Renewal" course, remember? "Is that so?" I replied sadly with a feeling of regret. I lazily changed my clothes and prepared the car, but my mind kept thinking, "My husband and I are not "Renovation" at all. As for my…

"Who said marriage is miserable?

Marriage is very happy! "Really ?

There is also happiness, there is also suffering, depending on fate. But here I am, more happy than miserable. God forbid.

You ask: What causes me to attend this 23rd course?

When I invited friends to join, everyone asked:

- Do you go ?

- Ask for what ?

- If you go, I'll go.

- I will go.

- Then I'll go.

- Sure.

- Sure.

Yet many people still let me climb trees. It's a small thing.

Big deal, I went because I appreciate the effort and…

Dear Brothers and Sisters and Friends,

Thanh-Thuong and Khoi had the opportunity to attend the 22nd Life Renewal of Marriage course in Philadelphia two weeks ago. Today they had the opportunity to sit down to reflect and share thoughts about this course.

The two of them currently live in Seattle, Washington and just celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary on September 8. On this occasion, they were blessed with a private retreat and then a Thanksgiving Mass with their families. The family was led by a Jesuit Father at a small retreat house in Portland. Then the two of them plan…

Dearest Dong Hanh & Holy Molyz family,

Nick and I would like to take time out to thank you all for your love and support over the past weekend. Knowing that you all prayed and believe strongly in our marriage is by far the warmest feeling we have felt from anyone!

MRW13 was definitely a graceful and invaluable experience for the both of us! Nick and I went there with few expectations: to be closer to God and possibly get to know the Dong Hanh's family ministry better, but we came out of there with more than we bargain for…

We love this workshop. It saved our marriage. We were heading downhill in our relationship because we were not communicating.

During the workshop, we realized that our marriage is so worthwhile to save because we truly love one another and made a commitment when we married each other to be there for better or for worse. We cannot run away when there are bumps in the road. Marriage is a road worth travelling even with all the hardships, the pain, and the sorrows because the joy that we bring to one another is so much greater and outweighs all. This…

Dear Fathers, Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We would like to send our fathers and brothers and sisters our thanks and sincere gratitude for your kindness, smiles, caring gestures, prepared meals, hearty and delicious food, and heartfelt sharing. sincerity and enthusiasm, a warm, friendly atmosphere, meaningful and spiritual teachings... there are also many other things that deserve warm praise, but cannot be mentioned all in a thank you letter. this short.

The two of us sincerely thank our brothers and sisters for their dedicated and passionate apostolic work, for their advice, phone calls, encouragement, and encouragement for us to attend this…

Dear brothers and sisters in the organizing/serving committee:

First of all, we would like to send our compliments and thanks to the members of the service team who sacrificed a lot of effort and time to organize the 11th Renewal of Marital Life course in Ho Chi Minh City. Wheat Ridge-Colorado is thoughtful, complete, full of meaning and beautiful impressions. We were also very impressed and admired the sincerity and courage of the brothers and sisters in the liturgical committee who presented and shared their practical life experiences and many extremely valuable lessons. The tears shed by the brothers and…

A week has passed after the MRW 17. Many emotions have had time to settle down. Many attendees shared their thoughts and feelings after the course. There is emotion, there is choking. There is also regret and repentance, and above all, there is affection and determination for each other, for your spouse and for your entire community. In fact, the feelings of attending the course too much, the sympathy and the same feelings with this brother's feelings that have not yet subsided, are shared with the lives of other brothers and sisters, when sitting down with their partner to talk…

Thank you Thank you!!

Last weekend's retreat in Garland, Texas was such an inspiring experience for TaiHuong!! The planning, the leadership, the cooperation from everyone involved at all levels were just phenomenal!!! This is such a large scale event, very well thought out, very well organized, and very well executed from the beginning to the last minute. The only way this was made all possible was thru the grace of God. He does things in mysterious ways!!

TaiHuong got so much out of it and very humble and very thankful !! It far exceeded our expectations! TaiHuong felt that Go…

Because we had just gone to a family retreat about 3 weeks before the parish had a course to renew married life (CTĐSHN), and had also accepted to serve at the meals of the course, my husband and I had no intention of participating. Participate in this CTĐSHN course. It was a blessing and luck for us, because the earnest invitation of some of the organizers, as well as their interest in learning and the opportunities to relax during the retreats, made us I decided to enroll in the honors course. The course is held for 3 days, Friday, Saturday…

We have been married for eleven years, living together with more joy than sadness. However, not long ago, unpleasant things were unavoidable, everyday conflicts, grievances... without knowing where it started. Day after day, no one told anyone about those grievances, only feeling unhappy. Talking to each other is no longer interesting, it's just necessary things, talking to each other about children, family...or necessary things. Just like that, each day piles up, making the family atmosphere heavier, losing a lot of laughter...two innocent children lose countless opportunities to joke around with their parents...

In my heart, I am very sad, depressed,…

Fall in North Texas may not be as beautiful as places like Virginia or the northeastern United States. But visitors from far away can still experience the "autumn" feeling through a few yellow leaves drying here and there in the gardens. Although Fall contains weariness and withering, it can also help revive once-vibrant love affairs. That is also the wish of couples and directors of Dong Hanh.

In the city of Dallas, over the weekend, November 6, 2009 - November 8, 2009, members of Dong Hanh's MVGD board organized the 8th Marriage Life Renewal course. It is known that this…