Upcoming Live Retreat Dates
Programs run Friday 6pm-9pm and Saturday 8am-6pm
(Includes material and meals)
Oct 25-26 2024 -- St. Maximillian Kolbe, Houston CLOSED
April 11-12 2025 - St. Maximillian Kolbe, Houston
Oct 10-11, 2025 - St. Maximillian Kolbe, Houston
Upcoming Livestreamed Retreat Dates
Programs run Friday 6pm-9pm and Saturday 8am-6pm
(Includes material)
Feb 21-22, 2025 Deadline (Feb 7th 4:30pm CST)
DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS 2 weeks before at 4:30 pm CST to ensure supplies are sent to participants in time.
Stella Maris Center is proud to support New Life, a peer ministry retreat program of couples who have the family life experience of having lost a spouse though death or divorce. Preparing for marriage for couples where one or both have lost a spouse is unique. The New Life team knows what individuals and couples who have experienced this loss go through as they rebuild and rediscover new relationships. There are particular challenges in marrying again that the New Life remarriage program addresses like no other program can. Even topics common to all couples, such as conflict resolution and finances, take on a new perspective through the lens of remarriage.
New Life is a program that was created by remarried couples for remarried couples;, the principles covered in the program are universal in nature and based on current social science in the realm of remarriage. Any couple who is preparing to embark on the lifelong journey of Holy Matrimony, such as:
Couples who are a widowed, or divorced (also for those with Catholic Church Annulment)
Couples formally preparing for remarriage
Couples already remarried (maintenance)
Couples working on Convalidation (not first time marriage)
Couples exploring the possibility of remarriage
Blending families –young or adult children
Single parents with children formally preparing for marriage in the Church
It is also for Remarried couples looking to become facilitator couples and join the New Life team.
The New Life remarriage retreat satisfies the basic formation requirements (primary program) for preparation for the Sacrament of Matrimony, when working with a parish.
Stella Maris Center is proud to announce the New Life Retreat for Remarriage is now also a TwoGether in Texas program!! When couples attend a New Life Retreat they will not only receive a certificate of participation for the program, they will also receive a TwoGether in Texas Certificate which shows the couple attended a State of Texas qualified marriage education program. Couples present their TwoGether in Texas Certificate at the time of applying for their marriage license for a $60 discount. The normal 72 hr. waiting period is also waived.
Train the Trainer retreat - register for the retreat and check the box for joining the team.
Purchase New Life for your church or diocese.
Couples looking for remarriage enrichment or civilly married will enjoy this gift to your marriage. Register and check the box for enrichment.