Summer Conference Trips!

Registration for the Benedictine College Youth Conference (BCYC) Encounter and
Steubenville Rochester will open Thursday, March 11.

For more information on BCYC Encounter and to register, click here.

For more information on Steubenville Rochester and to register, click here.

Additionally, a mailing including posters will soon arrive at your parish. Contact
Chris at ckraft@bismarckdiocese.com with any questions.

Parents of students 8-12, if you have any questions about these trips, please contact our Youth Director - Erica Bohn - at 701-400-3783!

Corazon Retreat - April 30-May 2; August 20-22, 2021.

Who is the program for:

    Couples struggling to communicate
    Couples struggling to find reason to stay together
    Couples who are cold and distant from each other
    Couples who are living the single married life
    Couples who are separated/divorced, but wanting to try again.


Corazon is a weekend experience in which couples will be challenged to soften their hearts by looking at what the Sacrament of Marriage is all about, next we look deeply into our own short-comings and failures, and finally to offer different tools to help heal from hurts we have caused each other and move forward.

Corazon is not a support group, a seminar, a social gathering, nor is it counseling. You will not be asked to share your problems with anyone else. You will be encouraged to participate with open hearts and minds and to come with an attitude ready to put the past behind you and look forward to what the future will hold.   

Topics addressed:

    Love Languages
    Sacrament of Marriage
    Communication Challenges
    Conflict Management
    Forgiveness
    Unrealistic Expectations
    Single Married Life
    Hardened Hearts
    Hope
    Prayer/Praying Together/Adoration


No one will ever be turned away from the chance to renew their marriage because of a lack of funds. We would like a non-refundable deposit of $100 to secure your registration. There will be a tax deductible donation asked for on the weekend itself.

Everyone who registers will be called by the Director of Family Ministry from the Diocese of Bismarck. We will visit with each of you individually to share a bit more about what to expect and what not to expect from the program. Please do your best to return the phone call if a message is left.

These retreats will be held on both April 30-May 2 and August 20-22. Please encourage any of your parishioner couples who may be in marriages in crisis to attend a weekend. All confidences are kept and privacy for anyone inquiring about or attending a Corazon retreat is a priority.

Brochures are available and if more are needed from the diocese, please contact Amanda. If couples have questions that the brochure doesn’t answer, they can contact Amanda at 701-204-7205. For registration or additional information, please visit bismarckdiocese.com/corazon.

The Office of Family Ministry offers a program titled the Second Marriage
Seminar. This seminar is for couples who are entering a second marriage. Any
couple in which one or both have lost a spouse to death or have completed the annulment process and has received a document of Freedom to Marry are able to attend.

The Second Marriage Seminar is designed to prepare couples to enter the sacramental union of matrimony with themes likely present in a second marriage, such as blending families and step-parenting.

Couples can attend the Second Marriage Seminar in place of the Pre-Marriage Seminar.

Brochures and answers to questions can be obtained by contacting Amanda at 701-204-7205. Dates, more information and registration are available at bismarckdiocese.com/secondmarriage.