The emphasis of a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend is on communication between husband and wife, who spend a weekend together away from the distractions and the tensions of everyday life, to concentrate on each other.

It is not a retreat nor marriage clinic, nor group sensitivity. It's a unique approach aimed at revitalizing Marriage. This is a time for you and your spouse to be alone together, to rediscover each other and together focus on your relationship for an entire weekend. Every marriage deserves that kind of attention!

Marriage Encounter is also for Priests and Religious except that the relationship of their focus is between the Priest or Religious and his or her "spouse"; the Body of Christ.

The Weekend teaches a communication technique which helps each couple to explore important areas of their relationship in a spirit of love and understanding. By continuing the newly acquired technique begun on the weekend, husbands and wives continually grow closer together to live more joyful and purposeful lives.