Fr. Siegfried Mwatighina
Family Life Program Chaplain
Mr. Daniel Kitavi & Mrs. Bernadette Kitavi
Archdiocese Coordinating couple
Contacts
- Fr. Siegried Mwatighina – 0721245687 (Team Priest & Chaplain)
- Daniel & Bernadette Kitavi – Archdiocese Coordinating couple - 0722986249/0721308871
- Robert & Teresia Chimatu – Archdiocese treasurer couple - 0725464522/0720804338
- Damian & Magdalene Mwashighadi – Archdiocese secretarial couple - 0722524928/0704225205
WORLDWIDE MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER (WWME) – MOMBASA ARCHDIOCESE
WWME HISTORY
Began in Spain in 1952 by Fr. Gabriel Calvo. In 1978 The late Cardinal Maurice Otunga while visiting the U.S attended a M.E. weekend after experiencing the weekend, he came back home and invited a couple and a priest to Kenya to facilitate a weekend in Nairobi.
In Mombasa Marriage Encounter was revived in 2000 by late Fr. Thomas Barbero – IMC – who was Likoni parish priest by then assisted by Team couples from Kahawa parish in Nairobi where he had played a very important role in journeying together with M.E couples there. The 1st weekend had 22 couples (Named Mombasa One).
Later on Fr. Joseph Kenga a diocesan priest joined Fr Thomas in giving weekends and since then the Archdiocese has been holding weekends every year as it has own weekend facilitating teams both couples & Priests.
WHAT IS WWME
Worldwide marriage encounter is an enrichment for married couples who value their relationship and desire a richer, fuller life together. It is also for priests and religious who want to strengthen their relationships with their church communities. More info at www.wwme.org
In Mombasa Marriage Encounter was revived in 2000 by late Fr. Thomas Barbero – IMC – who was Likoni parish priest by then assisted by Team couples from Kahawa parish in Nairobi where he had played a very important role in journeying together with M.E couples there. The 1st weekend had 22 couples (Named Mombasa One).
Later on Fr. Joseph Kenga a diocesan priest joined Fr Thomas in giving weekends and since then the Archdiocese has been holding weekends every year as it has own weekend facilitating teams both couples & Priests.
VISION & MISSION
VISION
MISSION
Renewal of the church and change in the world
Our Objectives
- To work in the Church, helping where we can, and to live our marriages as per God’s plan.
- To give weekend experience to couples, priests, and the religious.
- To serve the people of God – to be a gift to the church and to the community
- Assist in preparing engaged couples and those who intend to get married in the church
- Under the Diocese team, we have the Parish coordinating couples, financial couples, and secretarial couples.
Pillars of Worldwide Marriage Encounter
- 1) Weekend – We usually have weekends 3 times annually. Parishes can organise too
- 2) Structure – The leadership (coordinating, Treasurer, Secretarial couples and encountered Priest)
- 3) Community – Activities
- 4) Team – This is a group of facilitation teams who are just known as Teams (Couples & priests)
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Charism
- Married couples are introduced to the sacramentality through weekend experience.
- Their minds and hearts are opened to a deep personal conversion.
- They are invited to embrace an alternate life style that leads to a personal and couple renewal shared in a community and apostleship in the church all of which contribute to the renewal of the church.
- The people who accept and live the VALUES of the weekend become part of the movement through their lifestyle.
- They live in a deep responsible relationship routed in open and intimate communication.
- Their awareness of being sacramental leads them to apostleship in the church.
Activities of Team Couples (Walimu Wa ME) In Marriage Encounter
- Giving original weekend experience to new couples, priests, and religious.
- Giving dialogue journey for six months after the couples’ weekend experience.
- Assisting and encouraging already encountered couples to continue their journey in small cells at the parishes.
- Giving promotional talks in parishes to help in the recruitment of new members.
- Assisting at the parishes with premarital preparation classes.
- Giving other family/marriage enrichment programs to promote family life/marriages
- Encouraging one man one wife relationships and supporting those facing relationship challenges
