Colin and Jean Mackenzie’s Story: Rebuilding the Domestic Church

We’re excited to welcome our first married couple to the podcast! Colin and Jean are long-time RC members who’ve combined their psychological and military backgrounds to serve a joint mission and passion: a ministry to support and strengthen marriages!  Jean uses her gifts in counseling and Colin uses his strategic strengths to come up with a tool to help serve married couples, as there is a clear attack on marriage in our modern world. The online course they offer, Holy Union Blueprint, helps couples cultivate a deeper connection with God and their spouse.   The recent Regnum Christi General Convention highlighted the importance of pastoral work with married couples in all its stages: “Strengthen pastoral care for marriage and the family, as it is the basic nucleus of society and the natural place where the person discovers themself, develops, and learns to love. We want the structure of Regnum Christi to respond better to the needs of marriages and to elaborate formative itineraries that accompany the vocation to love along all its stages and situations: dating, marriage prep, marriage, families with children, old age, and widowhood, as well as separation or divorce when it unfortunately occurs. We want to form and project true apostles of marriage and the family.”-Communique n. 27 Thank you, Jean and Colin, for responding to the need with your time and talent!  Links mentioned in the show:  Holy UNION Blueprint course: https://www.holyunionconnect.com/course  Jean’s marriage reflections: https://www.holyunionconnect.com/dailyreflections.  Jean’s article “Discerning God’s Voice Through Emotional Awareness”: https://www.thecatholicbest.com/blog/discerning-god%E2%80%99s-voice-through-emotional-awareness-and-regulation Boys and girls camps mentioned: Arcatheos: https://www.arcatheos.com/ and Captivenia: https://captivenia.com/ Check them out on Instagram @ holyunionconnect.  If you enjoyed this episode, follow us on Instagram @forthismomentpodcast.