Over the weekend my wife and I had the opportunity to attend one of the most inspiring SportsLeader events ever - The Coaches Marriage Renewal. It was beautiful to be able to attend something with my wife.
We were 7 couples, 1 Priest and 1 young man who is giving a year as a volunteer. 5 couples were from the Covington (KY) Catholic High School football program, 1 from Cincinnati Winton Woods Wrestling and us.
I cannot encourage you all to organize something like this for you and your program strongly enough. You NEED to do this!
We had out event at The Montgomery Inn - which is a famous Cincinnati restaurant known for ribs ... Our schedule was as follows:
6:00 Social
6:25 Order food and sit
6:30 Father Matthew give talk about beauty of marriage and how much we should appreciate our wives
7:00 Eat dinner
7:45 Each coach stands to affirm his wife, tell her how much he appreciates her, that he loves her and give her a rose
8:15 Renewal of vows/ Exchange of rings
8:25 Wedding Cake
6:30 Father Matthew give talk about beauty of marriage and how much we should appreciate our wives
7:00 Eat dinner
7:45 Each coach stands to affirm his wife, tell her how much he appreciates her, that he loves her and give her a rose
8:15 Renewal of vows/ Exchange of rings
8:25 Wedding Cake
One wife's email sums it all up:
THANK YOU for getting these pictures out and for organizing the entire evening. It was simply beautiful! I am very grateful and have a renewed sense of thanksgiving for the awesome man God made just for me - thanks again!
If you need help with this just let me know. We have the renewal format and everything ready for you.
If you would like to listen to most of Father Matthew's awesome talk, it is here. Maybe you and your wife can listen to this together.
Awesome! Fr. Matthew has been such a blessing to my wife and I in our vocation. Wish we could have come to this dinner.
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