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Oikos - A Parish Based Marriage Enrichment Program

Oikos as a Catalyst is dedicated to bringng couples to one another for a communal effort to know what marriage and family are intended by God and realize it in our lives so that the ‘domestic churches’ will flourish in the parish community.

Oikos seeks to offer solutions for today's problem

• Our faith journey is not a solitary one.
• When we receive communion, we are pulled into the Body of Christ. To mature in this reality, we need to be connected to one another in a life-giving way. Given all cultural and social context in which the family is the object of numerous forces that seek to destroy it or in some way to deform it (John Paul II: Familiaris Consortio, 3), the intentional effort of building up and strengthening one another will be a key ingredient in the revitalization of the ‘Domestic Church’. We would need each other to be victorious in our spiritual battle.

Oikos is an ancient Greek word which means a house or household. In the time of the Old Testament Oikos referred to all persons in the family including children. This word points us to the Domestic Church.

Oikos is a key to the understanding of the development of the concept of the domestic church. The Early Church understood the family as the domestic church; the life of the Early Church happened in house churches. It was by the Second Vatican Council that the understanding of the family was renewed and deepened and the Church came to define the family as the domestic church.

Oikos seeks to help married couples to grow in love for each other. Only when husband and wife are committed to cultivating their love for each other in the Lord, the family can flourish as a community of faith, hope and charity. This is what it means to be the Domestic Church.

Oikos will seek to provide ongoing formation for couples and families through the following:

• Small group sharing: couples meetings, Men’s and women’s meetings
We want to build communion intentionally. Contact us if you want to be part of a small sharing group.
• Oikos evening : monthly meetings for praise, worship, formation and fellowship
• Oikos retreats/ formation events
• Leadership development events