Why
The True Love That Lasts Journey
Pope Francis’s Concern & Challenge
Bishop Caggiano’s Challenges
Benefits
• You Can Expect
• Your Parish Can Expect
• Your Arch/Diocese Can Expect
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Pope Francis’s Concern
"Don't they (the media) realize that the
family, all over the world is in crisis?
And the family is the basis of society?
Don't they realize that young people
don't want to get married?"
Pope Francis’s Challenge
• Divorce rate close to 50% -- Many more unhappy marriage
• More happily married couples = more young want to marry
A Threefold Challenge Challenge
1. A solid definition of love
2. A QEP solution simple enough to work worldwide
3. A solution that starts immediately and lasts a lifetime
A Solid Definition of Love
Five difficulties we need to clarify
1. What is Love?
2. What is True Love That Lasts?
3. Can you intentionally grow True Love That Lasts?
4. Can you intentionally grow True Love That Lasts even a little each daily?
5. Can you learn to share with the one you love what you really want:
- without getting angry
- so you not only don't hurt the relationship
- but even build the relationship
No better authority than Pope Benedict XVI
Deus Caritas Est (God is love)
Lenten letter 2007
Photo: "Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Square, Rome (2007)" by Marek Koniowski (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Marek69)
A Solution Simple Enough to Work Worldwide
Needed: a worldwide solution for a worldwide problem that is QEP+
• Quick-to-learn
• Easy-to-work
• Proven-to-work
• Can be used 24/7
• No matter what culture
• No matter how long or short you have been dating or married.
A huge amount to ask!
Another Worldwide Problem
How to get the most from your time, life and career
Working with leaders in 160 Fortune 500 Companies
• The key is as powerful as it is simple
• It all depends on the questions you ask yourself
(Details in international best seller: Aligned Thinking by Jim Steffen)
The Secret of Growing True Love That Lasts
How a single question a day can help you enjoy and love your spouse more for a lifetime—starting immediately
Another Challenge : A Single Question is Too Simple
• Participants in Aligned Thinking never doubted its life-changing simplicity
• Consider this analogy - to drive your car to someplace, you need:
- A motor
- A seat
- Wheels
- Where do you put your hands - on the steering wheel
• Questions are the steering wheel of the mind
• Choice: In most relationship, challenging situations arise over time
- Guided by the feelings of the moment
Vs
- Guided by a Single Question a day built on People Benedict's definition of love
• Expected results
A Single question a day has guided dating couples to couples happily
married 57 years to grow a little each day
3. A Solution that Starts Immediately and Lasts a Lifetime
• We thought......Wrong!!!
• Need: the habit of asking the question-of-the day
• Resources you’ll receive to build the habit
- The book and Habit Builder workbook
(available at https://bit.ly/truelovekit. )
- Internet guide - to help individual or couples
- Partner Couple – synergist 1 + 1 > 3
- Six-week webinar
- Internet guide to Certified Coaches
- Weekly video-follow up series
A Threefold Challenge | A Threefold Solution |
| 1. A solid definition of love | 1. Pope Benedict’s God Is Love |
| 2. A solution simple enough to work worldwide | 2. The Steering Wheel of the mind A simple daily question |
| 3. A solution that starts immediately and lasts a lifetime | 3. Build the question-a-day habit using the 6 resources above |
To Join a future True Love That Lasts Webinar
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To Hear the Pope Francis Actions and the True Love That Lasts Journey
2018 Synod Marriage, Family and Youth
• Inviting world leaders to help solve this world crisis
• One of only five U.S. bishops invited was Bridgeport CT Bishop Caggiano Bishop
• Just before he left for the Synod, he discovered our book
The Bishop was Intrigued
1. It is solidly grounded
2. Uses the steering wheel of the mind
3. The benefits last a lifetime
• One of only five U.S. bishops invited was Bridgeport CT Bishop Caggiano Bishop
• He took a copy for the Pope and one for use at the Synod
Bishop Caggiano’s Challenge
• Dr. Patrick Donoven, Executive Director, Institute for Catholic Formation
• Dr. Jim Steffen
• Put this threefold solution in video and webinar form
Pope's Words and Bishop's Invitation
"Pope Francis is clear; marriage cannot be improvised. A good marriage takes commitment and hard work."
"In their book, Jim and Carol Steffen outline a very simple recipe for a strong, healthy marriage. By asking one question a day, husbands and wives can work together to build a relationship that endures.
"I invite couples of all ages and experience to take up
Jim and Carol’s challenge of growing true love that lasts using
the one question a day."
New Directory for Catechesis 2020
Paragraph 232a emphasized not to focus on just marriage preparation
A marriage relationship is a living thing.
Like all living things, if it's not growing, it's dying!
The focus should be on lifetime formation and growth.
Executive Director Donovan: The book is very timely because it’s a proven method to implement the New Directory – growing in the enjoyment and love of your spouse a little bit each day, for a lifetime.
Benefits You Can Expect
1. It is possible to grow True Love a little each day with a single question a day.
2. The ability to tell their spouse what they REALLY want was worth the entire webinar.
3. Considering God as their Loving Partner to optimize their marital success.
Request: Don’t take our word for it! Read the Fairfield County Catholic: https://truelovethatlasts.us/TrueLove-webinar.pdf
Where Do You See Yourself?
Thinking of Marriage or Just Married
Happily Married
Unhappily Married
Divorced
What you can expect if you’re in any one of these groups: https://TrueLoveThatLasts.us/freeflyer.html
Benefits Your Parish Can Expect
• Goal — a True Love That Lasts Team in each parish
• QEP (Quick-to-learn, Easy-to-use, Proven-to-work) process to help each of the above four groups
• Diocesan Institute for Catholic Formation;s commitment — create a parish guide for True Love That Lasts Teams – guide completed and available: coach.html
Diocese of Bridgeport, CT website— Each of the above groups is related to the True Love That Lasts Journey — read more: https://formationreimagined.org/true-love-that-lasts-full.
For help developing your own True Love That Lasts Team contact Dr. Jim Steffen
JimSteffen@TrueLoveThatLasts.us • 203-740-8400
Benefits Your Arch/Diocese Can Expect
Fact: Pope Francis is asking for help.
Fact: Almost 50% of those married today, will be divorced in some tomorrow.
Fact: There are probably members of each of the above four groups in every one of your parishes.
Fact: If you’re like most Marriage, Family and Youth Organizations, resources are limited.
Invitation: Join the True Love That Lasts Journey
• We are committed to sharing insights and resources
• to increase marital happiness and reduce divorce
• We would appreciate the advantage of your advice and experience
How to Begin
• Participate in the next webinar - detail below
• Invite several key couples to join you
Example of Strength In Numbers
Chris Rada of Brooklyn — invites all recently married
203-740-8400
PO Box 36, Gaylordsville, CT 06755