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In the Diocese of Cloyne, Accord facilitate Marriage Preparation Courses and offer a donation only Marriage Counselling Service.  As part of the diocesan preparations for the World Meeting of Families we are offering an...

You are perhaps now in the home stretch and busily preparing for your dream wedding day. All the to-do lists have been checked and rechecked, but yet a little anxiety remains that you may have overlooked or forgotten something...

Those hectic days of marriage preparation - though vitally important and uplifting – can sometimes distract couples from reflecting on what it might be like for them after they marry. Yet, many couples will by this stage, have...

Many couples preparing for marriage find closeness and intimacy in planning together the endless detail of wedding organisation. The sense of chemistry, magic and goodwill that first attracted them to one another prevails and...

To many people Christmas represents that expressive season of goodwill, relaxation, a time for a little self-indulgence and a time for family. At surface level it appears to be that time of year that people most look forward to....

In preparing for marriage many couples appear to possess an umbilical-like bond of closeness and togetherness. Having developed a shared sense of emotional intimacy they seem equipped to deal with life’s joys and tribulations....

Crises can sometimes bring about unwelcome challenges to the harmony and wellbeing of loving relationships. Even very stable relationships endure painful change that impacts on their outer and inner worlds....

Many couples appear to go through their daily lives untouched and unaffected by crisis and trauma. But the reality is most relationships at one point or another are challenged by the impact of a crisis which has the...