The Family Room (The Quest)

Join co-hosts Mari Cleveland from St. Jude the Apostle and John Gordon and Craig Wesemeyer from St. Peter Chanel as they speak with authors, theologians, and local priests and lay leaders to provide your family encouragement, resources, and hope. Enjoy heartfelt stories and engaging conversations with Catholics who are excited to share their life experiences and acquired wisdom to help your family continue to live out your faith with joy.
Protecting and Sustaining Marriage
Apr 5, 2023
Protecting and Sustaining Marriage

Patrick and Sarah Metts, trained counselors


Patrick and Sarah Metts offer their personal insights and professional suggestions for protecting, sustaining, and growing marriages. Their practical tools and real-life experiences are encouraging and easily implementable and can be accessed via their new online resource or live through a variety of offerings.

Patrick is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has a Master’s in Marriage and Family Studies from the John Paul II Institute in Valencia, Spain. He currently works as the Associate Director of the Office of Evangelization and Discipleship in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Patrick also helps with the Tribunal as an expert witness for some of the annulment cases that need a psychological evaluation. Additionally, Patrick has created an online marriage resource called restorecatholicmarriage.com for couples seeking to grow, strengthen, and heal their relationship. Sarah also is trained as a counselor and now homeschools their sons, ages 13 and 9. She has written articles for Catholic Exchange and Catholic News Agency and has just finished her first historical fiction novel. Patrick and Sarah have been married for 15 years as of June 2023.

Resources

  • Learn more about Patrick and Sarah’s marriage initiative, RESTORE. RESTORE offers couples the opportunity to strengthen and improve their relationship through various online opportunities, parish-based workshops/retreats, coaching, and counseling. To contact Patrick and Sarah at RESTORE, email them at: support@restorecatholicmarriage.com
  • To contact Patrick about ministries and services offered through the Archdiocese of Atlanta, please email him at: pmetts@archatl.com.

Prayer for Families – Pope St. John Paul II Lord God, from You every family in Heaven and on earth takes its name. Grant that Your grace may guide the thoughts and actions of husbands and wives for the good of their families and of all the families in the world. Grant that the young may find in the family solid support for their human dignity and for their growth in truth and love. Grant that love, strengthened by the grace of the sacrament of marriage, may prove mightier than all the weaknesses and trials through which our families sometimes pass. We ask this of You, Who is life, truth, and love with the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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