tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364129989911522595.post4854750635809293339..comments2023-05-13T06:01:07.838-05:00Comments on Crowley Coupledom: Catholic 20-Somethings Ministry = CupidJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08431313973198833457noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364129989911522595.post-66542618282726530512010-05-24T07:38:01.150-05:002010-05-24T07:38:01.150-05:00Wow, thanks for sharing, Will! Sounds like I migh...Wow, thanks for sharing, Will! Sounds like I might have to check out that book. Praying for you and Kimberly! God is so good.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431313973198833457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364129989911522595.post-19810628923504029932010-05-21T15:23:32.265-05:002010-05-21T15:23:32.265-05:00Jen, I happened just to stumble upon this now and ...Jen, I happened just to stumble upon this now and figured I'd add something...<br /><br />The 20-Somethings was the first time I've ever entered a new group of people and voluntarily<br /> said to myself before i showed up (and was mentally able to do it) that "I'm not coming here with the intention of looking for someone"...and it was such a liberating feeling with that in mind...a no-pressure environment....and it surpassed all my expectations...I loved everyone i met, including my future wife (who knew that was going to happen?? haha)...and couldn't wait to see them all again...it was a breath of much needed fresh air!<br /><br />Last year I was reading Witness to Hope, the biography of Pope John Paul II (I don't know if you've read it or not - either way, a great book) and during a part about a group, the Srodowisko, he started for Catholics in their early 20s while he was a parish priest in Poland in the 1960s...i couldn't stop drawing paralells between them and the 20-somethings....a group of Catholics who could come together and pray together, do works of charity together, vacation together, talk about anything openly...a free thinking group of people who combined all their interests and passions...and as it may be, an unintended consequence...many of the men and women who were a part of Srokowisko eventually fell in love, married, and now have families and grandchildren and great-grandchildren...<br /><br />It's amazing how God's love works through us and can affect so many people!<br /><br />-WillWill Costellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14003571450739680331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364129989911522595.post-19762304734360924682010-04-26T10:13:04.076-05:002010-04-26T10:13:04.076-05:00And now John and Stefanie, and Valerie and Eldridg...And now John and Stefanie, and Valerie and Eldridge!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431313973198833457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364129989911522595.post-10331199401843223222010-04-22T22:43:30.508-05:002010-04-22T22:43:30.508-05:00Add Andrew and Becky to the list ;)Add Andrew and Becky to the list ;)Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08684715025875664173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364129989911522595.post-78106906830990680202010-03-07T01:43:39.194-06:002010-03-07T01:43:39.194-06:00Jen, this is beautiful. and a very true depiction ...Jen, this is beautiful. and a very true depiction of what all God can do with one ministry! :D<br />-Trey!Trey Angehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13904097646715702575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6364129989911522595.post-49117280317721317722010-03-05T11:55:25.878-06:002010-03-05T11:55:25.878-06:00It is pretty awesome that the central part of this...It is pretty awesome that the central part of this relationships though was formed around a common faith. After all marriage does take three!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08432188518765191078noreply@blogger.com