Testimonies

After making some wonderful discoveries at the World Youth Days in Portugal, among thousands of young people, Lisa, who has been in charge of communications at CANA for a year, joined the CANA Week this summer at the Dombes Abbey (France). She tells us about her experience at the heart of all these couples.

Joy, fraternal life, unity, weaknesses, the CANA fraternity in the Czech Republic is experiencing an extraordinary season. Saying "yes" to this great work of God, Marek & Helena share what allows God's love to flow through the national team to the whole fraternity.

Reconciling equality and difference between women and men in the age of gender? For Catherine Denis, a mother and professor of moral theology, this is the great challenge of today, since the questioning raised by the relevant distinction between sex and gender in the 1950s in the United States.

After a difficult period, Francisco & Claire discovered that married life can be enjoyed to the full, and that the better their marriage, the better their children! Together, they say "yes" to what God has sown in their hearts.

We are happy to share with you a Love Letter to CANA, from the perspective of a servant! It comes from the United States and is signed by Debbie GISH who, with her husband Dale, are leading CANA in California.

Hervé & Cécile celebrate 25 years of marriage. During a Eucharist, they use their sense of humour to share how CANA has taught them how to walk together, even though they are so different and no one had told them what they were committing themselves to!

On the eve of Pentecost, Wilfried & Rose Adrienne KOUNDE, leaders of CANA in Senegal, recall how the “wonderful Holy Spirit” has guided them from the time they met until now, and how He always brings them back on the right path.

In Berlin Justine and Jan answer questions from Markus and Natalie about how their relationship has evolved over almost 20 years to adjust to each other's expectations and cultures.

United by a deep common faith, Susan & Emmanuel share through their experience as an interdenominational couple how they discover a source of spiritual treasures.

Setske and Oliver, a Roman Catholic and Lutheran-Catholic couple, discover how to journey together despite their differences and what they wish to give their children.