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Catholic Date Ideas: October's Challenge is Go on a Double Date

Writer: Stacy Halbach
Stacy Halbach
2 hours ago
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Healthy Catholic Marriages have frequent dates!

Research shows, married couples who regularly date, are less likely to consider divorce, more likely to have more romance and report better sex lives, communicate better, and enjoy marriage more! So we have decided to challenge you to AT LEAST one date a month! Need some ideas? Keep reading!





October's Date Night Ideas will focus on Building Catholic Community

As we gear up for Halloween on Oct 31 and All Saints day on Nov 1st, we will dedicate this month of October to getting to know our Catholic community better, both in heaven and on earth! One of the ways you can build community on earth is to ask another couple out for a double date and pay for their dinner! It's a way to show God's generosity, too!


Catholic Date Night Ideas Double Date Edition

  1. Ask another couple you've been wanting to know better out for dinner! Or simply ask some good friends.

  2. If you chose new friends, consider asking these questions:

    1. How did you two meet?

    2. What are some of the bigger challenges you face as parents?

    3. Any fun family vacations coming up?

    4. How do you like __________________ (church community you met them at, school, etc)

  3. If you chose good friends, consider these questions for discussion: Over dinner, each couple takes turns answering one question:

    1. Marriage: What's something your spouse has done recently that made you grateful for them?

    2. Family: What's one thing you hope your children remember about your family?

    3. Faith: Where have you seen God working in your marriage lately?

    4. Future: What's something fun you'd love to do together in the next year?

  4. Pick up the tab! Reguardless of the night, pick up the tab and show God's generosity!


Open Date with Monthly Check In Questions

On the way home from dinner, be sure to do monthly check in questions with your spouse:


  • Have you felt loved by me over this last month? Why or why not?

  • What can I do to love you better? (See another month's challenge about Love Languages!)

  • Do you have any prayer intentions I could pray for over the next month?

  • What has been your favorite memory or thing that happened over the last month?

  • What was the worst thing?

  • What is one thing you are looking forward to in the coming month?


Before the date ends, be sure to schedule your next date night together!


We pray you fall deeper in love with your spouse this month and enjoy this intentional time together!


Want more Support for Catholic Marriage?

Wondering How to pray with your spouse? Check out this eBook, How to Create a Prayer Routine as Husband and Wife to help you and your spouse either refresh your current prayer life or to jump start a customized prayer routine together!


How to Pray for Your Marriage using the Luminous Mysteries : this free eBook download is great for husband and wife to reflect on the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary and how they relate to Marriage, guiding you to pray for your marriage as you pray them!


We challenge you to a date each month with our date night challenge! Looking for a date night in? Check out the Catholic Family Movie Night discussion prompts for the movie Groundhog Day!


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