Community

Mending Hearts Academy (MHA) is excited to announce its inaugural community project, the Marriage Retreat: Joy in the City (Mr. Jic). This initiative aims to foster healthy relationships and family environments. Mr. Jic is a free marriage retreat designed for five selected low-income couples living near Baltimore City.

Purposes:

Giving Back

MHA has received many blessings over the past twenty-five years. Mr. Jic embodies MHA’s mission to give back to the community in need.

Resting Space

MHA acknowledges the challenges faced by couples, especially those in low-income families. Join us for a two-day retreat with no obligations!

Creating a Community

MHA believes in creating a meaningful and focused marriage program rather than offering short-term commercialized marriage workshops and retreats. MHA’s goal is to support a small number of couples who share common social factors and are geographically close to each other, in order to help build a stronger sense of community after the retreat.

Qualifications

  1. Couples must meet the 200% of the 2024 federal poverty level. Please check out the link below https://www.medicaidplanningassistance.org/federal-poverty-guidelines/
  2. Couples must live nearby Baltimore City.
  3. Couples must commit to attend two day retreat program.

Follow-Up Care

  1. Free to Reduced fee- counseling sessions: Each couple will have the opportunity to participate in free to reduced-fee counseling sessions. They will meet with MHA CEO Dr. Chun-Shin Taylor to discuss their counseling needs and may have four to six sessions with licensed counselors and/or coaches.
  2. Alumni discount: All couples are eligible to join a Mr. JIC alumni group and can take part in workshops and other events offered through MHA at a discounted rate.

Speakers

Sex Therapist

Body worker

Religious/Spiritual leader

Marriage counselors and more!

If you are a licensed counselors and certified coaches and want to become your talents/gifts contributor, you sign sign up here: https://forms.gle/BVKgDYwGiB3Z8qwU8

Location & Dates

Dates: Friday October 25, 2024 4pm to Saturday October 26, 2024 5pm (Overnight stay, all meals, and programs are provided.)

Location: Bon Secours Retreat Center

1525 Marriottsville Rd,

Marriottsville, MD 21104 https://bonsecoursrcc.org/

Start Here!

This retreat is filled with fun and therapeutic activities by dedicated professionals, such as a marriage therapist, a sex therapist, a body worker, religious/spiritual leaders, and yoga instructor.