How is a Team Formed?

Step One:
Interested couples are invited to an information meeting to learn about the Teams of Our Lady Movement by a trained Information Couple. The purpose of this meeting is to give the interested couple an overview of the Teams Movement, its riches and commitments. This information meeting usually takes 30-45 minutes with time for questions afterward. At the completion of the meeting, the couple is asked to go home and prayerfully consider whether or not they would like to join a Team. The Information Couple will contact them in about a week or they can contact the Information Couple to advise of the result of their prayer and discernment.

If they would like to try Teams, they will be assigned to a new team with 5-7 couples and, whenever possible, a Priest Spiritual Counselor. Couples will sometimes be added to an existing team that needs additional couple(s), due to attrition.

Step Two:
When a new team is formed, a Pilot Couple is assigned to the new team and the piloting process begins with the Pilot Couple entering on this journey with the couples. The structure of the meeting and the Endeavors, set forth by the Charter of the Teams of Our Lady, are learned over time, in the team meeting setting. The Pilot Couple is always present to assist the new team in its formation.  At the end of the piloting term, each couple will be asked to make a formal commitment to continue as team members for one year.

Step Three:
At the end of the initial piloting process, there will be a New Teams Welcome Celebration (NTWC). A NTWC is a gathering of newly piloted teams in a region for a day of prayer, presentations, discussions, team building, and celebration.  The outline of the day reviews the pedagogy and charism of the Movement and allows new couples to experience the larger movement and it’s mystique.