On August 3, 2014, the Reverend Mario Beccar Varela, E.P., celebrated the closing Mass for the retreat of the local chapter of the Movimiento Familiar Cristiano Catolico at the retreat center operated by the Carmelitas Misioneras de Sta. Teresa in Houston, Texas.  Twenty-two couples participated in the weekend retreat which was an occasion of many blessings and much spiritual growth.  The individual couples were able to renew and deepen that mutual commitment which they first made to each other when they exchanged their wedding vows.  This most intimate of friendships is above all expressed in the commitment to seek each others sanctification.