Valentine’s Date Night 2026
With Missionaries of the Holy Spirit in the Family and Fr. Robert Matya
February 15, 2026
The Precious Value of Marriage and Family
Valentine’s Day Catholic Date Night – Sunday Feb. 15
We are thrilled to offer an evening for married couples to gather over a nice meal with great company, and to consider how absolutely essential their vocation is to the home, the church, and the world. This is an opportunity for any couple that would like to spend an evening with other like-minded families who are striving for joyful holiness in the domestic church. (Couples do not need to be part of MHSF to join the gathering.)
Optional Mass at 4:30pm
Formal Dinner at 5:15pm
Presentation at 6pm by Fr. Robert Matya
Optional Discussion time
Everything wrapped up by 7:30pm
Everything wrapped up by 7:30pm
$60 per couple includes: Roast beef or salmon, rosemary potatoes, green bean almondine, salad, red velvet cheese cake, bread, wine
Babysitting and kids food available in Library beginning at 5pm
Babysitting will be provided in the Retreat House library for $5 per child, including games and a movie.
Kids meals for $7 each include: macaroni and cheese, chicken strips, fruit, brownie
Registration required by Monday Feb. 9
Directors
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit in the Family
MHSF is a Catholic apostolate dedicated to igniting holy marriages and reclaiming a new normal for families that will enact real and lasting change in the world. The mission of the MHSF is to answer the call of St. John Paul the Great when he says, “Family, Become who you are.” It is our vision to build up a culture of marriages that are solidified by holy formation, an intentional community, and deep encounter with God, who is perfect familial communion. We are an apostolate devoted to the sanctification of ordinary life in the family, strengthened by the sacrament of…
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MHSF is a Catholic apostolate dedicated to igniting holy marriages and reclaiming a new normal for families that will enact real and lasting change in the world. The mission of the MHSF is to answer the call of St. John Paul the Great when he says, “Family, Become who you are.” It is our vision to build up a culture of marriages that are solidified by holy formation, an intentional community, and deep encounter with God, who is perfect familial communion. We are an apostolate devoted to the sanctification of ordinary life in the family, strengthened by the sacrament of…
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Fr. Robert Matya
Fr. Robert Matya attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was ordained to the priesthood in May 1995 for the Diocese of Lincoln. He served as an assistant pastor and high school teacher at both St. Cecilia’s Parish in Hastings, NE and Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln, NE before coming to the UNL Newman Center in 1998. Father Matya served as campus ministry chaplain at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Vocation Director for the Diocese of Lincoln and chaplain to the Serra Club of Lincoln. In 2023 he became pastor of St. Mary, Ashland and St. Joseph, Greenwood, and is…
Learn more about Fr. Robert Matya
Fr. Robert Matya attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was ordained to the priesthood in May 1995 for the Diocese of Lincoln. He served as an assistant pastor and high school teacher at both St. Cecilia’s Parish in Hastings, NE and Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln, NE before coming to the UNL Newman Center in 1998. Father Matya served as campus ministry chaplain at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Vocation Director for the Diocese of Lincoln and chaplain to the Serra Club of Lincoln. In 2023 he became pastor of St. Mary, Ashland and St. Joseph, Greenwood, and is…
Learn more about Fr. Robert Matya