Latest News

Domestic Church

The Liturgy of Domestic Church Life

Dr. Greg Popcak Comments Off on The Liturgy of Domestic Church Life

If the Church learned anything from its experience of the pandemic, it’s that Catholics struggle to live their faith in the home and that we need to think differently about the role of the domestic church in the life of the Church. As Cardinal Mario Grech, the general secretary of the Synod of Bishops in Read More

Family Visits

Father Michael Ackerman Comments Off on Family Visits

Home visits are some of my favorite aspects of priestly ministry. Visiting parishioners on their own turf offers a new perspective and insight into their lives, and also many memorable moments. Once a family invited me for a Fourth of July picnic, and although they told me to arrive at 4 p.m., they obviously were Read More

Graces Flow through Interactions with the Homebound

Father David J. Bonnar 1

There is an abundance of graces that come every day with being a parish priest. Many of these flow from interactions with the faithful who, time and again, do more for my faith than I can ever do for theirs. For example, I find great strength in the people who come to holy Mass every Read More

Why Building the Domestic Church Matters

Father Robert Hater Comments Off on Why Building the Domestic Church Matters

A priest should remind families that they are the pathway to God Read More