Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, is the feast of the Holy Family. Mass reading: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; Colossians ...

God uses sacramental grace to transform one’s messy family life into a sacred place to encounter God’s grace in everyday life ...

Since the early days of Christianity, the idea of a “domestic church” has been common. Pope St. John Paul II, in his 1994 Letter to Families, spoke of it. “The Fathers of the Church,” he wrote, “in ...

Did you know that your home is holy? It might not feel like it sometimes, but similar to the way God transforms common bread and wine into his precious body and blood, God uses sacrament ...

Thirteen years ago, I married Cruz, a beautiful Catholic woman, and we started a new religious order. We call it the Hawrot Family Domestic Church. After saying “I do,” it seemed like no time at all ...

Within the spiritual treasury of the Church, there are countless charisms, schools of spirituality, and methods of prayer. In addition, there are specific servants of prayer. The servants of prayer ...

One of the greatest sins infecting society is domestic violence. Clearly, most in the church are quick to denounce the sin of domestic violence with the understanding that nobody should be unsafe in ...

This Sunday, in Catholic parishes across the country, one in four women sitting in the pews will have experienced severe physical violence in their own homes from their spouses or partners - including ...

Acknowledges domestic abuse exists in the church, "is wrong and must stop" Requires church leaders to follow rigorous protocol in responding to family violence Requires church staff and clergy to ...