We are different travelers at different places along the route,
​all headed for the same summit: Jesus Christ.

Faith exploration is a life long journey. 
Use the videos and other resources below to help guide you and encourage you.  
Take it at your own pace. 
If you need to take small steps, keep moving. 
If you want to radically make a change in your life, God bless you. 
We each have our own path to take. 
Vaya con Dios! 

Pope Francis launched the Year of the Amoris Laetitia Family, that will conclude on June 26, 2022, during the X Meeting of Families in Rome with the Holy Father.
Bishop Ed explains working together as parish family, a family of families.
The Catholic Church teaches that family is important. What if my family isn't ideal or perfect? Bishop Don shares some great overviews on how virtually anyone can enjoy a happy home life. 
In the Catholic tradition, the family holds a special place--especially in the formation of faith. So important, in fact, that it is called "the domestic church." This video invites parents to reflect on being the church in the world and what that might look like within their family.
What is the domestic church.  How parents can embrace their role as the primary witnesses to their children.
Ave Explores: Catholic Family Life
     Families of all sizes and types make up the backbone, not only of society but also the Church. The term “domestic church” dates back to the first century and relates to the home—the place where Catholics first learn about the faith and how to be a witness to God’s love.
     Ave Explores: Catholic Family Life celebrates the beautiful diversity of families and their role in the Church. From singles to couples with many children and from priests and religious to grandparents and grandchildren, you learn how each family is called to holiness and to share their faith with the world.
Explore the 4 weeks of podcasts, videos and articles:
  • What is the Catholic Family?
  • Striving to Be a Holy Family
  • When Family Life is Unexpectedly Different
  • The Catholic Family in the World
Advice from Pope Francis for families:
click here to see a video from Pope Francis on 'family spirit' from the Catholic News Service
Explore the links to the playlists and resources for our Seasons of Faith topics currently being offered but clicking on the buttons below.
Each season begins as a clean slate.  Content is added as we begin and journey through each season.
Family Love:
Vocation and Path to Holiness

Heavenly Father,
We come before You to praise
You and to thank You for the great gift of the family.
We pray to You for all families consecrated by the Sacrament of Matrimony.
May they rediscover each day the graces they have received,
and as small domestic churches,
may they know how to witness to Your presence and to the love with which Christ loves the Church.
We pray to You for all families faced with difficulty and suffering
caused by illness or circumstances of which only You know.
Sustain them and make them aware
of the path to holiness upon which You call them,
so that they might experience Your infinite mercy
and find new ways to grow in love.
We pray to You for children and young people.
May they encounter You and respond joyfully to the vocation You have in mind for them.
We pray for their parents and grandparents.
May they be aware that they are signs of the fatherhood and motherhood of God
in caring for the children who, in body and spirit,
You entrust to them, as well as in the experience of fraternity
that the family can give to the world.
Lord, grant that each family
might live their specific vocation to holiness in the Church
as a call to become missionary disciples,
in the service of life and peace,
in communion with our priests, religious, and all vocations in the Church.
Bless the World Meeting of Families in Rome.
Amen.
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(Prayer for the X World Meeting of Families
ROME, 22-26 June 2022)
Rediscover 2 of our previous, most requested gatherings: 
Making Choices that Witness - the 8th Commandment, having civil discourse, speaking up for injustice and racism in the church.​
​Lifted by Science - science and the Catholic Church, a rich history.