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The Domestic Church

A Minsitry dedicated to bringing the Faithful back into the Church
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Continue the habits of Lent.  Begin or interrupt your day with some guided reflections that will increase your faith and relationship with Christ.

Consider partciipating in regular Novenas.
Consider downloading the Hallow App

Join us the 13th of each month, at 8:30am, at the Fatima Shrine at St. Catharine's in Spring Lake for our monthly Rosary

Good Reads

The Beginning Guide to Roman Catholic Faith
Simple Catholic Truth
My Catholic Life
Catholic Prayer and ReflectionGreat Catechism Primer
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Simple Catholic Truth
My Catholic Life RCIA 
So what can we do? Here is an excellent article: Home is the Cradle of Order. 

A good family resource, blog and podcast: Catholic Sprouts

Here are common Catholic Prayers
Prayer is vital!

Video Resources for answering your questions and your children's:
Catechism: Real and True
Faith and Science: Science Uprising
Faith and Culture Issues: What Would You Say?
Faith, Culture and History Issues: Prager University

For video-based exporations of your faith, try these great resources:
Wildgoose.tv (Free)
Formed.org (Free: Sign up as "Parishioner" and Choose St. Catharine or St. Denis (or your parish)
Ascension Press (Most studies have a small cost)

YOUTUBE CHANNELS 
Ascension Presents
Bishop Barron's Word on Fire
Chris Stefanick Real Life Catholic
Pints with Aquinas
Dynamic Catholic
Father Michael Sliney
Counsel of Trent
Catholic Minute
The Good Catholic
Christopher West (Theology of the Body)
Renewal Ministries (Charismatic)
How to be a Christian
Capturing Christianity

PODCASTS (FOR ALL)
The Bible in a Year
You Were Born for This
They That Hope
Ask Father Josh
The Catholic Patriot
GEARED TO WOMEN
Abiding Together
Girlfriends
GEARED TO MEN
Anchored in Hope
Catholic Men
The Catholic Gentleman

and for a great series on the Life of Christ and Hs Gospel, try, The Chosen

A GREAT PLACE TO START FROM OUR FRIENDS AT FORMED: Faith at Home
Dynamic Catholic is also offering content for free during these troubling times, with programs for the young, the teens, the expectant parents, couples, and more!

Contact us for more information and resources or to just talk!!

Our Church is in Decline
The Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate at Georgetown (CARA) reports that since 2000, 15 million Catholics have left the faith, Religious Ed participation has dropped 25%, Catholic School attendance down 20%, infant Baptisms down 30% and Sacramental marriages down 40%. 
Another study by CARA of 18-25 year-olds revealed that the average age someone reported as when they decided to leave the faith was 13 years old! The main reason they gave: the incompatibility of faith and science, as learned in schools. 
 The Augustine Institute found that of the 1,000,000 Catholics baptized around the year 2000, only 500,000 received Confirmation. 

“Who is going to save the church? Do not look to the priests.
Do not look to the bishops. It’s up to you.”  -  Fulton Sheen

Our culture is dominated by lies and misinformation. It can be difficult to navigate. 

We are in a better position to grow in faith, and defend it, if we have confidence. We encourgae you to take the time to inderstand "the other side" of the argument (AKA, The Truth!)

There are so many resources out thee that are interesting and informative. Try some! 
Want to address science and faith? Try the ideas at Evolution News  and Discovery Institute, or bettter, watch these very inforamative short vieoes at Science Uprising.
How about issues concerning culture and history? Prager University has great 5 minute videos on a variety of topics. 
What Would You Say also has short videos that expalin difficult subjects.
Wallbuilders has many links and resources, including a Youtube Channel, that present TRUE American History.