What is the Domestic Church?
What is the Domestic Church?
Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, shares the Church’s teaching on "Domestic Church", a little-known term but is of extreme importance: so much so, that if we lose it, society will cease to exist! Discover an unbelievable example of a town who's inhabitants live out the essence of the Domestic Church in their everyday lives, and what the Domestic Church means for Catholics.
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