Family altar

When we got married, one of the first things Tom insisted on was that we create a home altar. I had seen such things at the homes of a few Catholic families we knew, but never really understood how they were "used," or why they had decided to dedicate a specific area of their house for one. I resisted for a while, not wanting to sacrifice any space in our tiny little duplex towards something that I felt we would never actually use. Tom won out in the end, though, and we set up a little…

On that New Year’s Day — the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God — they envisioned family evening prayer and Sunday rosaries in its sun-drenched space. What they couldn’t have foreseen was the role it would play in the midst of a pandemic that would make their own parish temporarily inaccessible, and how that would help bring them closer to each other and their heavenly Father.

🌷 This is a very warm picture of the Holly Family sculpture 🌷With compact size, you can easily display on the car, desk, living room... and be able to pray even on long journeys with God always by your side 🌷 The Figurine will be a beautiful gift for grandparents, relatives. 🌷 The figurine is sculpted by artisans with over 30 years of experience, creating perfect, sharp products, bringing holiness to each work. 🌷 The Statue is carved on Beech wood with a light scent of wood. The wood is…

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How do you set up a Catholic home altar? An important part of the domestic church is creating a place to gather together for daily family prayer.

One evening, just a few weeks ago, my husband was deeply inspired to create a family oratoryand informed me that he had ordered a bronze, Benedictine altar crucifix, an incense boat with a supply of frankincense, an icon for each of our children’s namesakes (baby #7 is on the way), and was on...

Prayer hall

The altar area before the renovations was merely a low ceiling portion flanked by the two room doors.