Domestic Church, a lay movement which started in Poland with the help and support of St. John Paul II, provides life-long formation for Sacramentally married couples for growing in holiness together as a couple. The goal is to provide access to the rich spiritual tradition of the Church in ways that are specific to the married state. Domestic Church provides couples with formation for taking advantage of the basic spiritual practices that married people expect to be able to accomplish on a daily basis but rarely find the time to, like couple prayer, praying with Scripture, family prayer, individual prayer, meaningful dialogue with their spouses, etc. So, though these are nothing new, couples who desire to be companions on the spiritual journey often find it more difficult than they initially expect and appreciate the solid help taken directly from the teachings of the Church.

Couples who choose to take advantage of Domestic Church attend an introductory retreat, then join a circle of 4-7 couples and a priest. They meet once a month with their circle in the homes of the couples to pray, discuss the fruits and difficulties of their spiritual journey, and go over new formation materials.  

There are currently more than 100 couples involved in Domestic Church in Louisiana, which is the first English-speaking Domestic Church community in the world, though there are close to 20,000 couples in other countries who have enjoyed the beautiful fruits of the movement in their marriage for more than 40 years.