Sts. Louis and Zelie Martin Domestic Church

Domus Christiani is an auxiliary work of the sanctification of the family.

It is neither a movement, nor a party, nor a club. Its activities are not first external. Domus Christiani is rooted in everyday life. It is an auxiliary work because its purpose is to help families in the natural and permanent exercise of Christian life. Domus Christiani, through his organization, his rule, his "state of mind", is based on Christian charity and friendship.
 

A work of support and reinforcement, Domus helps families to meet their vocation, to fulfill their state duties in their own environment. Domus Christiani is a work of married lay people. It is addressed to Catholic homes or wishing to become Catholic. It is a Catholic work of families at the service of families. However, Domus Christiani's final cause is not the family, it is the salvation of souls. Indeed, the family is not an end in itself but a state, a means of sanctification. The basic cell of Domus Christiani is the group of households. A natural gathering of several families with the same desire to be sanctified, Domus Christiani relies on three pillars to help families sanctify themselves:

1. The deepening of inner life

https://www.domuschristiani.fr/notre-oeuvre/lapprofondissement-de-la-vie-interieure/. (translate in web browser into preferred language)

2. Mutual assistance and fraternal charity

https://www.domuschristiani.fr/notre-oeuvre/lentraide-mutuelle-et-la-charite-fraternelle/. (translate in web browser into preferred language)

3. Missionary spirit and influence

https://www.domuschristiani.fr/notre-oeuvre/lesprit-missionnaire-et-le-rayonnement/. (translate in web browser into preferred language)

 

Life of the work

The group meets once a month at one of the households.

The group meeting has four highlights:

• A meal around a table that gives the opportunity to exchange and get to know each other better, so to help each other,
• A comment by a focus on one of the points of the Rule of Life and exchanges to make progress on this point,
• A presentation by a home on a subject related to the theme of the year,
• A time of prayer under the leadership of the Spiritual Counsellor Priest.

Each year, the annual gathering for:

• Exchange on the life of the work,
• Deepen the DOMUS pedagogy,
• Training on the theme of the year,
• Get to know each other and strengthen Christian friendship.

Other activities: gathering of families, pilgrimages, conferences, family retreats.

Households receive three times a year the Letter from Domus Christiani which deepens the theme of the year, marital and family spirituality and the education of children.