I want to tell you about Domus. What it is, why it exists, and what my family and I are trying to build.
Domus is a Catholic prayer and formation company. We produce daily prayer content for Catholic households, delivered through a mobile app called & Altar, through email, and through our website. We serve families, married couples, men, women, teens, young adults, and elders through eight distinct prayer paths, in English and Spanish. What we make is the fabric of daily Catholic life - Scripture-anchored reflections, practical prayers, small concrete invitations to holiness.
But describing Domus by what it produces misses the point.
The conviction underneath
Domus exists because of a conviction I have carried for a long time and that finally would not let me alone.
The domestic church - your household - is where Catholic formation actually takes root.
Not primarily at the parish. Not primarily at the school. Not primarily at the retreat or the conference or the podcast. The parish is essential. The school matters. The retreat can change a life. But if the household is not the place where the faith is lived, remembered, and passed on day by day, then the parish and the school and the retreat cannot carry the weight alone. And they are not doing it. We know they are not doing it. We are watching a generation lose the faith not because the parish failed but because the household was empty of the practices that make the parish make sense.
I am a permanent deacon in the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois. My wife and I have four sons. For years I watched Catholic families - good ones, faithful ones - struggle to know how to actually pray together, how to observe the liturgical year at their kitchen table, how to make faith the shape of their household rather than a Sunday event.
There are wonderful Catholic prayer apps in the world. I use several of them myself. But almost all of them serve individuals. A subscription belongs to one person. Prayers are private. Formation is parallel - my wife praying her way, me praying my way, our sons praying their way, all separately, in isolation from each other. That is not the domestic church. That is four individuals who happen to live under one roof.
Domus was built for something different. It was built for the family that wants to actually be the domestic church.
What we make
Every day, Domus delivers Scripture-based daily reflections for eight distinct prayer paths, each shaped for a specific state of Catholic life:
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Hearth & Altar for families with children at home
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Iron & Altar for men
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Vessel & Altar for women
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Eventide & Altar for elders and those in the second half of life
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Ostium Catholic for young adults
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Young Disciples for teens And, for Spanish-speaking Catholic families:
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Hogar y Altar para familias
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Ocaso y Altar para adultos mayores Each daily reflection includes the day's Mass readings, a Gospel-centered meditation written for the state of life you are actually in, a concrete way to live it today, and a closing prayer. The whole thing takes about five minutes.
That is the foundation. On top of it, Domus is building:
- Household features - so that families praying different paths can still share formation, observe feast days together, and know each other's spiritual journey
- Named patron saints for each path - traditional Catholic intercession woven into daily practice
- A monthly patronal letter - a personal note from me each month, with the Church's rhythms and a word from your patron saints
- Weekly small group guides for men, women, and teens who want to walk with others in their state of life
- Audio reflections for when reading isn't practical All of it aimed at one goal - helping Catholic households actually live the faith they profess.
Who we are
Domus Formation, Inc. is incorporated as a for-profit Catholic company. That decision was deliberate. We are not a nonprofit chasing donations. We are a business serving subscribers, held accountable to them by the ordinary means of the marketplace. If we do not serve you well, you should not subscribe. If we serve you well, your subscription funds the ongoing work.
I founded Domus and I lead it. I spent thirty years in media, marketing, and technology - most recently eighteen years at Adobe leading a global consulting practice. In May 2026 I left Adobe to build Domus and the other Catholic work I believe I was made for. Our home is in the St. Louis area. My wife and I run the company alongside our family life. My four sons have watched Domus take shape over kitchen conversations for years.
Domus, and every project I have built, is consecrated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I made that consecration on Christ the King Sunday of 2025 after a novena. Every subscriber, every feature, every prayer path, every day of content belongs first to Him.
What you get
When you subscribe to Domus, you receive:
- Daily prayer content for the paths you choose, delivered by app, web, and email
- Audio versions for select paths, for driving or walking or working
- Household features that let up to six family members share one subscription and grow together
- A monthly patronal letter with the Church's rhythms and word from your patron saints
- Access to the growing community of Catholic households making the same daily choice you are An individual membership is $30 per year. A household membership - covering up to six family members - is $50 per year. Both come with a 7-day free trial.
That is genuinely affordable. It is priced to serve Catholic families, not to maximize revenue. What we ask in return is your daily attention - a small, faithful, ordinary practice that shapes your household over time.
The invitation
If any of this resonates - if you want your household to be more than a shelter, if you want the faith to be actually lived in your home rather than merely believed - I invite you to try Domus.
Start with a 7-day free trial at wearedomus.com/start. Choose the path that fits you. Show up daily for a week. See if the practice takes root.
The domestic church grows one household at a time.
In fieri. Ad alta. Deacon Michael Halbrook Founder, Domus Formation