For Immediate Release
Contact: Deacon Michael Halbrook | Founder, Domus Formation | michael@wearedomus.com | 618-616-6587 | wearedomus.com
Catholic Media Company Domus Formation Serves Households with Daily Prayer Shaped for Real Life
Founded by permanent deacon and former Adobe director, the platform reaches Catholic families, men, women, elders, young adults, teens, and Spanish-speaking households with daily reflections grounded in the liturgical calendar.
GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS - Domus Formation, a Catholic media company founded on the conviction that the domestic church is where formation takes root, is serving Catholic households across the country with daily prayer reflections shaped for different states of life and delivered through the web, email, mobile apps, and audio.
Founded by Deacon Michael Halbrook, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois and a thirty-year veteran of media, marketing, and technology leadership, Domus Formation offers a simple daily prayer companion built around the household. Every morning, subscribers receive a short reflection grounded in the Mass readings and the liturgical calendar - the same prayer of the Church, shaped for whoever is praying it.
"Domus is built around one conviction," Deacon Halbrook said. "The domestic church, the household, is where formation actually takes root. Everything we do is designed to help Catholic households pray daily with the Church, in a way that's faithful to the liturgy and realistic for ordinary life."
The platform organizes content into properties tailored to different states of life. Hearth & Altar serves families with children at home. Iron & Altar is for men. Vessel & Altar is for women. Eventide & Altar accompanies elders. Ostium Catholic reaches young adults. Young Disciples serves teens. Spanish-language equivalents, Hogar y Altar and Ocaso y Altar, extend the reach of the domestic church to Spanish-speaking households.
A household subscription covers up to six family members for $50 a year, with a free 7-day trial available at WeAreDomus.com.
Simple on Purpose
Domus Formation deliberately takes a different approach from other Catholic apps that offer extensive content libraries.
"A lot of people have downloaded beautiful Catholic apps and then quietly stopped using them because the menu was longer than the prayer," Deacon Halbrook said. "We wanted to do the opposite. You open Domus and there's one track of prayer for today. The Church has already given us the readings, the feasts, the seasons. We just walk with her, day by day."
Iron & Altar, Vessel & Altar, and Young Disciples also include companion discussion guides designed for use in men's groups, women's groups, and teen small groups or "houses" in Catholic high schools.
Domus Formation additionally operates Deacon Life, a free online community for permanent deacons, and Parish Prayers, which provides universal prayer and liturgical resources for clergy and parish staff.
Rooted in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Deacon Halbrook, who was ordained to the permanent diaconate in June 2021, serves at St. Elizabeth Parish in Granite City, Illinois. He spent nearly eighteen years at Adobe, most recently as Director of Adobe on Adobe Consulting, before leaving in May 2026 to focus full-time on Catholic media and formation work.
"I was doing two full things at once for years - a demanding corporate career and vocations both as a husband and father and as a deacon," Deacon Halbrook said. "There was a growing sense that the Lord was calling me to build something in the second half of life that the first half couldn't hold."
On Christ the King Sunday of 2025, following a novena, Deacon Halbrook consecrated all of his work - every business, every project, every effort - to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Domus Formation is the shape that work has taken.
Deacon Halbrook is married to Suzanne, and they are parents to four sons.
About Domus Formation
Domus Formation is a Catholic media company producing daily prayer reflections and formation content for households across states of life and in both English and Spanish. Its properties include Hearth & Altar, Iron & Altar, Vessel & Altar, Eventide & Altar, Ostium Catholic, Young Disciples, Hogar y Altar, and Ocaso y Altar, along with Deacon Life for permanent deacons and Parish Prayers for clergy and parish staff. All content is faithful to the teaching of the Catholic Church and grounded in the liturgical calendar. Domus Formation is based in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois and available to households everywhere.
To subscribe or learn more, visit WeAreDomus.com.
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Media inquiries: Deacon Michael Halbrook, michael@wearedomus.com, 618-616-6587