Go Rebuild My Church

God's Plan for Healing Loneliness

This week, Peter and Leslie address the "front-page news" concerning the epidemic of loneliness in America. Loneliness produces mental and emotional problems and even physical problems of heart disease, strokes, dementia, and early death! In the early 1980s, Mother Teresa pointed out that every nation and every culture had its poorest of the poor. She said that in  America, this poverty was loneliness! How prophetic she was. Unfortunately, this poverty of loneliness affects not only those in the culture but also those in our Catholic Church. But Peter and Leslie share that there is Good news: the Lord has an antidote to loneliness. In the Church, God has, since the beginning, built into His People a relational structure, small groups, where we can experience fellowship, friendship, community, brotherhood, and sisterhood! This broadcast will cause us to "step back" and look at this 2,000-year-old emphasis on relationships that the Holy Spirit is again bringing to our attention!

The Catholic Family as the Domestic Church- Part XII

This week, Peter and Leslie come to the twelfth and final broadcast in their series on rebuilding the Catholic Family. In previous broadcasts, they discussed the writings of Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, which laid the foundations for rebuilding the Catholic Family as the domestic church. In this week's broadcast, they share the tools for rebuilding the Catholic family as the domestic church given by the United States Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The Doanes believe this series of broadcasts can become literal "life changers" for the Catholic family. This week, as we look at the tools provided by the US Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Family will become encouraged that they too can become a part of this powerful movement to make their families nothing less than a church, a domestic church. 

The Catholic Family as the Domestic Church- Part XI

This week, Peter and Leslie come to the eleventh of twelve broadcasts in their series on rebuilding the Catholic Family. In previous broadcasts, we discussed the writings of Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, which laid the foundations for rebuilding the Catholic Family as the domestic church. In this week's broadcast, we explore the mother's-critical role of the domestic church. Leslie does a wonderful job tying in the mother's role with our wonderful saint, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. Through their successes and failures, the Doanes focus on the Sacred Scripture and the mother's unique role in the Christian family by examining Proverbs 31. To be a good, godly mother takes tremendous faith, courage, hard work, and humility. In our day and age, the call to be the kind of mother the Lord needs among His People has never been more critical. This broadcast will help the listening mothers find practical ways to fulfill their God-given calling. This broadcast will be an uplifting vision for our listeners!

The Catholic Family as the Domestic Church- Part X

This week, Peter and Leslie continue their series on rebuilding the Catholic Family. In previous broadcasts, we discussed the writings of Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, which laid the foundations for rebuilding the Catholic Family as the domestic church. In this week's broadcast, we explore the father's critical role in the domestic church. Through their successes and failures, the Doanes focus on the Sacred Scripture and the father's unique role in the Christian family. To be a good, godly father takes tremendous faith, courage, hard work, and humility. In our day and age, the call to be the kind of father the Lord needs among His People has never been more critical. This broadcast will help the listening fathers find practical ways to fulfill their God-given calling. 

The Catholic Family as the Domestic Church- Part IX

This week, Peter and Leslie continue their series on rebuilding the Catholic Family. In previous broadcasts, we discussed the writings of Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, which laid the foundations for rebuilding the Catholic Family as the domestic church. This week's broadcast examines the relationship between husband and wife. There is a clear path for married couples to be prepared to build a domestic church in their homes. It starts with each spouse pursuing their relationship with Jesus Christ. Archbishop Charles Chaput, the retired Archbishop of Philadelphia, offered a roadmap for Catholic couples to draw closer to the Lord Jesus and, therefore, to one another! The Doanes, this week, help married couples, either newly married or "veterans," find the secret to a lasting and blessed marriage founded in the Lord Jesus Christ! The Lord's purpose is to rebuild and renew our families!

The Catholic Family as the Domestic Church- Part VIII

This week, Peter and Leslie continue their series on rebuilding the Catholic Family. In previous broadcasts, we have studied the writings of Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who laid the foundations for rebuilding the Catholic family as the domestic church. In this week's broadcast, we will continue to focus on a "solutions-oriented" approach to the family, highlighting six more powerful strategies that can begin to "turn the tide," one family at a time. The Lord's purpose is to rebuild and renew our families! Just as God called Abraham to take his family and go, He also calls us to rebuild our families so that we can hear the call to "go forth and follow Him."

The Catholic Family as the Domestic Church- Part VII

This week, Peter and Leslie continue their series on rebuilding the Family. In previous broadcasts, we have studied the writings of Pope St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, who laid the foundations for rebuilding the Catholic family as the domestic church. In the last broadcast, the Doanes pointed out the latest statistics from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) that show staggering attrition that has taken place surrounding the American Catholic family from 1965 to 2022. This week's broadcast focuses on a "solutions-oriented" approach to the family, highlighting five powerful strategies that can begin to "turn the tide," one family at a time. The Lord's purpose is to rebuild and renew our families!

Rebuilding the Family as the Domestic Church: Part VI

This week, Peter and Leslie continue their series on the family. Pope St. John Paul II not only shared a powerful vision of what the Catholic Family was created to be, but his successor, Benedict XVI, did as well.  He taught us that the family was first and foremost called to be Christocentric, built on the foundation of an encounter with Jesus Christ. At the 7th World Meeting of Families in Milan in 2012, Pope Benedict shared the key elements that created the family as a domestic church. This series is both theological and practical and will stir the hearts and minds of parents to become all that the Lord has in mind so that their family can become a domestic church! If you are just listening for the first time, listen to the previous podcasts on this important topic. It will be a life-changer!

The Catholic family as the Domestic Church- Part V

 This week, Peter and Leslie continue their series on rebuilding and renewing the Catholic family. Over the past 50 years, the Church has experienced a decline in several areas that are connected with the family. The Doanes discuss those statistics not as condemnation but as a wake-up call for all of us. Pope Saint John Paul II and Benedict XVI laid the theological foundations for building the Catholic family as the domestic Church. These statistics that express the present decline will motivate us to lay these foundations and create practical tools to help restore the family.

Rebuilding the Family as the Domestic Church: Part IV

This week, Peter and Leslie continue their new series on the family. Pope St. John Paul II shared a powerful vision of what the Catholic Family was created to be at the very beginning of time. He taught us that the family was indeed the Domestic Church with a mandate to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. Today, amid unprecedented confusion about what the family is to be and do, the Pope has prophetically prepared us to know both the theological and practical foundations for Catholic families precisely so that they can build a lasting legacy. The Doanes have taught about the family's central role in God's purposes for years. Today's broadcast explores how Pope St. John Paul II renews the ancient truth of the "church in miniature."  This series is both theological and practical and will stir the hearts and minds of parents to become all that the Lord has in mind so that their family can become a domestic church!