Catholic Home Altar

National Catholic Register: Home Altars Put God in His Place (of Honor)

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National Catholic Register: The Domestic Church in Quarantine Makes Good Use of Home Altars

Prayerful spaces aid Catholic families at this time. Families across the country decorate dedicated spaces in their homes to gather their domestic churches for prayer, including the Andersons in North ...

National Catholic Register: Build a Sacred Space in Your Home This Lent

NOLA.com: Little altars everywhere: In a busy world, home shrines allow space for reflection

Little altars everywhere: In a busy world, home shrines allow space for reflection

At the front of the church, altar servers move quietly through one of the most sacred parts of the Catholic Mass. They carry candles, hold the cross, ring bells and ...

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NOLA.com: Metairie's St. Angela Merici's Catholic School builds St. Joseph's altar cookie by cookie

When Clara O'Sullivan began teaching fourth grade at St. Angela Merici Catholic School in 2001, one of the first things she did was ask for a St. Joseph's altar. "The St. Joseph's altar is an ...

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Metairie's St. Angela Merici's Catholic School builds St. Joseph's altar cookie by cookie

Fox News: Virginia bishop says altar desecration is latest in ‘increasing global trend of attacks' on Catholic Church

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A Virginia Catholic bishop says the desecration of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday points to a larger worldwide trend of attacks against Catholics. "What took place at Saint Peter’s ...

Virginia bishop says altar desecration is latest in ‘increasing global trend of attacks' on Catholic Church

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As soon as she was old enough, third-grader Ellen Clarke joined the first wave of girl altar servers, helping break up a club reserved for Roman Catholic boys for centuries. Seven years later, the ...