VI. The Domestic Church

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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In our own time, in a world often alien and even hostile to faith, believing
families are of primary importance as centers of living, radiant faith. For
this reason the Second Vatican Council, using an ancient expression, calls the
family the Ecclesia domestica.¹⁶⁶ It is in the bosom of the family that
parents are “by word and example . . . the first heralds of the faith with
regard to their children. They should encourage them in the vocation which is
proper to each child, fostering with special care any religious vocation.”¹⁶⁷

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER THREE THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
  - Article 7 THE SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY
    - VI. The Domestic Church

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team