This Advent: Want to Grow in Holiness?


Most Catholics genuinely want to grow in holiness — but very few have ever been shown how. They love God, they attend Mass, they try to pray… yet they live with doubts: am I doing this right? should I be seeing more fruit? does holiness actually grow step-by-step? The modern Church is rich in content but poor in formation. We have endless books, podcasts, YouTube channels — but very few structured environments where a soul is actually formed in a serious, ordered way.


Priests and religious receive training within houses of formation — step-by-step instruction in prayer, virtue, the interior life, moral theology, and discernment of spirits. But lay people are largely left to piece together their own spiritual life from scattered talks, internet advice, private devotions, and instinct. The result is sincere faith — without clarity, continuity, or real progress. The Church’s wisdom about grace, the virtues, the theological life, and the stages of growth has been largely forgotten at the level of the laity — and it’s time to recover it.


This Advent, Dr. Matthew DuBroy —  founder of the Aquinas Institute for Christian Perfection and a Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) —  is beginning the first cohort of a year-round “house of formation for the laity”: serious weekly formation, practical help applying the Church’s principles to real life, and one-on-one coaching — not just more content. This is a small group (20 members) of ordinary Catholics who want real growth in the perfection of charity and who want a clear path — not more scattered spiritual “tips”. It’s for those who want to take the call to holiness seriously.

Lot's more info on this extraordinary opportunity here: Aquinas Institute: Grow in Christian Perfection | Aquinas Institute for Christian Perfection


If this resonates, there is a short interest survey to help us understand how we can best support you along your path to sainthood: Short Survey here: https://form.typeform.com/to/Aw9RTb2n



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