Reflections & Resources Providing a wide array of prayers and tools for all members of God's family -- especially for Catholics.
Sacramental Marriage Offering ongoing formation to married couples in living out their sacrament so they are a living sign to the world of God's infinite love.
Family Ministry One-to-one mentoring and group programs are offered to support individuals and families in growing closer to each other and to God.

Engaged Couples Assisting a couple to better understand and to fully embrace the positive demands of Sacramental Marriage.
Struggling Couples Helping couples communication so they can recognize and resolve conflicts and improve their relationships.
Separated or Divorced One-to-one mentoring on a "Journey of Hope," to help the separated and divorced with their particular challenges.

What is a Domestic Church?

The term “Domestic Church” refers to the family, the smallest body of gathered believers in Christ. Though recovered only recently, the term dates all the way back to the first century AD. The Greek word ecclesiola referred to “little church.” Our Early Church Fathers understood that the home was fertile ground for discipleship, sanctification, and holiness. Read More...

USCCB Tools for Building
a Domestic Church

- A Lifetime of Experience to the Service of the Family
  
  by RC Impact
  
  Tony and Charisse Rubio, of the Greater Cincinnati area, bring a lifetime of experience to the service of the family through their ministry called Our Domestic Church. CLICK TITLE to read the "RC Impact" story...
  Read More
- Ecclesiology of the Domestic Church: History & Implications
  
  by Charisse Rubio
  
  Graduate thesis showing that Vatican II set in motion new directions which enabled subsequent Church teaching to regard the family as a Domestic Church. In addition to covering its history, normative definitions of key terms and highlights of the most notable new directions are provided. CLICK TITLE to download and read paper.
  Read More
RSS Feed More Posts
I'm Interested in
Learning More

Experience Phenomenal Care and Support

By Catholics

Our team loves the Church. We are a faithful couple who desires to support and inspire married couples and their families. We welcome the opportunity to serve you and your families. Our training and life experiences enable us to deliver on our promise to help you and your family unite and grow in holiness.

For Everyone

We know the blessings (and challenges) of family life. We've been through marriages, births, loss of loved ones through miscarriages, death, divorce and annulment. We've experienced job losses and career changes, broken relationships, reconciliations, major illnesses, conversions, and happy celebrations. We trust in the power of prayer and have faith in God's mercy and love.

Meet Our Team

Tony and Charisse Rubio feel a strong call to build up families in response to our culture, which is tearing down marriage and family values. Their ministry promotes sacramental marriages by offering one-to-one accompaniment for individuals and couples that supports important aspects of marriage building and family unity. They also walk with those who are in struggling relationships by offering emotional / spiritual support and crucial resources, as well as facilitating a journey of renewal after separation and divorce called RESTORED: REVIVING OUR JOY AND HOPE. They are not counselors or therapists, but Catholics with vast life experiences and the availability to accompany and care for families or individuals in the particular challenges and needs related to family life.

USCCB Tools for Building a Domestic Church

Experience Phenomenal Care and Support

USCCB Tools for Building
a Domestic Church