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Pray
Pray Daily
Begin the day with God. Receive His Word. Live IT together.
Personal prayer becomes an ordinary Catholic habit.
See today’s LIVE IT Today
For Pastors & Parish Leaders
Help Sunday become a shared way of life.
LIVE IT helps your people begin the day with God, gather regularly in real Christian community, and carry the life of the Church into friendship, family, work, and invitation.
From Holy Communion to holy community.
Simple. Free to parishes. We help you make it happen.
START THE CONVERSATION I’D LOVE MY PARISH TO SEE THISThe parish opportunity
Make real Christian community part of parish life.
LIT Groups are simple, ongoing Catholic communities where people gather regularly around the Gospel and the life of the Church — to share faith and real life, pray for one another, and live what they receive.
Men · Women · Couples · Young Adults · Teens · Seniors
In homes, around tables, in parish spaces — wherever real relationships can grow. Different people. Different stages of life. One simple Catholic rhythm.
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Gather
Gather Weekly
Gather around the Gospel. Share real life. Pray for one another. Keep walking together.
The LIT Gathering Guide gives ordinary Catholics enough structure to gather meaningfully — without needing an expert teacher or elaborate preparation.
See this week’s LIT Gathering Guide03
Overflow
Overflow
Known by God and known by one another, Catholics begin to welcome, accompany, forgive, encourage, serve, and invite.
The life of Christ carried into marriage, family, friendship, parish, work, and community.
Make LIT Groups a normal part of parish life.
Communion lived
The faith has to reach ordinary life.
What Catholics receive in the Church is meant to become lived communion — at home, in friendship, marriage, suffering, parenting, work, and real decisions.
A LIT Group gives the Gospel somewhere to be shared, prayed, wrestled with, encouraged, and lived together. Relationships deepen. Holiness becomes concrete.
The community of believers was of one heart and mind…
Ancient · enduring
This is how the Church has always lived and grown.
Temple and home. Word and fellowship. Prayer and shared life.
The first Christians did not merely worship beside one another. They belonged to one another. Fr. Michael Scanlan’s renewal at Franciscan University likewise included Households where students knew one another, prayed together, shared life, and formed a recognizably Catholic culture.
This is not another program with an expiration date.
LIVE IT does not ask your parish to replace what it already does well. It helps what your people receive become a way of life.
- Mass →
- daily prayer
- Homily →
- lived conversation
- Retreat →
- continuing friendship
- Formation →
- ongoing companionship
On-ramp · fruit
Simple to begin. Built to continue.
Beginning in 2027, four seven-week Gathering Seasons give pastors, Hosts, and parishioners clear moments to invite people into a LIT Group.
Invite. Gather for seven weeks. Keep walking together if the relationships take root.
Seven weeks is the on-ramp, not the intended lifespan of Christian community.
Gathering Seasons
2027
- WinterJan 24
- SpringApr 11
- SummerJul 11
- FallSep 12
Already gathering? Existing Catholic communities remain themselves and are welcome to use the same LIT Gathering Guide whenever it serves them.
A community worth inviting someone into.
When Catholics genuinely know one another, pray, laugh, suffer, forgive, carry burdens, and live with shared purpose, something becomes visible: a form of life worth joining.
A pastor need not control every group. His blessing, preaching, invitation, and support can help make smaller Christian community simply part of how Catholic life is lived here.
A personal conversation
Let’s strengthen community in your parish.
You do not need a committee or a rollout plan to begin. Start with a conversation.
For pastors & parish leaders
I’m a pastor or parish leader.
Tell us where you are and what you’re hoping to strengthen. We’ll reach out personally.
A personal introduction
I’d love my parish to see this.
Tell us who you’d like to invite. We’ll send a personal note on your behalf, copy you, and let them know you’d love to be part of something like this — and may even be willing to help.
Pray personally.
Belong relationally.
Invite naturally.
From Holy Communion to Holy Community.