Welcome to Catholic Home Decor

THE DOMESTIC CHURCH

After searching for a similar site on-line without success, I decided to start my own blog for Catholics with emphesis on home decorating.  I have a great interest in encouraging the use of decor as a way to express our Catholic Faith.  This was a lost tradition during my childhood but I see a great renewal among my friends.

Catholics have a long tradition of filling their homes with spiritual art and inspiring items.  This serves several purposes:

1.  Catholics believe in sacramentals which are items that remind us of the invisible spiritual reality all around us.  These items "call to mind" what our human nature might tend to forget.  These constant reminders help to renew our faith daily.
2.  Catholics believe that there is a cloud of witnesses with whom we are joined in the Body of Christ.  We are a family. We want images of family members in our homes.  We pray with them each day.  By having images of them in our homes, we are reminded of their spiritual presence. 
3.  Catholics have a long history of beautiful art expressing the richness of the faith.  These include, but are not limited to, masterpieces by famous artists in history as well as unknown artists.
4.  Finally, Catholic art and decorative items teach the faith.  They represent eternal truths.  The faith is not only transmitted by word (written and spoken) but by physical items (statues, crosses, crucifixes, rosaries, paintings, and glass).