Building Catholic Men
A digital fraternity of Catholic Men striving for excellence in body, mind, and spirit.
Building Catholic Men is an online fraternity of Catholic men committed to daily prayer, growth in virtue, and becoming better husbands, fathers, and priests.
Men were designed by God to be fathers, builders, defenders, and leaders. But to continue growing in virtue and spiritual maturity, we need encouragement, accountability, and challenge from our brothers in the faith.
Come together with your brothers, to pray, share your goals and build new habits, give and receive challenge and accountability, study and seek truth together — and to help each other as brothers to keep our eyes on the cross and to persevere in following and imitating Jesus.
Here's how the fraternity will help you GROW.
1. Daily Encouragement and Accountability
Daily discussion and encouragement through a dedicated Slack channel for the journey of prayer, virtue, and vocation.
Take a break from the noise, drama, politics, and instead a focus with your brothers on the true, good, and beautiful — and the missions God is calling you to in your life.
2. Multiple Weekly Group Calls & Discussions
Weekly schedule of 2-3 whole-fraternity calls to join your brothers for prayer, study, and discussion on the four Pillar Topics:
- Prayer & Virtue
- Marriage & Family
- Work, Finances, & Entrepreneurship
- Health & Fitness
3. Fraternity Squads
Every member of the fraternity has a smaller group of 3-6 men who meet regularly to share and discus problem spots, goals, and habits. This is your chance to DIG DEEP and identify what it will take for you to move forward and become the man God is calling you to be. Furthermore, you can lean on your small group for additional accountability in following through with next steps.
4. Group Challenges
Rally with your brothers to tackle periodic physical, mental, and spiritual challenges programmed to connect with the liturgical seasons of the Church and help you live a more fully engaged Catholic life.
5. Coaching on Prayer, Virtue, and Vocation
@BldgCatholicMen leads periodic cohort courses on various topics related to prayer, virtue, and vocation. Recorded videos and discussion calls on key focal points for Catholic husbands and fathers who are striving to grow in holiness and fidelity to the missions God has given them.
6. Book Club & Reading Plan
Participate in an ongoing book club with your brothers to dive deeper into your faith and help you discover and discern your path forward. Annual fraternity reading plan & weekly opportunities to gather via video-call to read, reflect, and discuss.
7. Growing Library of Tools & Resources
Original content, videos, articles, downloads, and tools created by Building Catholic Men. Additionally, you will find collections of recommended and curated prayers, websites, resources for the journey, as well as an archive of topical discussions so that you can glean wisdom and advice from your brothers.
What sort of man do you want to be?
We are looking for faithful Catholic men who are looking to grow in prayer, virtue, and vocation in the context of a fraternity of their brothers. Men who want to...
Make Prayer & Sacraments the Foundation
We are looking for brothers who are working to make a relationship with Jesus Christ through prayer & the reception of the sacraments of the Church the concrete foundation of their lives.
Build a Rule of Life
We are looking for brothers who are working to develop a consistent and sustainable rule of life that facilitates the commitment to prayer and also builds and maintains radical vocational readiness in all areas of life: prayer, holy study, healthy diet, physical fitness, relationships, and leadership.
Be Faithful and Effective
We are looking for brothers who are discerning their vocation(s) and/or how to live out their vocation(s) more completely. We have been given roles by God that by themselves establish 98% of what the content and direction of our lives should be. We need to be growing in our understanding of our vocations and our fidelity in carrying them out.
Set Goals and Keep Growing
Based on their vocations and roles, we are looking for brothers who are regularly reviewing their lives and setting goals for improvement or initiation of something new.
Lean into Fraternity & Accountability
We are looking for brothers who want to share and discuss their goals, and who want to give and receive mutual challenge, accountability, and encouragement.
We are looking for a band of brothers who wish to make this journey together.
Pursue Holiness. Be a Saint
Finally, we are looking for brothers who are committed to Christ and His Church and to pursing the perfection of charity to which they have been called by God. We are not here to engage in idle chatter about the state of the Catholic Church or ecclesial drama. These are distractions. We are here to live out our Catholicism faithfully and to strive for sainthood.
