& Altar vs Prayer Explorer

& Altar brings daily Catholic prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to every member of your household - with content paths personalized for families, men, women, teens, young adults, elders, and Spanish-speaking Catholic families. Each day begins with Scripture, ends with prayer, and invites you into a small concrete practice for the hours between. All shaped for the state of life you're actually in. DAILY REFLECTIONS Start each day with Scripture-based reflections written for your stage of life and vocation. Each reflection includes the day's readings, a Gospel-centered meditation, a concrete way to live it today, and a closing prayer. EIGHT PRAYER PATHS Choose the formation paths that fit you or your family: - Hearth & Altar - for families with children at home - Iron & Altar - for men - Vessel & Altar - for women - Eventide & Altar - for elders and those in the second half of life - Ostium Catholic - for young adults - Young Disciples - for teens En español: - Hogar y Altar - para familias - Ocaso y Altar - para adultos mayores PATRON SAINTS FOR EACH PATH Every path is paired with a specific patron saint who walks with you as an intercessor. Meet Saint Joseph the Worker in Iron, Saints Louis and Zélie Martin in Hearth, Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati in Ostium, Saint Carlo Acutis in Young Disciples, and more. Ancient Catholic devotion, in the palm of your hand. FAST AND GIVE - THE FULL SPIRITUAL PRACTICE Alongside daily prayer, & Altar now includes Fast and Give - completing the three-fold spiritual practice from Matthew 6. Warm invitations to fast on Fridays, Ember Days, and days the Church has always kept as penitential. Daily invitations to almsgiving that connect to the saints and the liturgical year. Your practice is private to you. FAMILY SHARING One household membership covers up to 6 family members. Each person has their own profile, chooses their own paths, and tracks their own progress. Family features include: - See how your family has been praying this week - Plan and observe feast days together - Share prayer intentions within your family - Keep a family record of shared Catholic formation GROUPS Beyond your household, form and join Groups - voluntary Catholic associations of adult subscribers walking together in prayer. Men's groups, women's groups, parish groups, workplace groups. Each Group chooses its own patron saint from a library of over thirty saints. Iron & Altar and Vessel & Altar Small Groups also access weekly discussion guides directly in the app. MONTHLY PATRONAL LETTER On the first day of each month, receive a personalized letter from Deacon Michael Halbrook with the Church's monthly devotion, upcoming feasts, and a note from each of your patron saints. AUDIO REFLECTIONS Listen to daily reflections when reading isn't an option. Available for select content paths. PARISH COMMUNITIES Your parish may provide free access to & Altar for all parishioners. Enter your parish code during setup to connect. Full access requires a Domus Formation membership. --- From Domus Formation - forming Catholic households, one day at a time. Terms of Use: https://wearedomus.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://wearedomus.com/privacy

Prayer Explorer is a quiet, free companion for Catholic prayer and study. It brings together the day's liturgical calendar, traditional prayers, the Holy Rosary with voice-guided Pray Along, and a public-domain Bible reader. EVERYTHING IS FREE. Every prayer, every mystery, every reading, every feature. No accounts, no ads, no subscription, no tracking. WHAT'S INSIDE • A library of traditional Catholic prayers. Search and favorite. • Praylists: build your own prayer sequences, like three Hail Marys for a personal intention or a custom Stations set. • The Holy Rosary with all four mystery sets. Pray Along mode listens to your voice and gently follows you line by line, so you can pray with your eyes on the page or with them closed. • The Divine Mercy Chaplet, the Angelus, the Memorare, and dozens more. • Today's liturgical day: season, color, rank, feasts, and Holy Days of Obligation. • Daily Mass reading references with a one-tap link to the official USCCB text. • A full liturgical calendar by month, with feasts and color dots. • A Bible reader with public-domain translations (WEB, KJV, Douay-Rheims), text-to-speech, voice picker, line-by-line highlighting, verse favorites, and personal notes. • Reading plans you can track over time. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Favorites, notes, Praylists, and progress all stay on your device. Pray Along processes your voice on the device. Nothing is uploaded. No analytics. No third-party scripts. The Privacy Policy at prayerexplorer.com/privacy lays it out in plain English. PROUD TO PRAY If the app has helped you pray, you can send a small thanksgiving from inside the app. It is entirely optional. Nothing is gated behind it. A Catholic translation note: the in-app Bible uses public-domain translations for study and prayer. The official Lectionary text for Mass is not reproduced. Tap "Open Official Readings" to read it on the USCCB site.