Imagine, if you will...

Imagine walking into Mass and recognizing most of the faces around you — not because you pass each other in the parking lot, but because you’ve shared meals, prayed in homes, and carried one another’s burdens throughout the week. The parish isn’t just a crowd; it feels like a family.

Imagine priests no longer stretched to the breaking point, because they’re surrounded by lay people who are formed, alive, and carrying the mission with them. Instead of running programs to plug leaks in a sinking ship, they get to shepherd a flock that knows how to live the faith together and radiate it outward.

Imagine families who don’t feel alone in raising their kids Catholic, but who know their children are growing up within a whole network of faith-filled households. Imagine young adults who find not only friends but brothers and sisters who sharpen their faith and call them higher.

And imagine what the world would see if this became normal again — not an institution limping along with declining numbers, but a people visibly alive with the joy of the Gospel. That is the vision: communion lived so deeply that it renews our parishes, heals our wounds, and makes Christ present in the world.