Focus On The Family App, An App For The Catholic Family
by Focus on the Family
Daily encouragement for marriage and parenting.
At a glance
Catholic Score coming soon. How we score apps
The short version
The daily Focus on the Family broadcast offers 30 minutes of practical, faith-grounded help for marriage and parenting. It comes from a non-denominational Christian ministry rather than a Catholic one, but many Catholic families will find it steady encouragement in a hard season.
Worth being upfront about: Focus on the Family isn't a Catholic organization, it's non-denominational Christian. But I haven't found another large media ministry that's as dedicated to helping marriages and families thrive, and that makes this one worth having on a Catholic family's phone too. The app centers on the daily half-hour broadcast, which has been running for over 40 years, and it holds up: practical, faith-grounded advice on parenting and marriage rather than vague inspirational filler. What's grown since it started in the US is the reach; Focus on the Family content now extends into Canada and beyond, so it's less US-only than it used to be. At 4.2 stars from 257 ratings, it's solidly reliable rather than flashy. For the Catholic families I know who are white-knuckling their way through a rough parenting stretch or a hard season in a marriage, having a daily 30 minutes of grounded encouragement queued up is genuinely useful, denominational differences aside.
Details
