Serve Marriages. Strengthen Families. Renew Parish Life.
Equipping your parish to grow through the renewal of healthy relationships, marriage, and the family.
Diagnose Real Needs
A Proven Model
Relationship-Centered Evangelization
Faith is lost at home long before it’s lost in the pew.
Across the Church, priests are carrying the weight of family and sacramental needs without the structure, bandwidth, or support they deserve.
74% fewer sacramental marriages*
Rising family fragmentation
Declining Mass attendance
Overextended parish clergy
Young people leaving the faith
But the data is clear: when parishes intentionally disciple marriages and families, faith participation grows — strongly and sustainably.
Communio partners with parishes, dioceses, and church leaders to build a proven, scalable model for evangelizing through marriage formation and family ministry.
Churches Supported
Churches across the country are increasing attendance and building stronger communities.
Dioceses Served
Churches that partner with Communio for 12-23 months are seeing an average growth of 22 percent in Sunday attendance.
Individuals Impacted
Through events, relationship education, and ministry initiatives, 250,000+ have experienced healthier relationships and renewed faith.
A Proven Strategy Restores Families And Grows Churches
Divorce down 24%, attendance +22%, giving +28%
(Jacksonville Case Study)
74% of high-risk marriages improve after Growth Journeys
Partner churches average +24% growth in 12-23 months
31% of singles gain skills for healthy relationship
The Catechumenal Pathway
A Parish-Ready Catechumenal Pathway for Married Life
The Church is calling for a renewed catechumenate for marriage — one that accompanies couples long before and long after the wedding day.
Communio delivers a tested, practical way to implement this vision in every parish or diocese.
Built on:
- Magisterial teaching on marriage and family
- Theology of the Body
- Communio’s national research with Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program
- Proven implementation in Catholic parishes across the country
This pathway strengthens couples, restores family life, and increases long-term participation in parish life.
Here's How It Works
Schedule a Consultation
We wil ll connect, talk through your church's goals, and outline exactly what you can expect in working with Communio.
Get Your Full-Circle Relationship Ministry® Plan
Receive a custom strategic ministry plan and monthly coaching tailored to your church's data, context, and community.
Grow a Stronger, Connected Church
Watch healthy marriages and relationships become the cornerstone of how you engage, grow, and impact your community.
A Game Changer for Our Outreach
Marriage Ministry as Essential to Discipleship
Reaching Families Beyond Our Church Walls
A Proven Strategy for Parish Renewal
Parishes using Communio’s approach see measurable outcomes:
Increased Participation
More families attending Mass, volunteering, and engaging in parish life.
Stronger Marriages & Families
Improved relationship health leads to deeper faith formation.
Sustainable Evangelization
Healthy families naturally draw others into parish community.
Clergy Support
Priests gain the tools, systems, and lay support they need.
As Featured In
“The Final Battle Will Be Over Marriage and the Family.”
— Sr. Lucia of Fatima
The enemy understands what the Church has always taught:
Strong marriages make strong families. Strong families make strong parishes. Strong parishes renew the world.
Communio helps Catholic leaders build a real plan to confront this battle — with hope, formation, and a proven pathway for renewal.
Why
Communio?
Communio is not just a group of church consultants. We're partners in your mission to renew lives, families, and communities.
Here's what sets us apart:
A Focus on What Matters Most
Our approach strengthens marriages and families, leading to deeper engagement, higher attendance, and lasting impact.
Tested & Evidence-Based Strategies
We provide evidence-based strategies that have been proven to grow your church numerically, relationally, and spiritually.
Powerful Data & Outreach Tools
We empower churches with the ability to reach people they could not otherwise with data insights for targeted invitation and world-class marketing & outreach services.
Affordable Cost
Thanks to generous donors, churches pay a fraction of the full cost, making it easier to invest in what truly drives growth.
How Communio Serves You: We Help Churches Build an
Enduring Culture of Relational Health
The Full-Circle Relationship Ministry®
Communio comes alongside your church to help you create a tailor-made ministry strategy and build an enduring culture for family renewal. You’re equipped with tools and resources to provide your people with a biblical vision for healthy marriage, authentic Christian community, and practical relationship skills.
Singles
Focus on community, spiritual
formation, and relationship discernment
skills from youth through adulthood.
Engaged or Seriously Dating
Emphasis on character, shared
vision, and wise commitment-
making.
Married Couples
Focus on enrichment and
proactive development, not just
crisis management.
Couples in Crisis
A strategic response plan for
relational emergencies with
practical tools.
Meet Our Founder
“For too long, churches have been handed surface-level growth tactics that don’t address the deeper issue of disconnected marriages, isolated families, and hurting individuals. But we’ve seen firsthand that when a church invests in the relational health of its people, everything changes.
Engagement deepens. Families heal. Attendance grows. The church becomes the center of renewal again.
That’s why everything we do at Communio—from strategic planning to data analysis to ongoing ministry support—is about equipping churches like yours to grow through relationships that last.
We’re honored you’re here. We’d love to learn more about your church and how we can support you in this vital work.
Let’s build something lasting together.”
J.P. De Gance
President
Meet Our Team
International Catholic speaker • Former Executive Director of the Theology of the Body Institute
Damon Owens is an international Catholic speaker, evangelist, and parish engagement leader focused on marriage, family, and Theology of the Body. He serves as National Parish Engagement Officer for Communio and leads marriage renewal ministries, sharing the beauty of Catholic teaching on love, sexuality, and family life with parishes and audiences worldwide.
Catholic church engagement leader • Former longtime FOCUS leader in campus ministry
Jared Smyth is the Vice President of Church Growth for Communio. Previously to joining Communio, he spent 14 years working for the collegiate outreach program FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. While there, Jared managed hundreds of staff across 50 universities covering 27 states. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Augustine Institute with a Master’s in Theology.
Catholic evangelist • Former diocesan evangelization director • Parish renewal leader
Russell Hoyt is a Catholic evangelist and ministry leader with experience in diocesan and nonprofit leadership. Former Director of Evangelization and Catechesis for the Diocese of Austin, he focuses on discipleship, catechesis, and parish renewal, helping churches form faith in everyday life.
Your Parish Can Strengthen Families —
We Can Help
Whether you lead a parish, diocese, or seminary, Communio gives you a practical, tested pathway to disciple marriages, renew families, and grow faith participation.
Select your path to begin:
Recommended Resource
Endgame: The Church's Strategic Move to
Save Faith and Family in America
Co-authored by Communio President JP De Gance and Dr. John Van Epp PhD, founder of LoveThinks, Endgame diagnoses the root cause of the collapse of faith in Jesus Christ and how churches can solve the crisis.
