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Porters of St. Joseph members work with fire and medical personnel during a security exercise at a suburban Phoenix church. (photo: Courtesy of Porters of St. Joseph)

By Matthew McDonald, Jonah McKeown, National Catholic Register, August 28, 2025

Matthew McDonald Matthew McDonald is a staff reporter for The National Catholic Register and the editor of New Boston Post. He lives in Massachusetts.

Jonah McKeown Jonah McKeown is a Register staff writer. He previously was a staff writer and podcast producer for Catholic News Agency. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has worked as a writer, as a producer for public radio, and as a videographer. He is based in St. Louis.

An apostolate rooted in an ancient Church tradition is training Catholic men today to protect parishes and parishioners.

Do Catholic churches need to provide more security?

That question is on many minds in the aftermath of a mass shooting of schoolchildren during a Mass at a parish church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

One group in Arizona has been training Catholic men to provide security for their parishes for about five years.

“Unfortunately, today is an example of why it’s needed,” said Brian Eaton, the founder of Porters of St. Joseph, an apostolate of volunteer men who, according to its website, seek “to imitate St. Joseph as the Protector of the Holy Church, Pillar of Families, and Terror of Demons.”

“We don’t live in the world that I grew up in. That world has gone away. The Church is always changing and adapting to the challenges, spiritually and physically, in any moment in time,” Eaton told the Register in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

From Doorkeepers to Defenders: Catholic Men Step Up to Guard Parishes, by Matthew McDonald, Jonah McKeown

UN Official Calls for Ban on Commercial Surrogacy in New Report, by Bridget Sielicki

FBI: Minneapolis Church Shooting Was Anti-Catholic Terror Attack, by Elise Winland

An apostolate rooted in an ancient Church tradition is training Catholic men today to protect parishes and parishioners.

Do Catholic churches need to provide more security?

That question is on many minds in the aftermath of a mass shooting of schoolchildren during a Mass at a parish church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

One group in Arizona has been training Catholic men to provide security for their parishes for about five years.

“Unfortunately, today is an example of why it’s needed,” said Brian Eaton, the founder of Porters of St. Joseph, an apostolate of volunteer men who, according to its website, seek “to imitate St. Joseph as the Protector of the Holy Church, Pillar of Families, and Terror of Demons.”

“We don’t live in the world that I grew up in. That world has gone away. The Church is always changing and adapting to the challenges, spiritually and physically, in any moment in time,” Eaton told the Register in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

Eaton, 45, a police officer in Arizona, said he was surprised when he entered the Catholic Church in June 2020 how little security he saw. ….

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From Doorkeepers to Defenders: Catholic Men Step Up to Guard Parishes, by Matthew McDonald, Jonah McKeown

UN Official Calls for Ban on Commercial Surrogacy in New Report, by Bridget Sielicki

FBI: Minneapolis Church Shooting Was Anti-Catholic Terror Attack, by Elise Winland

An apostolate rooted in an ancient Church tradition is training Catholic men today to protect parishes and parishioners.

Do Catholic churches need to provide more security?

That question is on many minds in the aftermath of a mass shooting of schoolchildren during a Mass at a parish church in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

One group in Arizona has been training Catholic men to provide security for their parishes for about five years.

“Unfortunately, today is an example of why it’s needed,” said Brian Eaton, the founder of Porters of St. Joseph, an apostolate of volunteer men who, according to its website, seek “to imitate St. Joseph as the Protector of the Holy Church, Pillar of Families, and Terror of Demons.”

“We don’t live in the world that I grew up in. That world has gone away. The Church is always changing and adapting to the challenges, spiritually and physically, in any moment in time,” Eaton told the Register in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

Eaton, 45, a police officer in Arizona, said he was surprised when he entered the Catholic Church in June 2020 how little security he saw. ….

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