Our explicit desire is for men to focus on their own families. As Pope John Paul II said, "The future of the world and of the Church passes through the family." We believe that the family is vastly superior to any organization in its ability to renew both Church and society. Therefore, any activities of our group, will be for the purpose of equipping and encouraging men for more effective service within their families. We are not just concerned with our own families. We will also strive for a Christlike concern for the spiritual and material welfare of other families in our community, in our parish, and in other localities throughout the world.

These eight commitments are not easy to follow, just as following Christ in any area of life takes one down a narrow road. The broad way appears easy. In reality, it only serves to lure the unsuspecting down the path of heartache and overwhelming hardship. Watered-down attempts to prop up contemporary family life are doomed in the face of modern pressures against marriage and the family. The solution to the family needs of our day begins with a call to husbands and fathers to follow the high calling of Christian fatherhood.