5 CATHOLIC Businesses you should check out in 2026

I’m convinced that we are living in the rebirth of Catholic culture.

Not only is the Catholic Faith growing in the U.S., but it’s growing worldwide!

And with this rise in the number of converts (like me) to Catholicism, has come a rise in Catholic-owned and Catholic-friendly businesses. These businesses are bringing the best of Catholic culture with them, providing faith-led direction to business leadership, emerging tech, journalism, and even film-making.

A few years ago, I wrote an article on 8 Catholic Businesses that Prove Catholic Culture is Alive and Well. Today I want to introduce you to 5 more Catholic businesses that I think you should check out in 2026.

Truthly: A Catholic business blending ancient wisdom with modern technology

It feels like AI is taking over everything. 

High school and college students are turning to AI to learn for them. Business leaders are turning to AI for help with data collection and interpretation. Many design tools like Figma, Canva, and Adobe now have AI integrations (which I recommend you use cautiously).

Furthermore, people, including Catholics, are increasingly turning to AI for quick answers to their deeply personal questions. Things like what the Church teaches or how to handle moral questions. In a perfect world, questions like this ought to be handled by priests and religious educators.

However, AI is here and it is here to stay.

People are going to use it whether or not they ought to. I would argue it would be better to have an AI trained by Catholics with Catholic values and information than not. If they do not exist, both Catholics and those curious about Catholicism will be stuck with asking secular AIs, which don’t always provide faithful answers about Catholicism.

Dare I say, Catholic trained AIs may even answer some questions better than human scholars. Hear me out.

Catholic businesses like Truthly blend modern technology with our timeless Faith, Truthly’s AI-generated responses to your faith-based questions pull directly from authoritative Catholic sources like the Catechism, papal encyclicals, and the documents of Vatican II and other Ecumenical Councils. This gives you confidence that what you read is timeless Catholic truth and not AI-generated slop.

Catholic Answers is fantastic, don’t get me wrong. In my experience, I have found the search engine to be flawed and I’ve found the articles to be convoluted as a non-analytical layperson. I can ask an AI to explain something differently.

My favorite feature is that Truthly links to the sources it pulls its answers from. This empowers you to deepen your search and read Church documents for yourself. And Truthly’s sleek, contemporary design and beautiful Catholic imagery make their website a joy to navigate.

St. Joseph Business Guild: A network for Catholic entrepreneurs and workers

It can be challenging to work or run a business as a Catholic in 2026.

Like any good business owner, you want to grow your business and your career, but you want to do so with your Catholic values, which are often very much at odds with secular business “best practices.”

Not only that, but you want to hire employees who also share your values. And you’d prefer to do business with other Catholic businesses that you trust are operating according to Catholic social teaching.

The St. Joseph Business Guild is a unique Catholic networking community here in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.

Their mission is to build a thriving Catholic economy that connects Catholic employers with Catholic workers and Catholic businesses with other Catholic businesses. They also provide spiritual support for both business owners and their families through formation and prayer. Their ultimate goal is to create an economy built on Catholic faith and values and thus building an authentically Catholic culture.

I have been a member since 2020 and I can’t sing the praises of the guild enough. I would love to see more local Catholic business networking agencies like the St. Joseph Business Guild forming across the country. In the meantime, feel free to become a member! We accept members from across the country

SENT: Connecting Catholic business leaders online

As much as I encourage Catholic business leaders to connect face-to-face, the truth is that most business today is done online. 

Unfortunately, this shift to business being conducted on the “digital continent” has left many Catholic business leaders feeling alone and isolated.

SENT Ventures helps Catholic business leaders overcome this sense of isolation through online connection, person-to-person mentorship, the formation of local chapters, and an annual summit.

More than just a Catholic business network, SENT is a community of Catholic entrepreneurs. They encourage one another toward excellence in business and strive together to remain faithful to Catholic social values and be good stewards of the success they have achieved with God’s help.

What really makes them unique is their emphasis on person-to-person mentorship.

Catholic business leaders often feel like they’re walking a tightrope between the best practices that lead to success in business and faithfulness to Church teaching. But SENTs person-to-person mentorship from top Catholic founders and even Fortune 500 executives gives business leaders the confidence that they can succeed and still remain true to their beliefs and values.

Zeale: Catholic news that uplifts and inspires

It’s important for Catholic business leaders to be aware of what’s going on in the world and in the Church. But let’s be honest. Most news outlets, even some Catholic news outlets, leave you feeling jaded and hopeless.

They know that bad news, crises, and the sensational get them clicks and keep people coming back. And so they put their own spin on everything, painting trivial events and topics into major crises and completely missing information that matters to Catholics.

At a minimum, it’s exhausting for us Catholic readers. I’d argue it’s even unjust.

That’s why I’m so happy to share Zeale!

Zeale is a truly unique Catholic news source. Not only do they provide both quick summaries and in-depth analyses of what’s happening in the Church and the world, but they do so in a way that is both uplifting and energizing.

I’ve been a daily listener to Zeale’s LoopCast (their daily Catholic news digest) for some time now.

I love their diverse cast of hosts. All of them have a great sense of humor, bringing some levity to what could otherwise be rather dreary news, especially with their Good News segment. They are intelligent men and women who are faithful to authentic Catholic teaching and dedicated to upholding the dignity of the human person. It’s because of LoopCast that I became a monthly donor to Zeale’s “Champion’s Club.”

They also host podcasts like My Daily Saint, Martyrology, and The Papacy Chronicles that put us in touch with the best of our Catholic roots. And if you find yourself unable to make it to daily Mass but longing for the spiritual nourishment you receive at Mass, Zeale’s “Prayer” tab gives you quick and easy access to the day’s Mass readings.

I find myself relying increasingly on Zeale to keep me both up-to-date on the latest news and in touch with my Catholic Faith.

Triumph of the Heart: Catholic movies as they should be

The reality is, our Catholic Faith has been the single greatest force for good in the world.

From Copernicus to Lemaître, Catholics have led the way in advancing the natural sciences. Medicine as we know it wouldn’t exist without the contribution of Catholics like Gregor Mendel and Louis Pasteur. And who could deny the Catholic contribution to the arts? Our Faith has inspired some of the greatest masterpieces in history, and the Church frequently funded the artists who created those masterpieces. Masterpieces have had and still have great cultural impact.

But in a Post-Christian culture, the Church has lost that influence. Not only because the culture has shifted away, but because the Church doesn’t invest in culture influencing mediums, like the arts. I think it’s time we get back to that by supporting the Catholic artists of today. This of course includes modern media like movies. Non-artists don’t always think of movies as an artform, but they truly are. Movies have an undeniable impact on culture, so it’s incredibly important for the Church to be making beautiful and meaningful movies too. It’s important for Catholics to blaze a trail for Catholic movie making.

An excellent example of this “trailblazing” is the new movie Triumph of the Heart. As writer and director Anthony D’Ambrosio says, “Our stories of heroic Catholic faith deserve to be told.” Triumph of the Heart is D’Ambrosio’s dramatic retelling of the life of St. Maximilian Kolbe, showing us what Catholic movies could and should be.

Not only is this movie beautifully written, but is one of the most beautifully filmed movies I’ve ever seen. This isn’t your typical Christian movie that lacks depth or relevance.

Other movies that deal with the Holocaust make dramatic use of light and shadow to illustrate the gravity of their theme. Schindler’s List is one of the finest examples of this. Filmed exclusively in black-and-white, not only does the movie feel almost like a period newsreel, but the shadows serve to highlight much of the darkness in human nature. 

Triumph of the Heart is different.

Rather than emphasizing the darkness of our fallen human nature, the film’s use of light and shadow draws our attention to the triumph of light over dark and love over suffering. It emphasizes what we are called to become in Christ. 

This is only one way of how this film is a cinematic masterpiece. There are conversations about God, the meaning of life, and more. There are allusions to our Lady and the victory over death. There is a scene that is an allusion to Heaven that brought me to tears.

In this way, Triumph of the Heart is the equivalent in film of a Caravaggio masterpiece. It brings me so much home for the future of Catholic movies. I encourage you to check it out!

A “New Renaissance” of Catholic business

These five businesses are just the tip of the iceberg, but I believe they embody the values of what I’m calling the “New Renaissance” of Catholic business. Big dreams that are resulting in beautiful outcomes.

I hope and pray that, with the continued influx of converts into our Catholic Faith, more and more men and women will answer the call to become Catholic business leaders. Whether that means starting a new apostolate, making movies, or providing new plumbing services, our country needs more businesses built on Catholic principles.

If you are a Catholic who feels called to start a business, I want you to dream big. Dream as big as the Lord can bless, which is infinitely!