Awaken Your Heart to God’s Presence
Explore our website and discover a collection of over 800 homilies and hundreds of daily reflections—words of hope and wisdom to guide your steps, lift your spirit, and awaken your heart to God’s love.
Born from the lifelong ministry of Msgr. Don Fischer, our mission is to offer peace in life’s noise, healing from judgment and shame, and a gentle path to the divine dwelling within every soul. His message of love, mercy, and grace continues to touch lives, offering encouragement and clarity to all who seek a deeper relationship with God.
We invite you to explore our website and uncover the many ways it can enrich your spiritual journey. Listen to thought-provoking homilies, read daily reflections that speak to your heart, and learn about retreats that provide space for renewal and growth. Every page is designed to help you slow down, reflect, and encounter God’s loving presence in a fresh and personal way.
Our Vision
In a world often marked by division, anxiety, and noise, Pastoral Reflections Institute offers a quiet and much-needed voice—a message rooted in unity, peace, and the indwelling presence of God. Our reflections invite listeners to move beyond the burdens of fear, guilt, and shame, and instead awaken to the divine presence already living within each of us.
This deeply personal and universally resonant approach to the Gospel is at the heart of PRI’s growing global reach. What began as a local ministry has now expanded to listeners across North America, Africa, Australia, South America, and Asia. Through podcasts, radio broadcasts, online videos, retreats, and contemplative pilgrimages to places like Tuscany, we share the sacred truth that God dwells within us—and always has.
Our Story
What began as a simple radio broadcast in 1987 has grown into a global contemplative ministry. Msgr. Don’s voice—gentle, wise, and grounded in Scripture—resonated with thousands who found in his words a new way of seeing their faith and their lives.
From radio reflections to international pilgrimages and retreats, his message has remained consistent: God is not distant, but intimately near—present in every moment, every soul, every breath.
Pastoral Reflections Institute was established to carry this message into the future, through a range of offerings that invite spiritual depth and sacred stillness.
Join us in Santa Fe this fall
Uncovering Our Resistance to Divine Love
Join Msgr. Don Fischer this fall for a contemplative four-day retreat at The Southwest Sanctuary at The Chi Center, 20 miles south of Santa Fe, New Mexico.