Dohntbe
Husband · Dad · Age 34
The lovable stray sheep. Good-natured, slightly rumpled, and always ready with a perfectly reasonable excuse not to go to Mass. He is not a bad man — just a convenient one. The lapsing Catholic’s mirror.
Faith
Wife · Devout Catholic · Age 34
The anchor. Her faith is joyful, not burdensome. She never lectures — she plants seeds and trusts God with the harvest. Her quiet wisdom is remarkable for her age. Auburn hair, sparkling green eyes.
Hope
Daughter · Age 12 · Blonde hair · Green eyes
Firmly committed to her faith and excited by it. States the obvious holy thing with complete sincerity — without realising how devastating it is. A proto-evangelist in school uniform.
Thomas
Son · Age 9 · Red hair · Blue eyes
Questions not from doubt but from desire. Wants to be a Saint and is frustrated the path seems hard. Patron: St. Thomas Aquinas. Accidentally devastating with his literal-minded logic.
Charity
Daughter · Age 6 · Red hair · Green eyes
Speaks truth without knowing it. The punchline or the gut-punch. Embodies Matthew 18:3 — the child the adults need to become. Used sparingly for maximum impact.
SinDee
Dohntbe’s sister · Agnostic actress · Age Don’t Ask!
Worldly, warm, genuinely fond of the family. Not hostile to the faith — simply indifferent to it. The bridge character: secular readers may see themselves in her more than in Dohntbe.