The Catholic Parish & Church Mobile App
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Imagine connecting with your parishioners and supporters through the power of a native mobile app. Imagine Catholic prayers, Catholic faith resources, and all of your parish news and information packaged into one little button.
Then, imagine this little button on the home screens of those parishioners' phones and tablets. No need to enter a long domain name: Everything your parishioners need is consolidated into one beautiful app button. Finally, imagine sending a push notification to everyone who has the app. You'll soon wonder how you ever survived without one. |
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Simple Pricing
No Setup Fee - $199/monthly fee.
Monthly fee includes data hosting, presence in the Apple and Android stores, Phone and Email Technical Support, Access to the online editing tool, all features listed below, and the push notification system. There is no contract. Pricing is the same whether paying annually or monthly. The setup process is shown on the bottom right of this website page.
No Setup Fee - $199/monthly fee.
Monthly fee includes data hosting, presence in the Apple and Android stores, Phone and Email Technical Support, Access to the online editing tool, all features listed below, and the push notification system. There is no contract. Pricing is the same whether paying annually or monthly. The setup process is shown on the bottom right of this website page.
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App Features
A Real, Branded, and Customized App for Your Parish. When your parishioners download the app we build for you, they will see you parish name and images in the app store. The App icon button on the phone, the name underneath the icon, and all app branding will pertain to your parish. You wont be "sharing" an app with other churches. Push Notifications Messages sent by you directly to the user’s phone or tablet. Push Notifications offer an unheard of means of communication. User remains anonymous so push notification offers an ability to reach non-registered or difficult to contact parishioners. See how parishes are using push notifications here. Back-End Editor Easy and powerful back - end editor which allows you to add, remove, edit, and re-order app pages. Make pages inactive until you need them again next year. Add sign up forms and link to existing online resources. Embed website pages to simplify your updating procedures. Back-end Editor is entirely web browser based, which means you don't need any special software. Update from anywhere and anytime. Website Integrations / Reduced Updates Your key website pages can be embedded inside the app so that you don't have to update the website and the app regularly. The more mobile friendly your website, the better this works. We also offer websites which integrate beautifully with our apps. Sacrament / Weekly Schedule The schedule page is a simple page listing your regular sacrament schedule and other regular activities such as Eucharistic Adoration and Bible Studies. GPS Directions / Contact A map page showing the exact location of your church. Users can push a button to activate GPS directions. They can also press a button to e-mail or call your church. Faith Formation Resources Give your parishioners and members a whole bookshelf of prayers, resources, and faith formation tools. Best of all, all these "books" are branded with your church logo, colors, photos and contact information. Church members are going to use their phones and tablets for faith formation, they might as well do it under the umbrella of their local parish. Bulletin A link to your most recent bulletin or to a website page where your bulletins are archived. Calendar We embed the calendar system you already use so that when you update your calendar, you are also updating the app. News An embedded version of your website news page to keep your app and website in sync. Donations Collect donations right through the app. Use our super easy and simple one page donation form or connect the app to your existing donation system. Either way, the app makes it easy for members to make donations to your church. Extensive Prayer Section Common Prayers, Even More Prayers, Order of the Mass, Daily Mass Readings, Sunday Reading Reflections, Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, Daytime Prayer, Evening Prayer, Night Prayer, entire Bible (NAB and other versions), Saint of the Day, Stations of the Cross, Examination of Conscience, Pray as you Go Podcasts Any of these included items may be removed per your request. Extensive Learn Section Searchable Catechism, Busted Halo, Catholics Come Home, Strange Notions, Vatican website, Catholic News Service, EWTN, National Catholic Register, Catholic Movie Reviews, L’Osservatore Romano, Catholic Stuff Podcast Any of these included items may be removed per your request. Register/Contact Form Use your existing website form or our custom form to collect registrations and contacts. Social Media Integrations Social Media pages look great when integrated with our app. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Blogs, LinkedIn, Hosted Podcasts, iTunes, and any other website based social media site can be opened inside our app. The user will not be redirected to the browser but will remain inside the app. Ministry Pages Content, photos, and contact information for your ministries. Homily Podcasts / Videos Upload MP3 files right to the app so users can re-listen to homilies or catch big speaker talks. The app also integrates beautifully with YouTube for showing off your video library. About Us Pages Staff, History, Mission, and more pages to explain who you are and what you do. Rosary Counter A fun digital counter to help you remember where you are when praying the Rosary. Great for anyone, but especially fun for teaching children how to pray the Rosary. Journal A notepad tool for taking notes during talks, conferences, prayer time, and homilies. Notes are saved to the user’s phone and can be deleted by the user. Photo Capturing Tired of remembering to take photos at events? Now every parishioner can help you document events by using the built in capture feature. Right from the app, users can snap a photo and email it to a staff member. This features makes it easy to build a parish photo gallery. Photo Gallery Show off your parish’s active life and ministry. Upload photos or automatically grab them from popular photo sharing sites. Check in Rewards The Rewards features is a virtual punch card. Users present their phone to the group moderator, such as a Bible study leader, and the leader enters a secret code which “punches” the virtual punch card. Give out rewards when a user fills in his/her punch card to make this feature really fun and interactive. Unlimited cards can be created for various parish activities. Additional Info Pages Info pages are pages in which you can directly type in content and add images. Add as many additional info pages as you would like. Additional Website Link Pages Website link pages allow you to seamlessly embed external websites into the app. The possibilities are endless with this feature. Additional Special Features Special Feature pages can be duplicated and renamed. For example: You can have one music page for music and another music page for podcasts. A Real App with your Parish Name, Logos, Colors This is a real app branded and made for your parish. Your parish name will appear in the App Store, on the App Icon, and in the app. Your parishioners will download your app and be presented directly with our content. Catholic Talk Radio Catholic Talk Radio can be embedded into the app anywhere you want or in the Pray or Learn sections. Forms with Payment Integration You can connect the mobile app to our Form Builder tool, which can create multiple page forms, accept payments, and utilize form logic. You can use Form Builder for simple forms, complex forms, donations, and payments. Directory You can create a directory listing of people and/or places. You can also easily link to or embed an existing parish directory into the app. Points of Interest Map You can add points of interest to a map and color categorize the points of interest. |
Video Tours
Admin Tour: See how easy it is to update your mobile app and send push notifications: https://www.screencast.com/t/x4dT9obWPVg
Sample Apps
Buffalo Deacons - Buffalo, NY
https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/buffalodeacons.html St. Ignatius - New York, NY https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/ignatiusnewyork.html Diocese of Joliet Deacons - Joliet, ILhttps://www.parishsolutionsco.com/jolietdeacons.html St. Peter - Covington, LA https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/petercovington.html St. Matthew - Mt. Vernon, IL https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/matthewvernon.html Becoming Missionary Disciples MISSION https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/bmdmission.html St. Ignatius - Tarpon Springs, FL https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/ignatiustarpon.html St. Mary - Milford, MA https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/marymilford.html Nativity Church and School - Orhcard Park, NY https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/nativityop.html St. Cletus - Lagrange, IL https://www.parishsolutionsco.com/cletuslagrange.html One of our parishioners sent this e-mail which we are putting in the bulletin this weekend:"Dear Father, What a wonderful Christmas present. Thank you. Thank you. So much information and opportunity for reflection and prayer. Nice to have The Lord on my iPad. Merry. Christmas." This is fantastic! I’ve already been playing with the editor and love it. I've downloaded it and it looks great!!! Setup Process
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