365 Days to Mercy (Free) Apple and Android. Our Sunday Visitor is offering its free Year of Mercy app to help you in your journey through this special jubilee year designated by Pope Francis. The official Year of Mercy is December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016, but daily inspiration, stories, and news will be in the […]
The month of November is traditionally a time to honor and pray for the departed souls, especially those who may have no one to pray for them. So let us take a look at an app designed to help us do just that. Catholic Meditations on Purgatory App (Free) iOS only. Ideal for the month of All Souls and […]
Need to get grounded psychologically and spiritually and emotionally? Dive into the Psalms in all their glory in fine English chant. This is a sublime collection of audio recordings (via YouTube) of enchanting renditions of the Psalms chanted by various choirs from the United Kingdom. Some days you just need to swim in GLOR-I-OUS. Happy Sunday […]
Here’s a great message about the origins of Halloween from our Bishop Richard Malone (Buffalo, NY). Part of parents’ participation in the celebration of the holiday is taking their children to church on All Saints Day too. Great point. Bishop Malone (our bishop where Catholic APPtitude is based) uses the video medium to broadcast weekly reflections via […]
Ok. No app here, but an audio (via video) you can play on any mobile device to hear the Latin version of the Holy Rosary. We’ve had some request for this, and why not take the occasion of the month dedicated to the Rosary to include the version of the prayers in the official language of […]
October 22 is the feast day (optional memorial) celebrating St. John Paul II who was canonized in April 2014 along with St. John XXIII. Here are a couple free apps that can help you get to know this great pope of our age who impacted the Church and world history. John Paul II: the Official […]
With the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary, we kick off October, traditionally the Rosary month–a great time to try out some of the better rosary apps (and audio) out there for your mobile device. If you are used to beads, don’t be hesitant to give “virtual” beads a try. With rosary apps, you can get text, audio, visual […]
We celebrate two of the world’s most beloved saints this week–St. Thérèse of Lisieux (October 1) and St. Francis of Assisi (October 4). Time to break open some mobile apps (and other media resources) that can help us get better acquainted with these two spiritual giants popular with Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Saint of the Day ($2.99) iOS St. Anthony Messenger’s most popular Web feature since […]
Announce the Mercy of God! (And mind your language and gestures when you’re in the process). That’s the basis of the theme of the next World Communications Day which is Communication and Mercy: A Fruitful Encounter. According to today’s Vatican Radio report, this year’s theme was chosen to coincide with the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the Holy […]
Text and tweet about His Holiness with Pope Emoji, a free keyboard app of animated GIFs and stickers devoted to the character, Pope Francis. We’re talking 52 pope-themed stickers and 14 animated GIFs with a cartoon pope in various settings appropriate to his historic visit to the United States, September 22-27. And it’s pretty popular. In just four days since its September 10 […]
