9 Days for Life iOS and Android With this free app, you can join the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops‘ annual Novena For Life which begins January 18! You and thousands of Catholics across the country will gather (digitally) in prayer to end abortion. The novena–nine consecutive days of special prayers for a particular cause–begins Thursday, January 18 […]
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Watch Sultan and Saint (Francis) FREE on PBS app
A tremendous true story about Christian/Muslim peacemaking involving St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt can be seen for free on your mobile device. You can watch “The Sultan and the Saint,” a new docudrama, by downloading the free PBS app which offers a variety of its programs free and on demand on any […]
Share the Christmas Story from the Gospels via video from Bible App
Reading from the Gospels is the best way to share the Story of Christmas with your family because you’re reading straight from the Word of God. But sometimes the text is difficult to follow. Or perhaps we don’t know where the precise texts are located. The Bible App solves that conundrum by offering in its […]
New Liturgical Year starts with getting a Liturgical Calendar app
The start of a new liturgical year in the Roman Catholic calendar is always the first Sunday of Advent. If you’d like a liturgical calendar to help you engage in the life of the Church a little bit more, take a look at what the digital Catholic world offers! We will look at two formats of Liturgical Roman Catholic Calendars regular Digital to […]
Top Catholic Advent Apps for 2017
Prepare for Christmas with a little Advent devotion on-the-go! No Santas or snowmen here. These apps are about the serious business of preparing for the birth of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Are you ready to take this on? Here are some of the best apps out there for Advent 2017. Pray-As-You-Go offers its popular audio […]
Pope Francis: No photography during Mass, please
We couldn’t agree more, Holy Father. His ire was directed against those taking photos during Mass. He didn’t mention the use of cell phones or tablets for reading the texts of the Mass–a terrific use of your phone when you are attending a Mass in a foreign country.
One of our favorite Advent Calendar Apps for 2017
To jumpstart your Advent journey, here’s a sneak peak into one of our favorite Advent Apps–Xt3 Advent Calendar 2017 (Free) For Apple iPhone; Apple iPad and Android phone, Android tablet. This is a gentle Advent Calendar for youth and adults designed to get you reflecting, acting and praying as you prepare for the birth of Our Savior, Jesus Christ. This year’s theme […]
Breviary tunes at your fingertips!
BreviaryTunes (Free) Apple iOS –This is a rescue app for the one frustrating element in praying the Divine Office which commonly trips us up before we even start–the hymn. In a group setting we exchange inquisitive looks with the prescribed hymn, wasting several page-flipping, memory-searching minutes before we settle on one commonly titled: “one we […]
Watch final Fatima centennial celebrations on Oct 13 on your mobile device
First of all, if you don’t have a clue as to what this post is about, PLEASE check out EWTN’s comprehensive web site devoted to the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima 100 years ago. October 13 marks the centennial anniversary of the final, most dramatic apparition of Our Lady in which thousands of spectators witnessed an […]
Cardinal says using liturgy apps ‘desacralises’ prayer
He’s not just any ol’ Cardinal but THE cardinal charged with safeguarding liturgy and the discipline of the sacraments, and he doesn’t like mixing cell phones and prayer. In a talk given in Rome last month, Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, said that while he […]
