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 […]
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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 […]
Beads offers one exceptional digital rosary for iPhone
Our Lady of Fatima asked us to pray a Rosary daily. We don’t always have one with us, but we generally do have our cell phones. So why not get a rosary re-imagined for that screen of yours? Catholicer Beads (Free) Apple re-thinks the digital rosary experience with its elegant 3-D animated user interface and thumb swipe operation like […]
Guide to watching LIVE events in Fatima this weekend on your mobile device
To watch this week’s big events in Fatima, Portugal, you should take a little time to set up your smart phone or tablet beforehand. Yes, you can watch LIVE this week’s celebrations of the beginning of the 100th anniversary of Our Lady’s apparitions to three shepherd children–two of whom will be canonized by Pope Francis on May […]
Fatima-related apps for 100th Anniversary of apparitions
One hundred years ago, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three Portuguese shepherd children–Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta– six times in their little village of Fátima (from May 13th to October 13th). In the midst of World War I and on the precipice of what would become the bloodiest century in the history of the world, Our […]
