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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Looking to squeeze more out of your Easter Triduum experience? Here are three app recommendations designed to help you do just that. Of course, these wonderful apps can be used all year long, but they hold particular significance during Holy Week and especially on Good Friday. [FYI..This.photo is of the famous statue that St. Teresa of Avila wrote […]
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 […]
We’ve boiled the best Catholic apps down to this essential list.
We hope to see more apps like this introduced into the Catholic app world as we prepare to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima in 2017 (May through October). Our Sunday Visitor followed up their popular 365 days of Mercy app (designed for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy) with 365 Days With […]
During this Jubilee Year of Mercy (ending Nov. 20), we are called to incorporate works of mercy into our lives. One of the Spiritual Works of Mercy is to pray for the dead. We highlight an app designed specifically for that purpose. Beginning with the Feast of All Souls, the month of November is traditionally a time […]
