WEAVING TECHNOLOGY & FAITH FORMATION - advancing STRAND
Presenter: Rachel Rumely, Saint Columbkille Partnership School
Apps to Download
Catholic Mega App
"The Catholic Mega App is your one stop resource for all things Catholic. Come to the app daily for liturgy of the hours, daily mass readings, common prayers, and Order of the Mass. Forgot your rosary? No problem...The app features a digital bead counting Rosary and Divine Mercy Chaplet. Need to learn more about your faith? Check out the many links to news services, Busted Halo, ETWN, recommended books, and more" (Catholic Mega, 2014). |
3 Minute Retreat
"Life is fast, and the speed of life whisks us away from the very thing we need most—spiritual “time outs” to reconnect with God and experience much-needed peace of mind. With Loyola Press’s highly popular 3-Minute Retreat now available on the iPhone, you can enjoy a daily reflective prayer retreat wherever you are, whenever you need it most. Each day, a new retreat featuring soothing music, Scripture verses, and reflective thoughts and questions comes your way. So whether you’re at home or at work, sipping coffee in a cafe or standing in line at the grocery store, meaningful time with God is always just a touch away" (3 Minute Retreat, 2014). |
iBreviary
"iBreviary "Pro Terra Sancta is the application that brings the traditional Catholic prayer of the Breviary and all the texts of the Liturgy on your iPhone and iPad. iBreviary "Pro Terra Sancta" wants to contribute, through a partnership with Custody of the Holy Land, friendship and prayer for all Christians living Holy Places" (iBreviary, 2014). |
The Bible for Kids
"The Bible App for Kids is the newest member of the YouVersion family of apps. Available now for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, the Bible App for Kids is always completely free! Through interactive adventures and beautiful animations, kids explore the big stories of the Bible. The Bible App for Kids is a delight-filled experience designed to encourage kids to return again and again. It’s the beginning of a lifelong love of God’s Word" (Bible for Kids, 2014). |
Recommended Apps
The Pope App
"The Pope App is an app focused on the figure of Pope Francis. It will allow you to follow his events live and to set up alerts notifying you when papal events begin. It will also give you access to all official papal-related content in a variety of formats: news and official speeches, galleries with the latest images and videos, access to his calendar, and links to other services of the Holy See. Additionally, the app will let you see key areas of the Vatican through webcams distributed throughout St. Peter's Square that are always broadcasting images" (Pope App, 2014). |
Laudate
"The most popular and most comprehensive free Catholic App. Daily Mass Readings (with Saint of the Day and Reflections). Liturgy of Hours, New American Bible, interactive Rosary and Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Seven Sorrows Rosary, Chaplet of St. Michael, Franciscan Crown Rosary, Latin Rosary, Latin Chaplet of Divine Mercy, Servite Rosary, Chaplet of Sacred Heart, multiple Stations of the Cross, searchable prayers and latin prayers with English translation. Douay-Rheims Bible for offline use. Multiple podcasts for daily meditations and Rosary. Catechism of Catholic Church with ability to bookmark and share. My Prayers lets you store your own prayers and move them between iPad and iPhone. Confession guides through sacrament of reconciliation. Vatican documents: 2nd Vatican Council, Code of Canon Law and more" (Laudate, 2014). |
Sadlier
"For more than 50 years, Sadlier has been the market leader in vocabulary instruction that gets students college ready while also providing high-stakes test prep with Vocabulary Workshop. This free app provides access to sample sections (most often a table of contents and a lesson, chapter, or unit) from our most popular academic titles in vocabulary, grammar and writing, phonics, and mathematics instruction. It is intended to help educators make decisions about which title is best for their students" (Sadlier, 2014). |
Vatican.va
"The official app of the Holy See (www.vatican.va): it contains the Papal Magisterium and the institutional information of the Apostolic See" (Vatican, 2014). |
Salt and Light
"Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation presents to you this new media platform to access everything Salt + Light while you are on the go. Live streaming, blog, complete TV episodes, radio, catholic music, podcasts, prayers, saint of the day, daily mass readings and much more" (Salt and Light, 2014). |
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iMass
"iMass makes it possible to view Holy Mass each day directly on your iPhone. Whether you are at the park, on a bus, at a coffee shop or in the comfort of your home, you can view Holy Mass and unite your prayers to it. The Mass is celebrated in the Extraordinary Form by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter at Christ the King Catholic Church in Sarasota, Florida, USA. The app also provides the text of the Mass of the day according to the 1962 Missal, making it useful as a missal for the participation at Mass" (iMass, 2014). |
