Free Missal Worship Aid

Today (actually last night's Vigil Masses) marks the beginning of the use of the 3rd Edition of the English translation of the Roman Missal.

Thanks to  Catholic Mom and Sadlier, Inc. I was able to download a worship aid to print at home. For those not using an app like iMissal, this makes a great low tech way of learning the portions of the Mass prayers that have changed, especially our responses.

Tuesday Tech Talk: iMissal Update

iMissal has issued a number of updates just in time for the new translation of the Roman Missal. Most notable of these updates, is the recent inclusion of the Blackberry platform.  The new Blackberry version is $6.99.

iMissal has added some few new features since I last reviewed it. First, the settings tab now also includes the option to switch to the new translation. The app now has a Catholic news feed that links to Catholic News Agency. The designers of the app have added more prayers and an email subscription to get information about new develops in the app. Additionally, they have included the ability to purchase the Saint a Day app within iMissal. Interestingly, the app does not recognize the Saint a Day app within its menu if you have previously purchased it separately.

At $4.99, iMissal remains one of the more expensive Catholic apps, but I still think it is worth it. I actually prefer using the iMissal to iBreviary (still the best value for praying the Liturgy of the Hours) because I do not have to worry about syncing it before mass and the font is easier to read.

World Premier: Joe Catholic Media

Ok so the title sounds pretty extravagent. We are excited to post our first Joe Catholic YouTube video. Below you will find a video (approximately 15 minutes long) from the Joe Catholic meeting with Bishop Kevin Vann on July 23, 2011. The video includes a talk entitled "Gut Check," in which I explain how we can use the Joe Catholic logo to check the status of our spiritual game plans. The video also includes portions of Lindon Leners' Saint Talk on St. Maximillian Kolbe. Finally, the video includes our FAQ's of Faith section with Bishop Vann as our guest speaker, addressing the upcoming changes to the English translation of the Roman Missal.

The audio and video is a bit raw. While the KC meeting room we were in was nice, it had poor acoustics and even poorer lightening. Nevertheless, Tom Jaconette plowed through all of that to produce our first video. We hope to have more of our own videos in the future.