Mobile Apps for Vocations Offices
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Imagine
connecting with prospective vocations, parents, seminarians, and donors
through the power of a native mobile app. Imagine Catholic prayers,
discernment resources, Catholic faith resources, and all of your
vocation news and information packaged into one little button.
Then, imagine this little button on the home screens of those user's phones, serving as a constant remember to pray, discern, and support vocations. Then, imagine sending a push notification to everyone who has the app. You'll soon wonder how you ever survived without one. |
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App Features
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Home Page Slides
Rotating images appearing on the home page slideshow. Slides can be touch enabled so that they link to other pages in the app. Push Notifications Messages sent by you directly to the user’s phone or tablet. Message pops up on user’s device no matter what application they are using. Notifications can also be linked to website pages or pages in the app. Push Notifications offer an unheard of means of communication. Setup & Design Included We setup and design the mobile app for you. We handle the Apple signing certificates and the placement of the app in Apple and Android (Google Play) stores. Our apps work on iPhones, iPods, and iPads as well as all Android phones and tablets. Back-End Editor After we setup and build the app for you, you use the easy and powerful back - end editor allows you to add, remove, edit, and re-order app pages. Make pages inactive until you need them again next year. Add sign up forms and link to existing online resources. Embed website pages to simplify your updating procedures. View usage statistics. The back-end Editor is entirely web browser based, which means you don't need any special software. Update from anywhere and anytime. Watch a Video tour of the back end editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiofhb2zvq8&hd=1 Website Integrations / Reduced Updates Your key website pages can be embedded inside the app so that you don't have to update the website and the app regularly. The more mobile friendly your website, the better this works. We also offer websites which integrate beautifully with our apps. Unlimited Pages and Data You can add in as many pages and data as you want. We do not have tiered plans or caps on data. Keep adding and enjoy! Technical Support Call or email with questions. Most of our clients find our editing tool and initial training so easy that they are up an running on their own in no time. But, if you need help, we are here. We've even be known to record personal "how to" videos to help answer a specific question. Sometimes its just easier to watch a video than hear or read instructions. General Information Staff listings, GPS Directions, Contact Forms, and more. Communication Features Push Notifications, News Feed, Calendar, Sport Schedules, Lunch Menu, Contact Form, Staff Contacts Online Resources Existing online resources can be embedded seamlessly into the app. Create an easy, one-stop launching point for prospective vocations, seminarians, parents, and supporters. GPS Directions / Contact Easily provide maps and directions to seminaries, events, offices, meetings, etc. Faith Formation Resources Give your users a whole bookshelf of prayers, resources, and faith formation tools. Best of all, all these "books" are branded with your logo, colors, photos and contact information. Many people are using their phones and tablets for faith formation and prayer, they might as well do it under the umbrella of your logo, colors, and name. Calendar We embed the calendar system you already use so that when you update your calendar, you are also updating the app. News An embedded version of your website news page to keep your app and website in sync. Donations Collect donations right through the app. Use our super easy and simple one page donation form or connect the app to your existing donation system. Either way, the app makes it easy for your supporters to make donations. Extensive Prayer Section Common Prayers, Even More Prayers, Order of the Mass, Daily Mass Readings, Sunday Reading Reflections, Office of Readings, Morning Prayer, Daytime Prayer, Evening Prayer, Night Prayer, entire Bible (NAB and other versions), Saint of the Day, Stations of the Cross, Examination of Conscience, Pray as you Go Podcasts Any of these included items may be removed per your request or using the easy editing tool. Extensive Learn Section Searchable Catechism, Busted Halo, Catholics Come Home, Strange Notions, Vatican website, Catholic News Service, EWTN, National Catholic Register, Catholic Movie Reviews, L’Osservatore Romano, Catholic Stuff Podcast Any of these included items may be removed per your request or using the easy editing tool. Register/Contact Form Use your existing website form or our custom form building tool to collect registrations and contacts. Social Media Integrations Social Media pages look great when integrated with our app. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Blogs, LinkedIn, Hosted Podcasts, iTunes, and any other website based social media site. Podcasts / Videos Upload MP3 files to your website or an online audio program and easily embed them into the app so your users can re-listen to homilies, retreat talks, and conference speakers. The app also integrates beautifully with YouTube, Vimeo and online videos for showing off your video library. About Us Pages Staff, History, Mission, and more pages to explain who you are and what you do. Rosary Counter A fun digital counter to help you remember where you are when praying the Rosary. Great for anyone, but especially fun for teaching children how to pray the Rosary. Journal A notepad tool for taking notes. Notes are saved to the user’s phone and can be deleted by the user. Photo Capturing Tired of remembering to take photos at events? Now everyone can help you document events by using the built in capture feature. Right from the app, users can snap a photo and email it to a staff member. This features makes it easy to build a great photo gallery. Photo Gallery Show off retreat, social and formation activities. Upload photos in the app editor or automatically grab them from popular photo sharing sites. Discussion/Prayer Wall Users can post prayer intentions to a community wall. Admin can monitor and delete posts. Check in Rewards The Rewards features is a virtual punch card. Users present their phone to the group moderator, such as a Volunteer Coordinator, and the leader enters a secret code which “punches” the virtual punch card. Give out rewards when a user fills in his/her punch card to make this feature really fun and interactive. Unlimited cards can be created. Car Finder Hosting a big event with a big parking lot? Users can save their GPS coordinates in the app for easy car retrieval after the event. Additional Info Pages Info pages are pages in which you can directly type in content and add images. You may add as many additional pages as you would like. Additional Website Link Pages Website link pages allow you to seamlessly embed external websites into the app. The possibilities are endless with this feature. You may add as many website link pages as you would like. Additional Special Features Special Feature pages can be duplicated and renamed. For example: You can have one music page for music and another music page for podcasts. Technical Stuff Native Apple & Android Apps submitted to the App Store for you, Unlimited Downloads, HTML 5 mobile responsive website link for Blackberry and Windows users,Unlimited Data Hosting Usage, Easy Back-End App Editor, Advanced Push Notification System, Resources, QR codes, and Flyer for app promotion A Real App with your Vocation Office Name, Colors, Logo This is a real app branded and made for your Vocation Office. Your name will appear in the App Store, on the App Icon, and in the app. App users will download your app and be presented directly with your content. |
Video Tours
See all the features on a working app.
Easy App Back End Editor
Sample Apps
St. Paul & Minneapolis Vocations http://www.vocationsupply.com/aspm.html Archdiocese of Portland Vocations http://www.vocationsupply.com/portland.html Congregation of the Resurrection http://www.vocationsupply.com/cr.html |