Blessings upon you, St. Francis Xavier Parish for your generosity!
Since it looks like we will be in this state for a little while, I thought it would be beneficial for me to send out some online materials that you can use to go deeper into your faith.
There is a great program out there called, "FORMED", aka the "Catholic Netflix." Through the generosity of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Winooski, we can access it for free and can learn more about our faith while stuck at home. Here is how you can get access to it:
https://formed.org/
a. Just click the link
b. Then, click on “Sign-up”
c. Then click on “I belong to a parish or organization”
d. Then type in “05404”, and click on “St. Francis Xavier Church, and click “Next”
e. Type in your name
f. Type in your email address
g. Grow deeper in your faith and binge watch all the Catholic material you want while quarantined over the next few weeks!
I will be giving regular updates as we power through this experience. Also, many people have called me to see how they can still contribute to the weekly collection. As of now, you can simply mail in your weekly tithe (OLA, PO Box 428, Randolph, VT 05060 or OLV, PO Box 63, Bethel, VT 05032). We are also looking into an online giving program that we can put up on the website--more to come on that soon.
God bless you all, and be assured of my prayers!
In Christ,
Fr. Gratton
P.S. St. Joseph, Patron Saint of the Worldwide Church, Pray for us!
CatholicTV: Free. Available only for Apple devices. Content available in English and Spanish.
CatholicStuffPodcast: Catholic podcast (and cool tshirts!). Frs. John, Nathan, Mike and Mike record from either Denver or Rome and talk all things Catholic. Posted once a week, usually on Thursdays.
Formed: $. Some free content, most by subscription. Available for Android and Apple devices. It's like a Catholic Netflix. There is a monthly fee for access to all the materials. Some parishes offer their parishioners’ free access to full app.
iBreviary: Free. Available on Android, Kindle, Apple devices, and WebApp. An electronic breviary, the book used to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. Uses same translation as the paper version. Also provides the Mass readings of the day, a short saint biography on feast days, and huge selection of prayers and blessings.
iMissal: $. iMissal is available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, Mac.OS and now Amazon Fire devices. The iPhone & iPad versions are bundled together; purchase the app once and you get both versions.
iRosary: $. Available only on Apple devices. Fully-animated Rosary for iPhone and iPod Touch.
Laudate: Free. Available only for Apple devices. "The most popular and most comprehensive free Catholic App. Available in English and multiple languages. Huge resource library of Catholic Chaplets, prayers, Daily Mass Readings, Liturgy of the Hours, Stations of the Cross, Latin Rosary, etc. Multiple podcasts for daily meditations and Rosary. Daily Mass live video stream and more...."
Masstimes for Travel: Free. Available only for Apple devices. Official app of Masstimes.org. Find a Mass nearby, wherever you are, with directions. It often offers additional information on availability for Adoration and Confession.
National Catholic Register: Free. App for Android and Apple devices. A service of EWTN. Latest news, blogs, commentary and more, all from a faithful – and award-winning – Catholic perspective.
RelevantRadio: Free. #1 Catholic radio podcast app. Available on Android, Amazon Alexa, and Apple devices. Provides access to all the shows produced by Relevant Radio, available in live streaming or downloadable content.
RosaryPlusHD: $1.99. Available only for Apple devices. Pray the Rosary (Traditional, Dominican, Latin, 15 & 20 Decades), Seven Joys, Seven Sorrows, Divine Mercy Novena, Divine Mercy Chaplet, and St Michael Chaplet.
Universalis: $. Available for Android, Apple, Windows and Amazon devices. Has in-app purchases. Liturgical Calendar, Liturgy of the Hours, Daily Catholic Readings, Daily Mass Readings, audio versions and more. Good for priests and religious.
Vatican News: Free. Available only on Apple devices. Official site of the Vatican. Vatican News gives you the latest news and information on the Pope Francis and the Holy See.