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Tutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Report a catechism absence
Let the catechist know your child will miss one or more meetings, with the reason and an optional note.
2 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Close a catechism path and archive the year
Record each child’s outcome, write the sacrament into the registry, archive the group and close the catechism year.
5 minTutorial · People and groups
Convoke a group, take attendance and read the recap
Create a convocation for the group, collect confirmations, mark who is present on the day and review the turnout.
6 minTutorial · People and groups
Add several people to a group at once
Select several people in Parishioners and add them to a group in one step, choosing each person’s role.
3 minTutorial · People and groups
Archive, restore or delete a group
Set aside a group that is no longer active while keeping its data, reactivate it when needed or delete it for good.
3 minTutorial · People and groups
Assign catechists to groups
Review the catechist overview and prepare an assignment from the group.
6 minTutorial · Configuration and staff
Enable a group module
Review access and confirm activation of Choir or Convocations for an active group.
5 minTutorial · People and groups
Compose catechism groups
Distribute requests in a reviewable draft with a manual placement and publish only after review.
6 minTutorial · Configuration and staff
Configure an after-school edition
Review the edition identity, period and weekly schedule before saving changes.
6 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Configure a GrEst edition
Review the general details, weeks, fees and fields for an edition.
6 minGuide · Oratory and children
Configure oratory activities
Set the oratory profile and verify which activity modules are enabled in the workspace.
12 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Configure the oratory profile
Update the stable details used as the base for activities.
6 minTutorial · Oratory and children
View oratory visits
Review the general visitor register and prepare a new arrival without saving it.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Create a catechism group
Prepare the identity, meeting, capacity and catechists for a new group.
6 minTutorial · People and groups
Create a group and invite members
Configure the group, choose useful modules and invite people from the guided workflow.
9 minTutorial · People and groups
Create GrEst teams
Review ratios and participants and prepare a new team.
6 minTutorial · People and groups
Manage after-school enrollees
Filter the roster, open a record and handle sensitive profiles only with the required access.
6 minTutorial · People and groups
Manage GrEst participants
Read statuses, payments and documents and open a participant record.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Manage catechism enrolments
Filter the queue, review a request and choose the correct action.
6 minTutorial · People and groups
Manage group members
Review requests, the member list, roles and invitations from the group’s Members tab.
7 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Manage GrEst and after-school fees and refunds
Check the edition’s balances, record a payment, amend or cancel a registration with the adjustment, and refund the credit to the family.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Collect and refund catechism fees
Find the fees still due, record a cash, bank transfer or cheque payment, and refund a fee, fully or in part.
4 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Enrol your child in catechism
Open Catechism, select the child and complete the steps shown by enrolment.
9 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Enrol children already in the registry in catechism
From the banner in Records, enrol together the minors who are not enrolled in catechism yet, with the same group and fee, without waiting for the families.
3 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Enrol your child in after-school activities
Choose the child and attendance days, add useful details, confirm consent and pickup arrangements, and submit enrolment.
12 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Enrol your child in GrEst
Choose a child, weeks and extras, complete consent and health details, then submit with an available payment method.
12 minTutorial · People and groups
Leave a group or mute its notifications
Reduce or turn off a group’s notifications without leaving it, or leave the group when you’re no longer part of it.
2 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Use the oratory volunteer workspace
From the Service workspace record your team’s arrivals and departures, read the notices and confirm your shifts.
3 minGuide · People and groups
Group limits
How many groups your plan allows and how each group’s monthly counters for appointments, notices and events work.
6 minTutorial · People and groups
Edit group details
Update descriptions, access, meetings, visual identity and contacts from the group page.
6 minTutorial · Configuration and staff
Organise after-school groups
Review membership and ratios, then prepare a new group without saving it in the demo.
6 minGuide · Oratory and children
Collecting parish: who receives fees in a pastoral unit
In a Merged pastoral unit, choose which Stripe account receives the fees for GrEst, after-school and catechism, even when the parishes have two different Stripe accounts, and what the fee costs.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Prepare a group for Confirmation and First Communion together
Add a stage with both sacraments and configure a group to follow it.
6 minGuide · Catechism, music and prayer
Prepare the catechism year
Choose paths, form, fee and rules, then save setup or open enrolment.
12 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Schedule and cancel group meetings
Add meetings, retreats and celebrations to the group calendar, move them or cancel them while notifying families.
4 minTutorial · Communication
Publish a group notice
Prepare a notice on the group board, choose when it becomes visible and check the notification setting.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Record a catechism enrollment by hand
Enter an enrollment received on paper, through an external form or in person, even for families without a MiaChiesa account.
4 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Record after-school attendance
Read the register states and prepare a departure by checking the authorised collector before confirming.
6 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Record GrEst attendance
Filter the register and prepare a departure with an authorised method.
6 minTutorial · People and groups
Reply to a group call-up
Open a call-up from your group, say whether you’ll be there, change your answer before the deadline and read the meeting details.
2 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Withdraw or move a child from a group
Take a child off the path (keeping the history) or delete the enrollment, decide what happens to the fee and move a child to another group.
4 minTutorial · Oratory and children
Choose an oratory activity module
Open the correct module from the available activities.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Message the families of a group
Send a message to the parents of a catechism group, with attachments, notification and email, or write to several groups at once.
3 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Take catechism attendance
Record who is present, excused or absent at each meeting and check the group’s attendance standing.
3 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Follow your child’s catechism path
From the child’s page see meetings and attendance, read the catechist’s messages, manage the fee and ask for a group change.
3 minTutorial · People and groups
Join a group
Discover your community’s groups, join the open ones or request to join those on request, and follow your request’s status.
2 minGlossary
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