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Catechism, music and prayer
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Tutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Review memorial entry visibility
Check consent on the individual entry and verify the result in Believer view.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Add a schedule exception
Add a celebration on one date without changing the recurring schedule.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Add schedules to the bulletin
Insert fixed hours, choose places of worship, and decide which weekly rows to show in the issue.
6 minTutorial · 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
Configure the community’s devotions
Choose the prayers on offer, set the community gatherings, publish the intention of the month and set up church mode.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Fill in and sign a form
Find your community’s forms, fill them in for yourself or your children, sign them and check whether you still need to hand in the signed sheet.
5 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 · Catechism, music and prayer
Add a person to the memorial register
Record confirmed details, document the family’s consent and save the memorial entry.
9 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Open a song’s lyrics
Find a song in the members’ app, open the reader and adjust the text size.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Assign a calendar group to a celebration
Apply a group title and colour to a recurring time or to one date.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Search the memorial register
Filter the memorial by first or last name and open a public read-only entry.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Search for a song by category
Filter the public songbook by liturgical moment and narrow the results without signing in.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Browse the public songbook
Use a browser to view songs shared by a community and filter its songbook.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
View devotion history
Review completed and interrupted prayers in your private history.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Review the public schedule preview
Compare the saved times for the selected place with the preview and the believer-facing schedule view.
4 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Create a catechism group
Prepare the identity, meeting, capacity and catechists for a new group.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Create a celebration schedule
Define a period, weekly pattern and status for a recurring celebration schedule.
8 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Create a choir setlist
Open Choir, enter celebration details and arrange the songs in order.
9 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Manage catechism enrolments
Filter the queue, review a request and choose the correct action.
6 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
Manage the choir repertoire
Review the songbook, open the shared catalog and find a song to add.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Lead a choir rehearsal
Start a synchronized rehearsal from a setlist and guide the move between songs.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Set devotion preferences
Review advance, pace, private history, aggregate presence and reminders.
6 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 · Catechism, music and prayer
Edit a choir setlist
Open a future setlist, review its existing details and prepare a change without altering the original until you save.
6 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Edit a memorial entry
Open an existing entry, update confirmed information only and save the changes.
8 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Show choir songs to believers
Decide whether the songbook, setlists and chords appear in the members’ app and on the public page, and share the QR for the pews.
3 minGuide · Catechism, music and prayer
Manage celebration schedules
Maintain a regular programme and record exceptions while keeping the final calendar under control.
12 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Join a guided devotion
Choose an available devotion, set its intention and preferences, follow each step, and finish with Amen.
8 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 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Pray in memory from linked content
Open a Rosary from the memorial with the linked person already set as the intention.
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 · Catechism, music and prayer
Collect song submissions
Open your submissions area and prepare a new song for editorial review.
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 · Catechism, music and prayer
Resume a devotion
Keep your place and return to the same prayer without starting over.
6 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 · 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 · Catechism, music and prayer
Follow a setlist step by step
Open a visible setlist, start the full-screen reader and move to the next song.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Browse songs by liturgical moment
Start from a song category, open its public list and choose a set of lyrics.
5 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Cancel a celebration
Hide one occurrence from the calendar without deleting its recurring schedule.
4 minTutorial · Catechism, music and prayer
Find songs and follow a setlist
Search for a song or open a shared setlist to follow lyrics in the planned order.
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