Thank you to everyone that participated in the search to find the top 5 Catholic web apps that are currently available out there on the interwebs. Although there is a lot of growing that needs to be done in the Catholic web development community, you all had some great suggestions! Now, without further delay, and much ado, here are the top 5 Catholic web apps!
The Top 5 Catholic Web Apps
Catholic Culture’s Site Reviews – In a nutshell, Catholic Culture Site Reviews gives Catholics a one-stop shop to find sites that are in-line with the Magisterium. There are a lot of so-called Catholic sites out there that teach a whole host of stuff that does not coincide with orthodox Catholic teaching, and it’s nice to know that there is a place you can go to find true Catholic sites out there.
Here is a brief overview from the site itself: “Trinity Communications has been providing Catholic Internet users with qualified reviews of Catholic web sites since 1996. Our review staff is led by Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D and is currently maintaining 682 active reviews.”
myCatholic.com – myCatholic is a cool customizable web desktop that is specifically designed for Catholics. You can set it as your homepage, customize the content, and have the Catholic stuff you want – when you want it.
“myCatholic.com is the first Catholic web portal that allows users to choose their own content, layout, and preferences. It offers daily Mass readings, reflections, news, commentary, custom RSS/Atom feeds, a Catechism study, links, tools, and more.”
XT3 - XT3 is one of the premiere Catholic social networks out there (and one of the best looking).
“Xt3 has so much to offer – It’s so good Pope Benedict XVI sent a message on Xt3! We’ve got discussions, profile pages, global and friends’ prayer walls, podcasts, diocesan homepages, events and projects. You can even ask a priest all those burning questions you have… so why not join now?”
flockNote - I just got my father-in-law hooked on this site. He now uses it for his men’s group. The premise of this social network is to allow Catholic groups to communicate across multiple platforms. Whether your members prefer email or social network mediums, you can maintain communication and build up a cohesive group of on fire Catholics. It is specifically for Catholics, but can be used for pretty much any group. Very cool.
Phatmass - The Phatmass phorums are famous. What started out as a discussion forum, has turned into a social network to the extreme. It’s not that there are a lot of members on the site, but the members that are there (even the atheists) are die hard supporters of the community. It is very cool to see how close all of the members are to each other, and the discussions range from the absurd to the profound.
Thank you
Thank you all for participating in this call for Catholic web apps! I am really excited to see what the future holds for Catholic web development. In the mean time, get out there and check these sites out!
Other posts that you may enjoy:
Thanks so much for this. I have used Catholic Culture's site reviews for years and it has been very helpful. They have lots of new resources at their site too. I'm particularly interested in myCatholic.com and am looking forward to seeing it. I have used iGoogle as a home page for quite some time and my life is built around it but they have practically nothing for Catholics. I'll be sure to link to your site on mine, http://www.livecatholic.net/, please come visit.
You are very welcome! I am glad that it helped! Yeah, MyCatholic is pretty sweet.
I checked out your site! It's pretty awesome, and one of the better designed Blogger sites I've seen! Very good content as well! I'll link to yours in the morning too! =)