Hallow App
Fr Gerry has asked me to write about my experience with the Hallow app for those of you who might not be familiar with it. It is the most popular Catholic app in the world, with millions of users worldwide. It can be downloaded on your computer, tablet or mobile phone. I have been using it for a few years now, mainly from my mobile, and it has transformed my prayer life. I now use it to pray much more regularly and consistently than I did before and I have learnt many things from it which I feel have deepened my faith.
It includes a lot of prayer resources including;
- Daily mass readings and reflections on these readings by the renowned biblical scholar, Dr Jeff Cavens.
- The entire bible, available to be read or in audible form. This is easily accessible at any time.
- Bible sleep stories-very useful to fall asleep to.
- Children’s Bible stories and school resources
- Information on the lives of saints
- Various long term challenges like “the Bible in a year “and “Catechism in a year”. These podcasts,led by Fr Mike Schmidt, can be accessed at any time and can be done in your own time ie you can take longer than a year. It took me about 2 years to complete the catechism one!
- Regular new challenges- This month’s challenge is to say the rosary each day in October. It is led by somebody different each day. There is another challenge this month, to listen to a 14 day reflection on the book “Mere Christianity” by CS Lewis.
- Music to suit all tastes including access to music stations and playlists
- Rosaries and novenas
This app is available with a 90 day free trial , to see if you like it, then it can be accessed for the price of approximately £5 per month.
I would encourage you to have a look at it, through the free trial, to see if it is something that might suit you. I’m so glad that I signed up to it and I’m happy to answer any questions about it that you might have. You can usually catch me at 10.30 mass on Sunday.
Anne Marie McKirdy
