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iPieta (Catholic Teaching, Calendar, and Prayer)

Application Description

Requires iPhone 3.0

iPieta is a Catholic Reference and Devotional in English for the iPhone and iPod touch. The similar but not identical App in Spanish is iPieta ES which is currently waiting for review by the App Store.

CONTENT:
• The Douay-Rheims and the Latin Vulgate Bibles (public domain)
• Baltimore Catechisms #1-3; the Cat. of Christian Doctrine, the Roman Catechism, and the Cat. of St. Thomas Aq
• Both the Ordinary (Novus Ordo) and Extraordinary (Tridentine) Calendars with access to the day's Gospel and Reading(s) from the D-R & Vulgate.
• Numerous devotions including a version of the Little Office of Our Lady, the 33-Day Total Consecration Preparation, Novenas to the Holy Spirit and to the Divine Mercy, St. Alphonsus Stations of the Cross, and the St. Bridget 1-Year and 12-Year Prayers.
• Spiritual writings by St. Louis Marie de Montfort, St. Teresa of Jesus, St. John of the Cross, St. Catherine of Siena, the Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas, the Imitation of Christ, Intro to Devout LIfe (St. Francis deS) , St. Jean-Marie Vianney, Treatise on Purgatory (St. Catherine of G), Spiritual Exercises (St. Ignatius), Sinners Guide, Haydock Biblical Commentary, St. Matthew & St. Mark from Catena Aurea (St Thomas Aq). The Summa (apart from the Supplement) is also in Latin.
• Papal Encyclicals
• Ecumenical Council Documents
• Scriptural passages for the Holy Rosary
• Examination of Conscience
• Saint Notes (incomplete / in progress)
• Bookmarks

FEATURES:
• OPTIONAL FREE AUDIO for many prayers and novenas can be downloaded from iPieta.com. See the web site for directions on installing and updating the audio. iPieta does NOT require the audio.
- If you have problems downloading & syncing audio, please contact us directly at audio@ipieta.com for help.
• Email current text (prayers, bible passage, or spiritual writing) directly from iPieta.
• Perform Boolean AND/OR searches on the Bible, catechisms, and spiritual works including the Summa.
• The Bible as well as many of the prayers can be displayed either in English, Latin, or in both English & Latin.
• The Calendar is displayed in a table and formatted to correspond to the liturgical season (e.g., Advent, Christmas, etc.) and feast day. Touch a day's entry to access the Gospel and readings (but not the responsorial psalm). “Shake” device to toggle between the Novus Ordo and Traditional Calendars.
• Text is displayed in a modified web view where swipes and taps originating in the left one-fourth of the screen facilitate font-size changes, new files, and instant scrolling which is especially useful reading large files.
• Customize text and background colors and test size and fonts.
• iPieta “remembers” last table / text on start-up; each table “remembers” the last selected row.
• “Copy” (iPhone 3.0) works in iPieta (See the Help for details.)

IMPORTANT:
• See the Help Tab for instructions on Navigation, Audio, and Email.
• The Calendars are complex; emails regarding problems are appreciated.
• Minor audio issue: See the audio page at www.iPieta.com

We are grateful for your suggestions and direct emails (support@ipieta.com) which we take seriously as we work towards improving iPieta.

We know there are still typos in v2.1 and we will keep eradicating them; but much work is necessary to keep the data organized since there is so much material. SENDING US EMAILS on specific typos is a great help! Thanks.

We are waiting for permission from the USCC to include the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Compendium of the Catechism.

Note:
• Go to www.ipieta.com for details on the calendar, navigation, search, display and more.
• iPieta does NOT require internet connection.
• Help and Settings are found in the “Settings” tab.
• Need assistance? Contact us at: support@ipieta.com

Latest Update

• Bookmarks can be set for any text file or table entries with audio from the first 4 tabs (Bible, Calendar, Prayers, and Veritas). Hundreds of bookmarks can be easily accessed since they are automatically organized into an indexed table which corresponds in order to the primary sections of the 4 tabs. • Bookmark features: Audio can be played directly from the bookmarks; bookmarks remember position within the text; bookmarks are color-coded to indicate if they correspond to a table entry or to a text file from a particular tab; bookmarks can be easily deleted or rearranged (within its own section). • Bookmarks are added by double-tapping in the lefthand zone (as described in Read Me in the Help section). A menu pops up so you can add a bookmark or replace a bookmark if iPieta discerns a candidate bookmark that you may want to replace.. • Bible Tab: The Bible is now ordered conventionally rather than starting with the Gospels. • Calendar Tab: Default options to "shift" Epiphany, Ascension, and/or Corpus Christi to Sunday. This option can be applied uniquely to each national calendar. Calendar mistakes were also corrected. The calendar readings can immediately access the entire corresponding chapter using the menu accessed by double-tapping as described above. • Prayer Tab: Additions include prayers to St. Padre Pio and prayer for priests. • Veritas Tab: Additional works include the writings of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, "On the Love of God" (St. Francis de Sales), The Mystical City of God (Ven. Maria Agreda, abridged version), The Raccolta (1857), The Confession of St. Patrick, The Rule of St. Benedict, The Consolation of Philosophy (Boethius), The Spiritual Exercises (St. Ignatius of Loyola), The Sinners Guide (Ven. Louis of Granada), the Haydock Biblical Commentary, and two books of the Catena Aurea by St. Thomas Aquinas (those on the gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark). • The Haydock Biblical Commentary, the Catena Aurea, the Bible, and the Calendar Readings can access each other directly from the menu opened by double-tapping in the left hand 75 pixels as described in Read Me. So while reading a particular passage in Scripture, you can immediately open the corresponding passages in the commentaries and vice-versa. This navigation feature also applies to the search results for the Bible or the commentaries. • Audio has been expanded in both content and capacity: Ineffabilis Deus (Immaculate Conception) and Ad Caeli Reginam (Queenship of B.V. Mary) are in audio as well as many latin prayers. Default audio can be set to either English or Latin; double-tapping the audio icon tries to play audio with the default language; opening the audio menu gives the option to play the audio in either the Latin or the English if available. iPieta will automatically substitute the alternative language in audio sequences when selections with the requested audio is unavailable. • Corrected some typos.