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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, #2, & #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, Introduction to Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales, selections by St. Jean-Marie Vianney, and the Treatise on Purgatory by St. Catherine of Genoa. The Summa (apart from the Supplement) is also in Latin. • Papal Encyclicals • Ecumenical Council Documents • Scriptural passages for meditating on the mysteries of the Holy Rosary • Examination of Conscience • Saint Notes (incomplete and in progress) 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). Note that the days of obligation (Epiphany, Corpus Christi, etc.) follow the Universal Calendar and not the national calendars. “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

• Summa Theologica in Latin (except for Supplement). Latin and English can be viewed side-by-side in the dual-display mode.
• Documents for the Ecumenical Councils
• Papal Encyclicals (and also the Apostolic Constitutions on the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption)
• Scriptural Passages for the mysteries of the Holy Rosary
• More prayers: Sacred Heart, Immaculate Heart, and our Lady of Perpetual Help
• Succinct guide for making a good confession in Examination of Conscience section
• Right-Swipe options: User can configure the right-swipe to scroll text by one page.
• Last Text Position: Option to scroll to last position upon re-opening a file.
• Repeat recording / playlist: Audio option to repeat the current recording or entire playlist. Useful especially for memorizing prayers.
• Some minor corrections including typos.