This summer, we’re releasing a brand new version of our software: Version 5.0. With that release, we plan to introduce several new themes for our customers to use for their sites. Those designs will come from new designers via the first ever eCatholic Design Contest.

There’s over $3,000 in cash prizes up for grabs!

If your design(s) is chosen as one of our new themes, you’ll get $300!

Plus, we’re picking our three favorite submissions and awarding them the following prizes:

First Place: $1,500
Second Place: $1,000
Third Place: $500
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The Challenge

Design a new website theme(s) – in Photoshop – for a parish of your choice (real or fake). Your design should include both a homepage for the parish as well as an interior page for a ministry at the parish (youth ministry, young adult ministry, faith formation, etc.).

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Pope Francis stops to bless a disabled man. What a beautiful image of the servant of servants!

UPDATED MARCH 13TH

Just over two weeks ago, we joined forces with Flocknote and CatholicStudentMinistry.com to launch FantasyConclave.com.

The idea was simple: create a site where people could get engaged with what was going on during this historical time in our Church, educate them on the conclave process, and enable them to share the content with others. The “fantasy league format” (and a few hundred dollars worth of prizes) has proven to be successful!

Over 5,600 people joined the league: guessing who they think will be elected pope and receiving daily pope-fact emails!

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A great video from the folks at Busted Halo!

On Monday, February 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII in 1415.

His resignation is not effective until the end of February, but the two questions on everyone’s mind are: 1) What happens now? 2) Who will be the next pope?

I’m not going to speculate on the latter, but I would like to give you a brief overview of what will be happening in the next few weeks following his resignation (or at least what we expect to happen):

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