About our database...
Our mission is to help people find Mass, Churches, Diocese, Schools, Ministries, and other Catholic organizations. To be successful, we must ensure the Catholic directory contains updated and accurate information. With over 120,000 listings in our directory, and church staff and schedules in constant flux, managing these changes can be a daunting task. The hardest part is our staff getting notified of changes when they occur.
Where do listing updates come from?
The information in our database is gathered from three primary sources.
1) Directly by Catholic administrators. First and foremost, changes are submitted to us directly by church administrators. This can range from the parish secretary to the priest.
2) Helpful Catholic parishioners visiting our website. Over 550,000* people visit TheCatholicDirectory.com each month. Frequently, helpful parishioners are the first to notify us of changes. All updates submitted by parishioners are first verified by our staff prior to becoming live data on the website.
3) Mass Times iPhone & smartphone users. The fastest growing source of updated information comes from the 85,000+* people who use our free iPhone application. Other smartphone apps are in the works for launch in 2011. Built-in to these apps are easy-to-use update tools. Like all submitted updates, information is first reviewed and approved by our staff.
(*As of Nov 2010)
How do we keep our directory updated?
We update the database daily.
Some days our staff will review and process over 500 Catholic listing updates. Volume increases prior to the Easter, Summer, and Advent seasons when we send email reminders to over 79,000 church administrators.
We use technology.
Our developers have written tools that help automate the review and update process. Churches can apply for ownership of their directory listing and data. Afterwards, when an update is submitted, they are notified with a special review link. Using a password, they logon and verify all information before approving and publishing changes. They can logon anytime to change schedules, Mass times and other important church information.
Please join in our mission!
Each of us plays an important role in helping people find Mass. You can help by validating the information for your home parish. Simply, visit www.TheCatholicDirectory.com and search for your home parish. Once you locate your listing, look over the information. If anything is incorrect, simply click the "Update This Listing" button and submit your changes. We also highly recommend visiting this page to learn about the many other ways that you can use TheCatholicDirectory as resources for your own website.
