ParishSOFT

What Is ParishSOFT?

ParishSOFT is a web-based church management platform for Catholic parishes, dioceses, and schools. Parish staff can record every family, individual, and sacramental detail in its family directory. Parishioners can open the ‘my parish’ portal and update their own contact information. Inside the portal, they can also enroll in faith formation classes and check their giving history.

Staff can track the same contributions in the offering module and manage pledge campaigns there. Parishioners who serve as volunteers can enter their availability and ministry preferences in the ministry scheduler. Staff can then build custom reports in Intelligent Query, which has families, offerings, pledges, and ministry records. Diocesan staff can see the same family and sacrament records for every parish in the census as well.

What Is ParishSOFT Best For?

ParishSOFT is best for its "My Parish" portal, which forms part of the family suite and works as a secure parishioner portal. Parishioners use the portal to enroll in faith formation classes, sign up for ministries, and browse the parish directory. Families can track their giving history and open statements in the portal at any time. Staff receive the registrations and updates parishioners submit, then approve each change before it goes live. It results in accurate parish records and less paperwork for the office.

How Much Does ParishSOFT Cost?

The ParishSOFT pricing typically starts at around $19/month. In addition to the base subscription costs, organizations should typically account for the following approximate additional expenses:

• Implementation And Onboarding: Approximately $1,000–$4,000, depending on parish size and modules used
• Data Conversion And Migration: About $800–$2,500, based on data volume and conversion needs
• Training And Consulting: Close to $500–$3,200, depending on training hours and service scope
• Custom Configuration And Services: Around $500–$2,000, based on setup and customization needs
• Data Cleanup And Custom Data Services: Approximately $500–$2,000, depending on the amount of data requiring preparation

Disclaimer: The pricing is subject to change.

ParishSOFT Integrations

ParishSOFT connects with the following third-party applications that support screening and payment tasks:

• Protect My Ministry
• AvidPay

How Does ParishSOFT Work?

Here is how parish staff can access the platform and work through its main functions:

• Log in to the secure online portal, which opens on any internet-connected device
• Create a record for each family and each individual member in the directory
• Record every sacrament in the member profile and print certificates from built-in templates
• Set up religious education classes, then mark and report attendance for students and catechists
• Add ministries, roles, and custom groups, then build volunteer schedules for any date range
• Post contributions against family records and track pledge campaigns for the parish
• Send texts, emails, and surveys to selected parishioners from one communication screen
• Build custom reports with the query tool, then export the results to Word or Excel

Who Is ParishSOFT For?

ParishSOFT serves catholic organizations that keep member records and manage giving, including the following:

• Catholic parishes
• Catholic dioceses
• Catholic schools
• Ministry organizations

ParishSOFT Use Cases

Based on our evaluation of ParishSOFT features and user reviews, we have determined common areas for its uses:

Catholic Parishes Handling Weekly Collections And Member Records

Parish offices enter every weekly collection by hand and match each gift to the right family. ParishSOFT records that income against the family directory, so staff avoid entering the same donor twice. To check one of those entries later, staff use dashboard-level search without leaving the current screen. From the same entries, the offering module produces the statements that parishes send to parishioners at year-end. Reviewers report that posting contributions now takes about an hour instead of a full day.

Catholic Dioceses Overseeing Records Across Many Parishes

Diocesan offices hold data for hundreds of parishes and lose track of families who move between them. ParishSOFT census keeps a record of every family, sacrament, parish, and ministry across the diocese. Alongside those records, census stores staff positions and administrative functions for the same parishes. Diocesan staff uses intelligent queries to build reports on this data, and the tool requires no database training. User feedback notes that a family's records move with them when the family joins another parish in the diocese.

Catholic Schools Collecting Tuition And Running Faith Formation

Catholic schools invoice families for tuition while running religious education programs for the same students. ParishSOFT tuition creates those invoices, tracks payments, and reports on outstanding balances and fund activity. Each school sets its own funds, templates, and invoice items to match the fee structure it already uses. For the religious education side, faith formation holds class schedules, attendance statistics, and catechist lists. Families can view their balances and pay online themselves, so the school office answers fewer follow-up calls.

Parish Volunteer Ministries Filling Roles For Services And Events

Parish ministries recruit volunteers for every mass, festival, and parish event throughout the year. ParishSOFT ministry scheduler holds each volunteer's availability, contact details, and ministry preferences in one place. Volunteers set those preferences themselves, including which role they would rather serve first. Working from that information, staff build schedules for any date range and update several volunteers at once. Users mention that parishioners sign up online, so ministries recruit without extra office work.

Is ParishSOFT Right For You?

ParishSOFT is a practical choice for organizations that want to manage family records, sacraments, giving, volunteers, and parishioner communication from one system. Its modules share the same records, so contributions post against the family directory, and custom reports pull from families, members, sacraments, offerings, pledges, and ministries without a second data entry. The Diocese of Winona-Rochester, the Cathedral of St. Peter, and Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish all run this combined setup.

Organizations coming from another program reach that setup through its consulting, data, and implementation services, which is backed afterward by a live support center and an online resource library. Once the records are in place, families submit their own registrations and detail changes electronically, and staff approves each one before it goes live, which keeps the directory accurate without office re-typing. Those same records stay inside a diocesan-compliant system with permission controls and automated backups, which is relevant for offices where volunteers enter contributions and edit records.

Still unsure whether ParishSOFT software is the right fit? Call us at (661) 384-7070 for further guidance regarding its functionality.