STFoA App Docs
These guides cover the parish system screen by screen. Each one is written either for a parishioner or for the staff and volunteers who run a module, and each one says when it was last checked against the live system.
Account Access
For parishioners
- Getting Back into Your Account When You Can't Sign In — How to get back into your account when you can't sign in, using an email or phone number you still control.
Account Settings
For parishioners
- Changing the Email You Sign In With — How to change the email address you sign in with, and what happens right after you do.
- Changing Your Password and Signing Out Other Devices — How to change your account password, add a passkey, and sign out of every device from Account Settings.
Account
For parishioners
- Reviewing the Devices Signed In to Your Account — How to see which devices are signed in with "Remember me," and how to remove one you don't recognize.
Admin Console
Communications
For parishioners
- Choosing How the Parish Contacts You — What each choice on the registration Communication Choices step does, which language the parish writes to you in, and how to change any of them later.
Conferences
For parishioners
- Registering for a Conference or Retreat — How to find a conference or retreat, register, pay the deposit, and manage your registration.
Core
For parishioners
- Reading the Parish Privacy Policy — Where to find the parish privacy policy, and how to jump straight to the section that answers your question.
Events
For parishioners
- Requesting a Parish Space and Tracking the Request — How to ask for a room or hall, how to follow your request, and how to see the parish event calendar.
- Finding Parish Events — How to search the parish events list, filter it, and open the details of one event.
- Reading a Room Door Display — What the display outside a parish room shows, and what the words mean.
Faith Formation — Acts 29
For parishioners
- Applying to Acts 29 — How to fill in the nine-page Acts 29 discernment application with a parent or guardian.
Faith Formation
For parishioners
- Attendance — Parents, Kiosk Volunteers, and Class Leaders — How to RSVP and check into a parent meeting — at the door, or before you arrive — run the K-5 kiosk, and mark class attendance as a leader.
- Sending Your Child's Baptism Certificate — How to check whether the parish has your child's baptism certificate on file, and how to send a copy.
- Checking Your Child's Faith Formation Record — How to open your child's Faith Formation page and read their attendance, sacrament milestones, and session summaries.
- Using Your Faith Formation Family Dashboard — What each part of your Faith Formation dashboard shows, and what to do when something needs your attention.
- Checking a Child In or Out at the Class Kiosk — How to find a child at the class kiosk, check them in when they arrive, and check them out again with their family's pickup code.
- Recording Your Attendance With a QR Code — How to scan the meeting QR code, tap Check in, and see that your attendance was recorded.
- Your Confirmation and First Communion Milestone — How to check your status, submit your forms, and pay the sacrament fee — no login required.
- Checking In Your Child at the Door — How to check your child in for tonight's Faith Formation session using the door code and their Student ID.
- Registering Your Child for Faith Formation — How to complete your child's Faith Formation registration, from your contact information through payment.
- Sending Your Child's First Communion or Reconciliation Certificate — How to check whether the parish has your child's First Communion or First Reconciliation certificate on file, and how to send a copy.
- Volunteering with Faith Formation — How to apply to serve with the Kids or Youth program, and what happens after you do.
- The Welcome Table on a Session Night — How to add a visiting teen at the Welcome Table iPad, and what happens to the family's information next.
Family
For parishioners
- Managing Your Family's Information — How to view, edit, and add to your family's information in the parish app.
Forms
For parishioners
- Filling Out and Submitting a Parish Form — How to open a parish form from a link, answer its questions, and submit it — including any waiver or fee it asks for.
- Confirming a Parent Session for Your Household — How to use the confirm link in the email your parish sends, so that a Parent Session make-up counts for your family.
- Finding a Parish Form to Fill Out — How to find an open parish form, fill it out, and check on one you already sent in.
Getting Started
For parishioners
- Finding Your Way Around After You Sign In — What the Welcome page shows after you sign in, and how to open any feature from it.
Giving
For parishioners
- Making a Capital Campaign Pledge — How to fill in the capital campaign pledge form and set up your gifts in PushPay.
- Reading Your Giving Page — How to read your giving history, your scheduled gifts, and your pledge progress, and how to give or change a gift.
Guest Registration
For parishioners
- Registering as a Guest — How to create a guest account so you can sign up for a parish event without becoming a full parishioner.
- Upgrading Your Guest Account to a Parishioner Account — What each field on the guest upgrade form does, why the parish asks for it, and what happens once you submit.
Help & Support
For parishioners
- Viewing and Replying to Your Help Requests — How to see your own help requests, read what staff wrote back, and send a reply.
- Submitting a Help Request — How to fill out and send a help request to the parish office, whether you have signed in or not.
- Checking on a Help Request You Already Sent — How to look up a help request you already sent, read the parish's reply, and send a follow-up.
Helpdesk
Kids Day Out
For parishioners
- Enrolling a Child in Kids Day Out — How to start the Kids Day Out enrollment form and what to have ready before you begin.
- Finding Kids Day Out in the Parish Portal — How to find the Kids Day Out page in the parish portal and see the program's age range, hours, and season.
- Checking Your Child's Kids Day Out Status — How to find your enrolled children, their balance, and today's activity report from the Kids Day Out dashboard.
Member Portal
For parishioners
- Signing In to the Parish Portal — How to sign in to your account with your email address.
Ministries
Ministry
For parishioners
- Finding a Ministry to Join — How to search and filter the parish ministries directory to find a ministry worth joining.
- Writing and Sending a Ministry Message — How a ministry leader writes a message and sends it to the members of the ministry by email or by text.
- Joining a Ministry — How to join or leave a ministry, and how to set whether it can email or text you.
- Running Your Ministry from the Leader Dashboard — How a ministry leader reads the roster, posts announcements, sends messages, requests events, makes shortlinks, and asks for a payment link.
- Reading and Answering Ministry Messages — How a ministry member or leader reads the message feed of a ministry, opens a thread, and replies.
- Joining a Ministry from a QR Code — How a visitor scans a ministry's QR code and joins on the spot.
- Viewing the Ministries You've Joined — What your My Ministries page shows, and how to open a ministry with a new message.
My Profile
For parishioners
- Keeping Your Profile Up to Date — How to review and update the personal, contact, and sacrament information on your own parish profile.
OCIA
For parishioners
- Checking Your OCIA Journey — How to read your OCIA journey dashboard once your intake is submitted.
- Finding OCIA in the Parish Portal — How to find the OCIA page and choose whether to begin for yourself or for your child.
- Starting Your Child's OCIA Registration — How to start the OCIA Adapted for Children intake wizard on your child's behalf, and what the wizard will ask.
- Starting Your Own OCIA Registration — How to start the OCIA intake wizard for yourself, and what the wizard will ask.
- Checking Your OCIA Registration Status — How to check whether the parish has an OCIA registration on file for you, and read its path, documents, and sponsor.
Outreach and Care
Payments
For parishioners
- Viewing and Paying What You Owe — How to open your Payments page, read what you owe, pay it online, and find a payment you already made.
- Paying Your Balance — How to open the balance link the parish sent after your deposit, check the amount, and pay it.
- Paying an Invoice — How to open an invoice link the parish sent you, read what it is for, and pay it.
Vacation Bible School
For parishioners
- Using the VBS Check-In Kiosk — How a VBS volunteer sets up the check-in kiosk and checks children in and out.
- Viewing Your Family's VBS Registrations and Pickup Code — How to see each VBS registration, its status, your family pickup code, and your badge.
- Registering Your Family for Vacation Bible School — How to register campers, sign up as an adult volunteer, join a waitlist, add extras, and pay.
- Applying as a Teen Volunteer and Checking the Result — How a teen or a parent applies to volunteer at VBS and how to check the status of the application.
Volunteer
For parishioners
- Finding a Volunteer Opportunity — How to search and filter the list of volunteer opportunities, and what an opportunity card tells you before you open it.
- Setting Your Ministry Preferences and Swapping Shifts — How a minister sets scheduling preferences and blackout dates, takes an open position, and asks one person to cover or trade a shift.
- Managing Your Volunteer Shifts — How to see your upcoming volunteer shifts, check in on shift day, and cancel or ask for a replacement.
- Signing Up for a Volunteer Shift — How to pick a date, choose a shift, and confirm your sign-up for a parish volunteer opportunity.
For staff and volunteers
The guides for staff and volunteers need a sign-in. Open the staff guides. Use your parish email address. The page sends you a one-time code.