Most parishes run on tools designed for businesses, and the mismatch shows. Paroecia is the alternative — built for the work parishes actually do.
A parish runs on the work of its volunteers, the records in its filing cabinets, and the relationships its priests and staff sustain across decades. The software that supports that work was, until recently, designed for somebody else — a sales team, a recruiting agency, a non-profit running a capital campaign. The mismatch shows in spreadsheets sent by email, single-purpose products that don't talk to each other, and the paper Mass intention book in the sacristy. Paroecia closes the gap. We build tools designed for parishes from the first sketch.
Paroecia is not a single product. It's the long-term plan for a complete platform for parish life — scheduling, communications, sacramental records, stewardship, religious education, pastoral care, all in one Catholic-built place. We get there one module at a time, parish-led. Ministry Scheduling is available now because parishes told us that's where the daily pain is sharpest. The next module ships the same way: pick the work that needs doing, build it well with parishes in the room, then move on.
Paroecia is led by Deacon Matt Jones. Deacon Matt has been a volunteer in many parishes over the years, and he has seen parish scheduling done every way it can be done — Excel files passed back and forth by email, coordinators making a best effort to honor everyone's time-off requests, paper rosters taped to the inside of a sacristy cupboard. A few years ago he helped his own parish adopt another scheduling system, ran into its limits, and knew there was a better way. The parish staff who do this work are his friends; he wants to make their week easier so they can focus on the ministries that matter. Deacon Matt was ordained a permanent Deacon in May 2025 and brings thirty years of building technology across SaaS products and enterprise solutions to the work. Deacon Matt knows parishes. Deacon Matt knows software.
Write to Deacon Matt through our contact formMost parishes run on tools designed for businesses, and the mismatch shows. Paroecia is the alternative — built for the work parishes actually do.