Save time managing your Parish - spend more time being a Parish Priest!
Parishioners can subscribe to receive your newsletter by email or text. You can see how many have viewed it and reduce your print costs!
Collect your parish Statistics throughout the year - and see them every day.
See your parish finances whenever you need them.
Organise Rotas for your groups and your jobs within the parish from a list of parishioner.
Keep track of your parishioners pastoral needs
Keep your existing website - but make it easier to maintain.
Our system is not only Carbon Neutral, but helps you calculate your parish Carbon Footprint and reduce it.
"It can seem daunting when one is faced with all the administration that comes with running a parish. With the need for up-to-date rotas, newsletters, contact details, parish group activities to name just a few things, it can feel as if there is no time for anything else.
That is where Caspar comes in!
Caspar is an easy - to - use system that takes away the burden of parish administration and allows more time for pastoral ministry.
As a parish priest myself, it has been an incredible asset in helping build up the parish in terms of keeping in touch with each other and with allowing for planning for the future. It has allowed for parishioners to register themselves with information that can then be used to keep them updated with relevant information pertaining to sacramental programmes or events taking place in the parish and beyond.
Caspar also allows for the easy updating of websites with the newsletter as well as making social media posts to bolster our presence online.
I would certainly recommend Caspar for any priest or parish administrator who would like more time to focus on pastoral ministry and less on time consuming administration."
Fr Brendan Seery, Chancellor, Diocese of Northampton, UK
"I enjoy using Caspar because it puts the parishioners at the heart and centre of Parish Administration. Members of the parish enter their own census details in a GDPR compliant way, saving the Parish Priest or Administrator a lot of time, and make their own changes as their family circumstances develop.
I also enjoy using Caspar because it saves a lot of money, and the climate, through reducing the number of Newsletters that need to be printed.
I further enjoy Caspar because I no longer have to search for the Pastoral Statistics at the beginning of the New Year."
Fr Derek Turnham, Wendover, UK
Watch this 1 minute video to see how CASPAR can help you.
See which faciities are available with each version of CASPAR.
 CASPAR Directory |  CASPAR Newsletter |  CASPAR Complete | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Directory | |||
| Update Directory Information | |||
| Auto-Updates Diocesan Website | |||
| Auto-Updates Parish Website | |||
| Statistics | |||
| Annual Pastoral Statistics | |||
| Weekly Pastoral Statistics | |||
| Mobile Mass Attendace Counter | |||
| Newsletter | |||
| Send Newsletter Electronically | |||
| Newsletter Readership Statistics | |||
| Add Newsletter to Website | |||
| Social Media Posts from Newsletter | |||
| Allow Parishioners to Share Newsletter | |||
| Track Newsletter Sharing (Evangelising) | |||
| Social Media - Coming Soon | |||
| Post a link on Social Media when your newsletter is sent | |||
| Create Posts from your newsletter and schedule them to go out each day | |||
| View all Social Media Posts in one place | |||
| Approve Posts that volunteers have written before they are published | |||
| Remove any that are inappropriate | |||
| Connects with Facebook, Bluesky and X | |||
| Groups | |||
| Add Parish Groups | |||
| Your Existing Website | |||
| If you have an existing website, you can add the following information from CASPAR and it will be kept up to date automatically: | |||
| - Mass Times | |||
| - Contact Details | |||
| - Neighbouring Parishes | |||
| - People | |||
| - Newsletters | |||
| - Safeguarding | |||
| New Parish Website | |||
| Create a new parish website in just 5 minutes - and easily manage it from CASPAR. When you send newsletters or update your directory info, it will automatically update your website. There is an extra charge of £10 per month. | |||
| The new website would include the following: | |||
| - All information listed above | |||
| - Customisable design and layout | |||
| - Choose which sections to include | |||
| - A web address which you control | |||
| - You have full control of your Website | |||
| Jobs/Roles | |||
| Keep Track of Key People in the Parish | |||
| Parishioner Database | |||
| Online Parish Census | |||
| View All Parishioners | |||
| Contact Groups of Parishioners | |||
| Make Notes for Parishioners and set Reminders to contact them. | |||
| View Parishioners on Map | |||
| Filter Parishioners By: | |||
| - Skills/Interests | |||
| - Mass they Attend | |||
| - Age | |||
| - Groups they are involved in | |||
| - Church (if more than 1) | |||
| - Language Spoken | |||
| - Town/Area/Postcode | |||
| Produce Lists of Parishioners that need: | |||
| - Visits | |||
| - Prayers | |||
| - Eucharist at home | |||
| Keep Parishioner data correct by requesting regular updates | |||
| Compliance | |||
| FULLY GDPR COMPLIANT | |||
| Parishioners Data Held Securely | |||
| Depends on what arrangement we have with your Diocese | |||
| Cost Per Month (after free trial) | Free | £19.95 | £39.95 |
We provide support via phone, email or video calls - as well as having written and video guides available.
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Yes. You don't need to give any notice.
No. We won't have your payment details, so we can't take any payments. You will only be charged if YOU choose to set up a subscription!
Yes. CASPAR can only be accessed through a secure login process. Your parishioners' information is stored in a secure database and crucial information is encrypted. The server is professionally managed on UK servers to prevent data breaches. For these reasons it is more secure than holding the information on a parish computer with an internet connection.
No. We do not share your parishioner information with anyone else, or contact them ourselves.
Yes. We've been managing confidential information for the Church since 1997 and we work with Dioceses all over the World.
Yes. We have worked extensively with Dioceses to ensure that CASPAR is fully GDPR compliant. Parishioners are in charge of their own information so when things need updating - they do it themselves rather than the parish office making the changes.
If you are using the full version of CASPAR, you will want to be able to include all of your parishioners. There is a process for adding parishioners who do not have access to the Internet. This means you can keep track of those parishioners' needs whilst remaining GDPR compliant.
From our research with existing CASPAR parishes, they have reduced the number of newsletter they print by two thirds. This is a huge saving of money, time, hassle and carbon!
If you would like some more information or if you would like to start a Free Trial, please contact us at info@caspar.church
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