Paroecia review
A rules-based parish scheduler with detailed volunteer and substitute workflows.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Paroecia is a parish-life platform centered on Ministry Scheduling for Catholic parishes. It helps parish staff coordinate lectors, Eucharistic ministers, altar servers, ushers, sacristans, and cantors across Mass times and positions. Volunteers can provide availability, vacation dates, ministry preferences, and backup status, while coordinators review and publish schedules. The mobile-first web experience is designed for both parish administrators and volunteers, with API access also available.
Pricing is organized around Parish — Charter and Parish — List plans. Charter costs $60 per parish per month or $600 per parish per year, while List costs $100 per parish per month or $1,000 per parish per year. The Charter rates are founder pricing for the first 50 subscribing parishes; the standard list price is $100 monthly or $1,000 annually. Setup, invitations, volunteer importing, and the first published schedule are available before payment begins after publication, when the next month starts. All listed plans include ministry scheduling, unlimited volunteers, coordinators, and administrators, auto-fill scheduling, personalized publish emails, substitute request routing, and a mobile-first volunteer experience.
The product’s strongest fit is for parishes with detailed scheduling rules rather than simple sign-up needs. Auto-fill scheduling can account for rotation, exclusivity, and backup-only rules, with manual review before publication. In-product substitute requests are routed to available volunteers, and parent or guardian contact emails support altar-server coordination. Encrypted data, continuous backups, and point-in-time recovery add operational safeguards. Parishes seeking a broader volunteer-management system beyond the available Ministry Scheduling module, or those prioritizing lower standard pricing, should consider an alternative.
Paroecia pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Auto-fill scheduling supports rotation, exclusivity, and backup-only rules.
- Tracks availability, vacation dates, preferences, and multiple ministries.
- Includes substitute routing, guardian emails, and personalized assignments.
- Where it doesn't
- Standard pricing starts at $100 per parish monthly.
- The available module is Ministry Scheduling.
- There is no ongoing free plan.
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