** The #1 Catholic Bible App**
Designed to help Catholics read and understand the Bible, learn the teachings and tradition of the Catholic Church, and grow to live the life God is calling them to more fully.
Featuring the most popular Catholic Bible in America, the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, with the one-of-a-kind Bible Timeline® learning system that has helped hundreds of thousands of Catholics finally read AND understand God’s Word.
TOP FEATURES
CRUX LENTEN CHALLENGE
The Crux Lenten Challenge begins February 18 and runs daily until Easter Sunday. Participants will learn how to surrender their lives to God by submitted to four daily challenges, including 1) daily reading of Scripture, 2) a nightly Examen, 3) daily exercise, and 4) a dietary fast. Spiritual guidance from Fr. Columba Jordan's daily videos is available for subscribers in the Ascension app and will help participants through struggles, provide encouragement, and guidance to hear God's voice as they grow in Faith.
PRAY THE ROSARY
Fr. Mike Schmitz, Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, Jeff Cavins, the Sisters of Life, and Paul Rose lead recordings of the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, and Glorious mysteries of the Rosary. Pray in English or Latin, with options to chant the prayers.
DAILY MASS READINGS + REFLECTIONS
Read the official Daily Mass readings and watch reflections from trusted Catholic presenters who dive deeper to unpack the readings each day. Pray also with guided lectio divina prompts directly in the app.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE CATHOLIC BIBLE
Read the full-text of the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, listen on audio with recordings from Fr. Mike Schmitz, get answers to 1000+ most-asked questions about the Bible, and dive deeper into each book and verse with the Bible Timeline® learning system and the Bible Guide.
PREP FOR SUNDAY MASS
Watch or listen to recordings of Fr. Mike Schmitz’s homilies and watch Encountering the Word where Bible scholar Jeff Cavins provides historical, Biblical, and spiritual context to the readings at Sunday Mass.
“IN A YEAR” PODCASTS
Get the best experience of the Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year podcasts, with additional content, prayer aides, transcripts, answered questions, linked references and Bible verses, and more!
STUDY PLANS
Browse from 80+ study plans taught by leading Catholic presenters, including Fr. Mike Schmitz, Jeff Cavins, Dr. Edward Sri, Sarah Christmeyer, Jackie Francois Angel, and many others. Study plans are a companion to help you understand the Bible better, learn more about Catholic teaching, and strengthen you to more fully live the life God is calling you to.
SAINT OF THE DAY
Read daily reflections on the lives of the saints, following the memorials and feast days on the liturgical calendar.
CATHOLIC PRAYERS
Discover novenas, litanies, guided lectio divina and visio divina experiences, and more!
SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS
All users can access the full text of the Bible, the full text of the Catechism, Daily Mass readings and reflections of the day, the full Rosary with all recorded voices, and all Ascension podcasts in the app for free.
To access all content and programs in the Ascension App, Ascension offers two auto-renewing subscription options:
$8.99 per month
$59.99 per year
(Please note these prices are for users in the USA)
Your Ascension subscription will renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can go to your Apple account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Please contact us at support@ascensionpress.com if you have any issues or questions.
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Completed Bible in a year… Started catechism in a year
At view
I completed Bible in a year and then thought about repeating it as there’s so much information I knew I could gleam the second time through. I did consider catechism in a year, but I wasn’t sure if it would be interesting enough to give a whole year to it. I’ve never looked at the catechism, or I should say since I was in junior high, so it was a foreign book to me by this time. Jeff Cavins, and father, Mike Schmitz took off, running with catechism in a year! The groundwork they laid was so exciting, and the way they talked about the changes that would happen for you, I wanted in. Now I am very early in the program, but I can tell you it is profoundly interesting and Like Bible in a year I do believe them when they say catechism in a year will change you. Let me explain. When some thing interests you intellectually it will stay in the forefront of your brain and that means you will think on it often-this equals a form of meditation! Whatever you meditate upon will produce changes in your heart! (Remember, this can work both ways good and bad) Since we’re here for the good and the program is for a year I’ll update with specifics (even personal changes/challenges)and let you know if it stays on its current trajectory or if we fall off….Tj
Just what I asked for!
seeker11177
Bible in a year? How about the Bible 2 times a year or 3 or 4! I’ve been waiting years for a true Catholic audio Bible. A couple years ago when I was listening to The Bible in a Year with Father Mike I requested that Ascension turn his Bible narration into an audiobook since as far as I could find there were only 2 versions, a very old (1940’s or 50’s maybe) Douay-Rheims that has missing parts and a variety of narrators and a King James. Catholics have desperately needed an updated audio Bible. Well, they’ve done what I asked! Perhaps many people made this request because there is a dearth of full Catholic audio Bibles while Protestants have an absolute plethora. We too should know the Bible as well as Protestants do since “The Bible is a Catholic Book” (Jimmy Akin). If you listen for an hour a day you can potentially listen to the Bible 3-4 times per year. If you speed it up, and Ascension has inclued this function, you could listen even more. Thank you Ascension for giving us this great gift! I’m sure the rest of the app is as useful as the audio Bible but, personally, I only have eyes for the audio Bible. There is no audio for the Catechism but I’m sure that will be available sometime next year after Father Mike has finished narrating it.
A Gift
Learning at 80!
I am 80 years old and a cradle Catholic. When I was young, we were told not to read the Bible. After Vatican 2; that changed and Scripture in the Mass readings were a rich and wonderful thing. At about 40, I actually read the Bible from cover to cover. There were so many stories I had never heard before, but were memorable. There were whole chapters, especially those with the chronologies and battles that eluded me. I never thought to check out maps of the ancient world. Mostly, I did not understand that I was reading a whole, unified story.i truly was reading the Bible , but not praying it or thinking about how it was also my story. Fast forward to 2023 when. My parish priest recommended that we consider doing the Catechism in a Year with Father Mike. I signed up. After 3 Days, I looked up the information on Bible in a year. Yes. I did both, and loved every single day. The BIY , because of its organization around the narrative, Father Mike’s and Jeff Cavins’ insightful commentaries, and the loving prayers each day made the Scriptures truly become living words. Father Mike’s expressive reading was amazing.The Catechism in a Year answered so many questions that I had or did not know I had. I thought “ah ha” so that is why or “I did not know that.”It filled in so many gaps in my knowing about the beauty of our faith. I was surprised by how readable it was, and how it was obviously was a work of love on the part of all who worked on it.This has been a deeply rich experience for me , and I am filled with gratitude. I promise to pray for all those who are doing, have done or will do these studies. I have been and will continue to pray for Father Mike, Jeff Cavins and all the people at Ascension Press. Thank you.Dorothy Lindsay
A little pricey, but well worth it!
Trekk3r
I’ve tried the Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year before and failed. Sometimes I would fall behind, but honestly, I just got tired of trying to find the podcast I needed that day or where we were supposed to be. I downloaded the course guide, and that was some help, but I just needed more organization in my life.So I downloaded the Ascension App, and I don’t know how I lived without it. Every day, I just open the app, I know what my readings are and even what my daily Mass readings are. This is a one-stop-shop for practicing Catholics. The fact that you can go deeper into topics and watch related content is even better. If this app had a daily Rosary built in, I would be set! There are sooooo many apps out their competing for Catholic’s attention right now, some free, some pay, and some are good and others are a waste of time. I would use this app every day, so it is totally worth the price. People that might complain about the price, maybe they should drop a streaming service or two, or not buy that expensive coffee every morning. It’s worth the sacrifice to have an app that organizes your spiritual study life.
New features:
- Improved feedback and support flow
- Bottom tab bar navigation persisted across most screens
- Bible Guide swipe gesture indicator
- Updated design of carousels and banners
Bug Fixes:
- Player overlaying Lectio Divina session
- Article audio playing in background
- Wrong ordering of podcast episodes
- Minor bugs and improvements
Version 1.15.14
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