Epistula: Catholic Community
Letters, pen pals & a journal
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
An upper room for Catholics. Write letters across the sea, pray with great paintings, and keep a journal that slowly becomes a book.
Epistula is an upper room for Catholics: a quiet place to pray, write and walk with others in the faith, across countries and languages.
KEEP A JOURNAL THAT BECOMES A BOOK
Five practices, one for every hour of the day:
- Verse of the day: start the morning with Scripture. Free for everyone.
- Lectio Divina: read a Gospel scene slowly, until one word stops you.
- Visio Divina: pray with a great painting, one detail at a time.
- Pray with a photo: hold up someone, or somewhere, you carry. Your photo is encrypted on your phone and only you can see it.
- Examen: end your day with God.
Write or dictate, and every entry becomes a page in your own book.
WRITE LETTERS
Slow conversations with people you walk with. Letters travel by dove, by boat or on foot, and arrive when they arrive.
PEN PALS
Send a bottle to the sea and let a Catholic somewhere in the world find it.
SHARE THE BEAUTY OF THE ORDINARY
A feed for the small, holy moments of daily life, with no noise and no ads.
BRING THE QUESTIONS YOU CARRY
A forum to ask, answer and think together about the faith.
HOLD SOMEONE UP IN PRAYER
Pray for others.
EPISTULA PLUS
Epistula is free to join. Epistula Plus unlocks the guided practices (Lectio Divina, Visio Divina, Pray with a photo and Examen) and an unlimited stable of messengers for your letters. Plus is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account, and the subscription renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings.
Terms of Use: https://help.epistula.app/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://help.epistula.app/privacy/
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A new look for Epistula.
- New colors and type across the app, with the same quiet room inside.
- A new welcome: before your first page, meet the Journal's five practices, the feed, Pen pals and Letters.
- Bug fixes and small improvements.
The developer, Julia Duro, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Sensitive Info
- Other Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Julia Duro
- Size
- 26.5 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Contains
Messaging and Chat
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
Social Media
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Epistula Plus $39.99
- Epistula Plus $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Julia Duro