Specialties
Focus on your mission, we'll handle the technology. With eCatholic, it's easy to design a mobile-friendly Catholic website for your parish, school, diocese, or ministry. Also, accept online donations and payments and live stream your Mass and events directly on your website. eCatholic is built by Catholics, for Catholics and we'd love the opportunity to serve you.
History
Established in 2005.
eCatholic was launched in Advent 2005 to provide Catholic parishes, dioceses, schools, and ministries with beautiful websites that are easy to update, all at an affordable price. The idea of eCatholic was conceived by founder Josh Simmons, who worked as a Youth Minister, Director of Faith Formation, and Music Minister at multiple Catholic parishes. While working in the Church, he recognized the vital role that the web must play in the future of the Church in order to connect with and transform today's culture. Thus, eCatholic was born. eCatholic currently serves over 5,000 parishes, dioceses, schools and ministries in all 50 states and 20 countries.
Meet the Business Owner: Josh S.
Josh graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University in 2000. While in college, he was formed and shaped by the outstanding ministry of St. Mary's Catholic Center. After college, Josh served as a youth minister and music minister for 4 years at two different Catholic parishes.
In 2004, he shifted his focus to website development (online software) and developed many custom applications, including the real-time scoring system for the NBA's Vegas Summer League (which was eventually taken over by NBA.com).
In 2005, Josh left his position at the parish to pursue website development full-time. In Advent 2005, he released the original version of eCatholic and signed on a few "beta" parishes. In early 2006, eCatholic began to gain momentum and started to spread to parishes around the country.
eCatholic has become the leader and the largest provider of beautiful, dynamic Catholic websites in the country.