About Saints Light

What it is not

Saints Light is an independent app. It is not an official publication of the Catholic Church, the Vatican or any diocese. It carries no imprimatur and makes no claim of Church endorsement. It does not replace your parish, your priest or the sacraments. If anything here differs from what the Church teaches, the Church is right and we want to know: write to Support@meetamsai.com.

Who it is for

Anyone who wants to learn the faith in order: people who are curious, adults preparing for Baptism or becoming Catholic through OCIA, Catholics coming home after years away, parents teaching their children, and parish catechists who need a lesson and a class plan.

How the lessons are written

Each lesson is written for Saints Light in plain words, in the voice of a parish catechist. A lesson has the teaching in a few short paragraphs, three or four key points, one to three Scripture quotations, the Catechism paragraphs it rests on, a one sentence summary, one thing to do that week, and three questions that explain the right answer.

Where it matters, a lesson says how firmly the Church teaches something: dogma, Church teaching, common pious belief or theological opinion. Approved apparitions are treated as private revelation, which no one is required to believe.

Sources

• The Catechism of the Catholic Church is cited by paragraph number only (for example, CCC 1213). Its text is under copyright and is never quoted. Read it at vatican.va.
• Scripture in the lessons and the Rosary is quoted from the Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749 to 1752), which is in the public domain.
• Scripture in the children's catechism is a modern public domain translation adapted from the World English Bible, Catholic edition.
• The Baltimore Catechism (1885 and 1891 editions), the Church Fathers (Schaff and Roberts-Donaldson translations) and Augustine's Confessions (Pusey translation) are quoted from public domain editions.
• Traditional prayers are given in their older English wording and Latin originals, which are in the public domain. Prayers written or translated for Saints Light say so on their page.
• Sacred art on this site and in the app is public domain painting, from Fra Angelico to Murillo. Every work is named on the art credits page.
• The Stations of the Cross were written for Saints Light, in the spirit of St Alphonsus Liguori.

Free and paid

Free forever, here and in the app: Start Here, The Apostles' Creed, the children's catechism, Preparing for Baptism and Becoming Catholic (OCIA), along with the Bible, the Prayer Book, the Rosary and the guides. In the app, every other course is open free for your first 14 days. After that, one payment of $14.99 unlocks them all. There is no subscription and nothing is ever charged automatically.

Privacy

The app collects no personal data: no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, no advertising. See the privacy page.

For priests, deacons and diocesan offices

We welcome review. The five free courses, the Prayer Book, the Rosary and the guides can be read in full on this site without installing anything, and every lesson lists the Catechism paragraphs it rests on. To review the other courses in full, or to send corrections, write to Support@meetamsai.com.

Contact

Publisher: Aquarius Mobile Studios. Support and corrections: Support@meetamsai.com.