One solution for your entire parish.
| PDS Church Office | Realm | |
|---|---|---|
| Standard and customizable fields | ||
| Family unit grouping | ||
| Share addresses and phone numbers with family members | ||
| Mark and track attendance | ||
| Enter and track sacramental information | ||
| Include volume, page, and entry from your physical Sacramental Registry | ||
| Run and track background checks | ||
| Members can enter sensitive information on their own for background checks | ||
| Keep ministry and talents information | ||
| Record comments/notes | ||
| Create groups for ministries, committees, etc. | ||
| View maps for house visits | ||
| Print your own directory | ||
| Attach documents for members | ||
| Online event registration | ||
| Mark records inactive | ||
| Predefined reports | ||
| Customized reports/queries | ||
| Actionable dashboards | ||
| Print reports and filter those you want to include/exclude from the report | ||
| Print mailing labels from a report | ||
| View contribution records and pledges for parishioners | ||
| Parishioners can view their own contribution records and pledges | ||
| Print giving statements | ||
| Parishioners can add their own pledges | ||
| Single sign-on experience |
Strong mobile app for your parishioners.
| PDS Connects | Realm | |
|---|---|---|
| Web-based access for parishioners | ||
| Various types of permissions for different users | ||
| Update profile information | ||
| View the church directory | ||
| Make online donations | ||
| Giving receipts | ||
| View contribution history for current and past year | ||
| View lifetime contribution history (convert 10 years) | ||
| Requires approval for profile information to be updated in ChMS | ||
| Updates profiles in the database automatically | ||
| View their groups | ||
| Communicate with their groups or other members | ||
| View their serving teams | ||
| View their serving schedules | ||
| Accept or decline serving assignments | ||
| View church and group events | ||
| Register and pay for events | ||
| RSVP for events and sign up to bring needed items | ||
| View church news and announcements on their Newsfeed |
Keep better track of your finances.
| PDS Ledger | Realm Accounting | |
|---|---|---|
| Import budgets | ||
| Define your chart of accounts | ||
| Create segments for sub-departments and campuses | ||
| Departmental expense tracking | ||
| Record assets, liabilities, incomes, and expenses | ||
| Fund accounting | ||
| Supports cash basis accounting | ||
| Supports accrual basis accounting | ||
| Create and manage budgets | ||
| Transaction history available | ||
| Specify rules for transactions to be divided among several accounts automatically | ||
| Assign sequential check numbers automatically | ||
| Reprint check option | ||
| Print check register report | ||
| Bank reconciliation | ||
| Credit card reconciliation | ||
| Automatically post deposits from Contributions | ||
| Link general ledger to giving funds | ||
| Giving receipts | ||
| Track vendors and vendor information | ||
| Invoice tracking | ||
| Check printing | ||
| Vendor reports, 1099s | ||
| Assign default expense account to vendors | ||
| Internal financial reports | ||
| External financial statements | ||
| Budget comparisons | ||
| Vendor totals and aging report | ||
| Extract general ledger statement report to CSV |
Manage your staff payroll.
| PDS Ledger/Payroll | Realm Payroll | |
|---|---|---|
| Complete and print W-2s and W-3s | ||
| Print federal 941 reports | ||
| Tax e-file | ||
| Add employees and their contact and personal information | ||
| Accrue vacation and sick time | ||
| Make adjustments to paychecks before printing | ||
| Direct deposit paychecks | ||
| Automatically calculate payroll withholding taxes | ||
| Post payroll checks to the general ledger | ||
| Track employee benefits | ||
| Track additional compensation and employee-paid items | ||
| Track housing allowances, phone reimbursements, retirement plans, insurance, and one-off deductions |
Religious Education that's easier for staff and parents.
| PDS Formation Office | Realm | |
|---|---|---|
| Track student information | ||
| See attendance history | ||
| Mark attendance online | ||
| Print marking sheets | ||
| Mark attendance via mobile app | ||
| View students' sacraments | ||
| View students' classes (groups) | ||
| Manage your catechists | ||
| Track catechist certification | ||
| Run and track background checks | ||
| Keep emergency contacts, medical information, or other notes for students | ||
| View meeting dates | ||
| View attendees | ||
| Online registration for religious education programs | ||
| Registration via mobile app for religious education programs or special events | ||
| Accept payments for tuition and fees | ||
| Communicate via email or text messages | ||
| Attach documents to students' profiles | ||
| Promote students from one class/session/group to another | ||
| Check-in for students |
Manage and schedule your eucharistic ministers.
| PDS Ministry Scheduler | Realm | |
|---|---|---|
| Enter Masses | ||
| Enter eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers | ||
| Designate how many of those serving are needed for each Mass | ||
| Create a schedule for your eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers for each Mass | ||
| Staff and volunteers can add serving availability and preferences | ||
| Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers can add and update their own serving availability and preferences | ||
| Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers can see their scheduled serving times online | ||
| Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers can see their scheduled serving times via mobile app | ||
| Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers can accept or decline serving assignments online | ||
| Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers can accept or decline serving assignments via mobile app | ||
| Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers can find replacements for when they are not able to serve | ||
| Group Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and ushers together who serve specific Masses |
