A shared language for Catholic community
Connect parishes, schools, and ministries through clearly defined relationships and source-linked facts.
Four kinds of community
A diocese provides the directory context. A parish gathers the local community. A school has its own identity and educational information. A ministry is a program listed by a particular parish.
Relationships with precise meanings
- Listed by
- A parish or school appears in a diocesan directory.
- Lists ministry
- A parish links to a ministry page whose heading identifies the program.
- References school
- A parish website provides a school-labelled link to the school's website.
Find a place to belong
Ministries are organized around worship, faith formation, youth and young adults, service and outreach, pastoral care, parish community, and prayer.
Built to connect
The downloadable vocabulary uses stable identifiers, typed relationships, and a versioned concept scheme. It combines RDF class and property definitions with SKOS ministry categories.