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Free to start · No design experience needed

Church bulletin software that gets Sunday finished by Tuesday.

Build a new bulletin in about two minutes, or upload the one you already print and we will turn it into an editable draft. You get a print-ready PDF and a phone version of the same issue.

Made for church secretaries, parish administrators, pastors and volunteers—not professional designers.

Front page of a finished parish bulletin made with Church Bulletin Software, showing the masthead, Mass times, a photograph and a QR code.
Made in the editor, printed from the PDF it produces.

Two ways to begin

Which one sounds like you?

Both roads lead to the same easy editor, where you print, publish and invite the people who send you content.

About 2 minutes

I’m starting fresh

Answer a few friendly questions—your church name, tradition and the kind of bulletin you need—and we set up the usual sections for you. You never face a blank page.

  1. Tell us about your church
  2. Pick a cover and add this week’s details
  3. Edit, print and share
Your church stays in chargeThe starting design is only a suggestion. Once the editor opens you can reorder, rename, add or remove anything.
Start a new bulletin Free to try — no credit card required.

Keeps your current look

I already have a bulletin I like

Upload the PDF you already print—or a clear photo of one—and we rebuild each page so every heading, picture and line can be edited. You see our version side by side with yours and approve it before anything changes.

  1. Upload a PDF or photo of a recent bulletin
  2. Put our version side by side with yours
  3. Approve it, then edit anything on the page
No file handy? Use your church websitePaste your website address instead and we fill in service times, contact details, staff and possibly your logo for you to check.
Upload my old bulletin Nothing is published without your approval.

Not sure? Start a new one—it’s the fastest—and you can bring in your old bulletin or website details any time later.

A whole issue—not a cover mockup

A real 6-page bulletin, made in this editor.

Every page here was built from designs you can edit, then exported through the same PDF workflow your church will use.

Parish
St. Clare at Lantern Harbor Catholic Parish
Issue
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Output
US Letter · regular pages
See all four complete bulletins
Page 1 of the St. Clare at Lantern Harbor Catholic Parish bulletin Page 1 Page 2 of the St. Clare at Lantern Harbor Catholic Parish bulletin Page 2 Page 3 of the St. Clare at Lantern Harbor Catholic Parish bulletin Page 3

St. Clare at Lantern Harbor Catholic Parish · an invented parish, so no real church details appear

See the real editor

See a professional bulletin come together in 35 seconds.

Choose a complete page, change any word or picture, invite the people who supply content, and inspect the exact PDF before printing.

35-second walkthrough · no sign-in required

Press Play to watch. Use the video controls to pause, turn captions on or off, or open it full screen.

From Monday notes to Sunday copies

Your week, in four steps

The bulletin keeps its shape from week to week. Only what changed needs your attention.

  1. Set up the bulletin once

    Choose the bulletin type, tradition, page format and church details. Use the closest starting structure, then add or rename anything your church needs.

  2. Duplicate last week

    Carry forward the design, church details and existing sections for review. Update what changed instead of rebuilding pages from a blank file.

  3. Collect each person’s part

    Send the pastor, music director and ministry leaders a private link. Each person sees only their own section, and nobody needs to create an account.

  4. Review, print and publish

    Read what came in, run the four checks before printing, then produce a print-ready PDF and—if you want one—a phone version of the same bulletin.

Step 3, in practice: everyone gets one job

Send each person a private link. They see only their own part, they do not need an account, and nothing reaches the bulletin until the office says so.

  • Pastor or rectorDraft or revise the pastoral message and confirm the worship details assigned by the office.
  • Music or worship directorAdd hymn and song titles, service music, numbers, placement details and any notes the office needs.
  • Ministry leadersSubmit an announcement heading, body and optional action link for office review.
  • Church officeReview every submission, edit for space, decide what belongs in the issue and control publication.

Want it even easier? We can start next week’s draft and remind your contributors for you

One bulletin, every place people read it

Print the booklet and share the same thing on phones

You write it once. We prepare each version from the wording you already approved.

For the office copier

A print-ready bulletin

Letter or A4 pages, folded booklets, black-and-white printing and large-print copies—with four checks before you print so nothing lands crooked or cut off.

For every phone

A phone version

Share one link or a QR code. Phone numbers and addresses are tappable, the text is easy to read, and nobody has to download a church app.

For inboxes, screens and social

Email, lobby screen and social posts

Turn the finished bulletin into an email newsletter, a slide for the lobby TV and correctly sized posts for Facebook or Instagram—without retyping any of it.

For hearing back from people

Extras on the phone version

Add sermon notes, a connect card or an event sign-up, then see how many people scanned the code, followed a link or opened the bulletin.

Names, dates, times and Scripture references are stored as facts, not loose text. Our writing help can improve the sentences around them, but a person approves every change first. See how the writing help works

Giuseppe Njualem, a Catholic seminarian, wearing a clerical collar.
Giuseppe Njualem Catholic seminarian, Diocese of St. Thomas · Founder

Who builds this

Built by a Catholic seminarian who has worked the parish deadline.

I am Giuseppe Njualem, a Catholic seminarian for the Diocese of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. During my seminary studies I was assigned to write the Sunday homilies for my pastor. That put me close to the ordinary machinery of parish life—the standing deadline, the volunteers, the details that arrive late on a Friday afternoon.

I wrote software before I entered seminary, so I started building tools for the people doing that work. This one comes from the same conviction as the others: the technology should carry the administrative weight, and the church should keep its own voice. Here, the software drafts and tidies. A person in your office still decides what is true, what belongs and what gets printed.

In formation
Seminarian for the Diocese of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, with parish practice during studies in Canada.
Also built for clergy
HomilyWriterAI, used by Catholic priests, and Sermon Writer AI for pastors in other Christian traditions.
The same rule everywhere
AI assists the preparation. It never replaces the prayer, the judgment or the pastoral voice behind it.

Publisher reaches end of support in October 2026

Still on Microsoft Publisher? It retires October 1, 2026.

Save one of your issues as a PDF and upload it. We rebuild it as an editable bulletin and show it next to your original so you can check every page. Approve it, run one week in parallel, and you are moved—or take the optional $149 assisted migration and we do it with you.

Straightforward church pricing

Try it first, then pick the size that fits

Try the weekly workflow

Free

$0

No time limit

For trying the editor with one occasional issue.

Start a new bulletin

For complex, multi-service weeks

Church Pro

$69/month

per month, or $588 annually

For churches that publish more than one service in the same issue and want priority setup help.

Start 14-day Pro trial

Questions churches ask first

Practical answers before you begin

How do I create my first bulletin?

Two ways. Start a new bulletin and answer a few setup questions (about two minutes), or upload the bulletin you already print—or paste your church website address—and check the editable draft we prepare. Both ways end in the same editor, with print and phone versions.

Is this only a digital bulletin product?

No. The product is designed to produce a print-ready PDF and a live mobile bulletin from the same approved information.

Do contributors need full accounts?

No. On paid plans, the organizer can send private links limited to specific contribution tasks.

Can we add a section the template does not include?

Yes. Add a custom section with a heading, body, optional image, link and call to action, then save it for reuse if needed.

Does AI decide our theology or worship order?

No. The church chooses its structure and approved sources. AI is an optional writing and editing assistant for appropriate content, with human approval required.

Can we include complete readings, prayers and song details?

Yes. Editors can paste full content, references and optional source or publication notes into the issue, then review everything before publishing.

Can we move an existing Publisher bulletin?

Yes. Export a representative issue to PDF, upload it to the guided importer and approve the proposed structure, or choose the optional one-time assisted migration. Direct .pub editing is not required for the new weekly workflow.

Next week can start from this week

Give the weekly bulletin one place to live.

Start a new one in about two minutes, or bring the bulletin you already print. Invite the people who send you content and keep print and phone together from day one.