Keep the Mass intentions book, and catch the problems before the bishop's visit does.

1. Parish settings

2. Record an intention

A lump sum with no number of Masses? Sum ($) How many Masses (c. 950)

3. List the Masses

Add the Masses at which intentions can be said. Tick "keep free" for a Mass you do not take offered intentions at.

4. The book

What to look at

Intentions

Masses ahead

Common questions

How long does a parish have to say a Mass intention?

Canon 953: no one may accept more offerings than he can satisfy within a year. Canon 956: obligations not satisfied within a year go to the ordinary, in the way he sets. The year starts the day the priest received the intention unless it is otherwise evident (c. 955 §2).

Can a priest keep the offering from every Mass he says in a day?

No. Except on Christmas, he keeps the offering for one Mass and transfers the others to the purposes the ordinary prescribes (c. 951 §1). A priest who concelebrates a second Mass that day cannot accept an offering for it at all (c. 951 §2).

Can we pass intentions to another priest or the missions?

Yes, unless the donor expressly asked otherwise (c. 954), and the whole offering goes with it unless the excess over the diocesan amount was certainly given for the priest personally (c. 955 §1). Record what you passed on and to whom (c. 955 §3).

What does the tool not check?

Collective intentions under the 1991 decree, foundation Masses, the Mass for the people, the "extrinsic title" recompense in c. 951 §1, and anything your diocese has added. It reads only what you type.

Is my book uploaded?

No. Everything runs in your browser. The book is kept in this browser's local storage on this device, so back it up as JSON. It is a working copy, not the parish's official book (c. 958 §1).