Your time is for your community, not your website.
Ferst makes the technology the easiest part of running a parish. Mass times, newsletters, safeguarding, enquiries and bookings all in one place, kept current by your own volunteers in minutes. No webmaster to chase, and no emailing photos to someone to post.
The everyday work, made simple.
Times in one place
Mass, confession and adoration times kept on one page and linked from everywhere else, so they're never out of date somewhere you forgot.
News and newsletters
Post the weekly newsletter and notices in a couple of minutes, with the PDF attached if you like. The latest appear on the home page by themselves.
Enquiries to the right person
Contact, baptism or hall-hire forms that go straight to whoever answers them, kept safely in one inbox, not lost in someone's email.
Calendars and bookings
Your parish calendar on the site. Mass intentions and hall bookings taken online and landing in the calendar you already use on your phone. Bookings are on the way.
Safeguarding, clearly
Safeguarding contacts and policies easy to find from every page, the way your diocese expects.
Giving
A simple way to give online, with the money going straight to the parish's own account. On the way.
We don't hold the keys. Your parish does.
Whoever helps in the parish office can update the site, as easily as writing an email. We train your volunteers so they're confident doing it themselves, and when someone moves on, the next person picks it up just as easily.
Want something bigger, like a new page, a new form or a change of layout? Ask for it right from the page in the editor, and follow it through to done. We step in where you need us: polishing, new processes, keeping it all running smoothly.
One family of sites. Every parish its own voice.
One design, every parish
Every parish site shares one design system, so they all feel part of the same diocese. Improve it once and every site follows, while each parish keeps its own content, photos and editors.
Policies everywhere at once
Publish a new safeguarding or privacy policy once and have it appear on every parish site, instead of chasing each one. On the way.
Most of a site in days
We bring each parish's existing content across and lay it out properly, so most of a new site is ready within days. Then we polish it together with the parish.
Any technology we use is there to serve the human person — never to replace them.
Where a tool can give your people time back — less admin, fewer repetitive jobs — it should, so they're freed for the human and pastoral work that actually matters. It aids and enriches; it never distracts from, or stands in for, the people at the heart of the parish. Your community always comes first.
Three simple parts — no jargon, no surprises.
Setup fee
£500 – £2,500 depending on complexity
A single upfront fee to get you set up — your content moved across, the site built and launched, and your office team shown how to run it. One and done.
Maintenance
From £30 / month
A small monthly amount to keep everything running — hosting, security, backups, updates, and a real person on hand when you need a change made.
Extras
Priced individually
Optional add-ons, one-off or ongoing — a giving/donations setup, extra pages, a special project. You only pay for what you actually ask for. (simple modular pricing is on the way)
Where you land depends on how much you need — and we'll always give you a clear figure up front. Nothing hidden, and no long lock-in.
Everything we build, you own — content, domains, and a documented way out.
No lock-in and no hostage data. If the parish or diocese ever wants to bring it in-house or move it elsewhere, we hand it over cleanly and documented. That's the point our finance committees always ask about — and the answer is yes.
You'll be dealing with someone who knows the setting.
Arkadiusz Kulpa
Founder, Ferst · AI & ML Engineer
By profession I'm an AI and machine-learning engineer — but you're not buying an algorithm, you're trusting someone with your parish's front door. I'm a practising parishioner, a husband and father of three, and I've served as a governor at our local Catholic primary school. I know how parishes and Catholic schools really work, and I care about getting this right for the community — not just shipping software. Talk to Ferst and you're talking to me.
Talk to us about your parishes.
Whether it's one parish or a whole deanery, we'll show you exactly how it'd work — no pressure, no jargon.