For councils, circles, courts & conferences
Every chapter, one living map.
Oversee all your chapters from one console, let members find the one nearest them, and launch new chapters where five people are already waiting — free.
Free for every chapter · No per-chapter fees · Claim in minutes
- 9,788
- local chapters already mapped
- 32
- national organizations in the directory
- 5 people
- of interest is all a new chapter needs
- Free
- for every chapter — no per-chapter fee
Why national organizations switch
A chapter list in a spreadsheet that was accurate two years ago
A live console of every chapter — active and forming
Launching new cities on gut feel
Five interested people activate a chapter — demand decides
Per-chapter licenses that punish growth
Free at every level, from HQ to the newest council
From national map to local meeting
Chapter organizations break down at the seams — between HQ and locals, between interest and membership. This closes the seams.
One console for every chapter
Claim your organization and get the organization console — every chapter, its location, and its membership in one view instead of a dozen spreadsheets.
A chapter finder that works
Your organization page shows visitors the chapters nearest them, sorted by distance — the question 'is there one near me?' answers itself.
New chapters from real interest
No chapter in a city yet? Visitors tap 'I'm interested.' At five people, the chapter activates with its own group — growth driven by demand, not guesswork.
Local leaders claim their chapter
Each chapter can be claimed and run by its own leader — HQ keeps the map, locals keep the keys. No bottleneck in the national office.
Every chapter runs on real tools
Meetings with RSVPs and reminders, one-tap attendance with history, volunteer rosters, and announcements — the same free groups engine, per chapter.
Growth loops built in
Share links for every chapter, invites by search or email, and interest tracking on forming chapters — members recruit members.
01The organization console
Retire the chapter spreadsheet.
Claim your organization and the console shows every chapter — active and forming — with its city and membership. Not a report someone compiles; the live state of your organization.
- Overview, Chapters, and Settings in one place
- Forming chapters visible next to active ones
- Bulk-import your chapter list from CSV; export it anytime
- Assign or hand over a chapter's leader in two clicks
Chapters
Organization console · 42 chapters
- Houston ChapterHouston, TX128 membersActive
- Austin ChapterAustin, TX86 membersActive
- Santa Fe ChapterSanta Fe, NM3 of 5 interestedForming
- Boise ChapterBoise, ID54 membersActive
Chapters near you
On your organization's page · sorted by distance
- Houston Chapter3 miles away
- Katy Chapter14 miles away · forming3 of 5 interested to activateShare to invite
- The Woodlands Chapter28 miles away
02Interest-based expansion
New chapters start where people already are.
Every visitor to your page who doesn't find a chapter nearby is a data point you currently lose. Here they tap "I'm interested" — and at five people, the chapter activates with its own group.
- Interest captured city by city, visible to HQ
- Interested members share a link to recruit the rest
- Local leaders claim the chapter and take it from there
03Inside each chapter
Chapters that run like clockwork.
Every chapter is a full group: recurring meetings members RSVP to, one-tap attendance with history, volunteer rosters for service projects, and announcements delivered in-app and by email.
- Monthly meeting set once, reminders automatic
- Attendance history for officers and reporting
- Service-day rosters members fill themselves
Tuesday Session · Week 12
Attendance — 18 of 21 here
- Lucia Moreno
- Thomas Byrne
- Grace Nguyen
- Daniel Ortiz
Announcement
To: OCIA 2026 · 24 members
The Rite of Election is this Sunday at the cathedral — please arrive by 2:30 PM. Sponsors, remember to sit with your catechumen.
Missing something? We build it with you.
Catholic Connect ships every week, and the roadmap is written with the leaders who use it. Tell us what your organizationactually needs — if it serves the Church, we'll build it alongside you.
Tell us what you need →- National roll-up reporting & exports
- Officer roles, terms & transitions
- Dues & per-chapter renewal tracking
- Chapter health dashboards for HQ
- Officer terms & transition workflows
- Whatever your organization needs next — tell us below
Made for every level of the organization
National directors
Your chapter list lives in a spreadsheet that was accurate two years ago?
The console shows every chapter — active and forming — with locations and membership, updated by the chapters themselves.
Expansion & membership teams
Deciding where to launch the next chapter by gut feel?
Interest is captured city by city. When five people raise their hand somewhere, you know exactly where to invest — and the chapter is already half-formed.
Chapter presidents
Running meetings over text threads and a paper sign-in sheet?
Claim your chapter and get the full toolset: schedule, RSVPs, attendance, rosters, and announcements your members actually see.
Catholic Connect Ads
When you're ready for more reach, promote it.
Fill a forming chapter, a fish fry, or a national convention — city by city. A photo, a headline, and a budget — we take it from there.
- Pick a goal — visitors, calls, event RSVPs, or awareness — and we optimize for it
- Runs across Catholic Connect in your area — feed, search, and nearby
- Every ad is reviewed by our team — you only pay once it's approved
- You set the budget up front — it's the cap, never a surprise
- Live views, clicks, and delivery right in your console's Promote tab
Promote · Campaign
Catholic Daughters of the Americas
Free at every level
The console, the chapter pages, and every chapter's groups are free — no per-chapter licensing, no membership-size pricing.
Your chapters may already be mapped
9,788 local chapters across 32 organizations are in the directory today. Claiming beats building.
HQ oversight, local ownership
The console gives the national office the map; each chapter's leader runs their own group. Nobody waits on anybody.
Real people answer
Requests from this page go to our team, not a ticket queue. Ask below or write to [email protected].
Whether your locals are called councils, circles, courts, conferences, or praesidia — the directory already maps 9,788 of them, because a chapter someone can't find might as well not exist.
Frequently asked questions
What is chapter management software?
Tools for organizations whose members gather in local units — councils, circles, courts, conferences, or praesidia. Catholic Connect gives the national organization a console to oversee every chapter, a public page where members find the chapter nearest them, and free group tools each chapter uses to run meetings, attendance, and announcements.
Is it really free for a large multi-chapter organization?
Yes. The organization console, chapter pages, and every chapter's group tools are free — there is no per-chapter license or per-member fee, and no credit card required.
How do new chapters get started?
Visitors to your organization page in a city without a chapter can tap "I'm interested." When five people express interest, the chapter activates with its own group, and interested members can share a link to recruit friends. Local leaders can then claim the chapter to lead it.
Our chapters are attached to parishes. Does that work?
Perfectly — Catholic Connect is built around parishes. 16,548 U.S. parish pages are live, so a parish-based council or circle lives right alongside the parish community your members already belong to.
How is this different from a membership database?
A database records members; it doesn't help them gather. Catholic Connect is member-facing: your people find their chapter, RSVP to the next meeting, check in when they arrive, and get announcements — while HQ finally has a live map of it all.
Does it work for Catholic fraternal organizations?
That's the heart of it. A Catholic fraternal organization — parish-based councils, courts, or circles with officers and regular meetings — gets the console for the national view, a claimable page per chapter, and free meeting, attendance, and roster tools per council. The largest fraternal organizations in the Church are already mapped in our directory.
Talk to our team
Tell us about your organization and its chapters — how many, where, and what's hardest today — and we'll walk you through it personally.
- A walkthrough of the console, finder, and chapter tools
- Help claiming your organization and existing chapters
- Honest answers — if we're not the right fit, we'll say so
Prefer email? [email protected]
Give every chapter a home — and HQ a map
Claim your organization free, or let us walk you through it first.