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Ministry Platform (MP) has been selected as the new database. Ministry Platform is a cloud-based, single-source database with a mobile-friendly app. It has high future growth potential, is scalable to different size parishes, and has robust communications and development tools.

Below is the conversion schedule built out through December 2023. Please follow this link for a list of parishes signed up for each Wave. 

Note: If you did not sign up for Waves 1-5, you will have the opportunity to do so in early 2024. 
 
For parishes yet to convert—please ensure that you direct efforts to clean up your data as much as possible before your wave. This is essential to ensure accurate and clean data migration from PDS to MP.

Guidelines for Data Clean Up

• Parish Clean-Up Suggestion Steps
• PDS to MP Data Clean Up
• PDS to MP Data Mapping Guide
• Parish Census (recommendations/sample form)
• Archiving Families (Marking families to not be brought over to MP) 

Data Standardization

• Family Status in PDS to Member Types in MP
• Sacraments
• The Basic Records in MP
• Marital Statuses in MP
• Divorce/Separation Best Practices

Stewardship Resources

• Importing from Venmo into MP
• CSV File Format Import to MP Tutorial
• Assigning Default Contacts to Donor Tutorial

Hands-On Learning Activities: Self-paced videos have been developed and are designed to help you familiarize yourself with the basic concepts of Ministry Platform.

• Getting Started
• MP Basics for Catholic Users/Parishes
• Basics of Ministry Platform

Next, take a look at our MP Learning Activities. These activities are hands-on, power-packed, bite-sized, video walkthroughs that show (and tell!) you what you need to know to make ministry happen!

Ministry Platform has an extensive Knowledge Base (KB). You can search on MP topics and drill down into a topic as far as you’d like, whether you are trying to get a high-level functionality overview, learn what fields are in a Page, create a new workflow, set up the system, and everything in between.

Below you will find links to a few crowd favorites!
 

• Stewardship
• Event Management
• Group Management
• Communications
• Advanced Users

Effective immediately the new phone number for Parish Data System (PDS) support is (877) 737-4457.

Virtual PDS Training Recordings

• Church Office Basics for the new user/refresher course
• Contributions - Online giving, pledge posting, EOY reporting, etc.
• Formation Office New Year Setup
• Office Intermediate & Advanced Reports
• Data Cleanup
• New features in PDS Church Office version 10
• Church Office Basic Reports
• Church Office Sacramental Certificates
• Ministry Scheduler Round-table discussion
• Facility Scheduler Round-table discussion
• Formation Office End-of-Year Close
• Formation Office New-Year Setup

PDS Training Options: PDS has a number of training options for you to consider. You can learn at your own pace, from the privacy of your home or office.

• Training Library
• Personalized Training
• Implementation

Effective immediately: PDS Alert Memo issued May 17, 2019

• PDS Support Line-New Phone Number

PDS - Latest Updates for DioOffice, Church Office and Modules

• Release Notes

Training Materials

• Church Office User Guide
• Facility Scheduler Manual
• Ministry Scheduler Manual
• Formation Office Manual
• DioOffice 8 User Guide