Coordinating Mass coverage should be straightforward.
With Clerus, it is.
Priests post Mass coverage needs in moments — and brother priests across the diocese can see what’s needed and step in.
There’s more to coordinate than there used to be.
The 2025 National Study of Catholic Priests — conducted by The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America — shows what that looks like for priests across the country.
This is why we built Clerus.
Mass coverage, simplified by Clerus
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Post the Coverage Need
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A Priest Claims It
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Coverage Confirmed
Designed for Catholic dioceses
The Coverage Board gives priests across the diocese a single view of every open Mass coverage need. They can filter by distance from home, date range, language, or deanery — so a retired priest three miles away sees what’s local to him.
A priest can invite specific brother priests to cover a Mass in a chosen order before a request ever appears on the Coverage Board. If the first priest can’t cover it, Clerus moves to the next — without any follow-up needed.
Already arranged coverage at a deanery meeting? Record it in Clerus so everything stays on the calendar and everyone stays informed, even when the coordination happened in person.
A pastor sets up his parishes once — arrival instructions, liturgy notes, sacristy layout, and who will be there to help him get set up. Those details go out automatically with every coverage confirmation, so a visiting priest has what he needs the moment he arrives.
A weekly coverage report keeps parish staff informed — who covered what, and when — so nothing falls through the cracks.
