The Ascension App is a Catholic Bible and Catechism companion from Ascension, an American Catholic publisher based in Exton, Pennsylvania, and founded in 1998.^1 Its productions include The Bible in a Year and The Catechism in a Year.^2 The listing is built around the Great Adventure Catholic Bible and Jeff Cavins' Bible Timeline learning system, so readers can follow salvation history as one story and listen to Fr. Mike Schmitz's audio narration.^3
The free tier includes the full text of that Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Ascension Edition, daily Mass readings and reflections, a guided Rosary in English and Latin, and most Ascension podcasts in the app, including Bible in a Year, Catechism in a Year, and Rosary in a Year.^1 You can also follow a Saint of the Day and prepare for Sunday Mass with Fr. Mike Schmitz's homilies and Jeff Cavins' Encountering the Word.^3 A premium subscription unlocks study plans, lectio divina, Bible answers, Advent series, and In a Year companions.^1 Ascension offers a free lifetime subscription for clergy and religious.^4 More than a million people have downloaded the app, and more than two million Rosaries have been prayed through it.^1 The app can also be used in a web browser.^1
