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Gregorian Masses

A Gregorian Mass series is a traditional Catholic devotion in which 30 Masses are celebrated on consecutive days for a single deceased person. Sacramentum manages the full life cycle: requesting the series, reserving 30 consecutive days, assigning celebrants, tracking each daily Mass as it is fulfilled, and recording the offering. The dedicated Gregorian Masses page keeps these series separate from your regular intention list so the canonical sequence stays intact.

The Gregorian Masses page​

Navigate to Admin Dashboard → Masses & Intentions → Gregorian Masses. The page lists every Gregorian series for the parish in a sortable, filterable table.

Each row shows the deceased person's name, the requester, the requested or actual start date, the total stipend, the series status, and the payment status. A search box helps you find a series by name, and two filter buttons let you narrow the list:

  • Status filter — show only Requested, Approved, In progress, Completed, Interrupted, or Cancelled series.
  • Payment filter — show only Pending, Completed, Failed, or Refunded series.

A badge in the sidebar shows how many series are currently in Requested status, so you can see open work at a glance. Above the table, the Create Series button lets administrators register a new series directly — for example, when a family submits a paper request.

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Sacramentum reserves all 30 days at once, before the series starts. This protects the canonical requirement that the Masses be celebrated on consecutive days, without other public Masses on those days at the same celebrant or location.

Series statuses​

A series moves through these statuses:

  • Requested — submitted by a family or created by an admin; awaiting review.
  • Approved — accepted but not yet scheduled. The 30 days are not yet reserved.
  • In progress — scheduled, the start date has arrived, and Masses are being celebrated.
  • Completed — all 30 Masses have been celebrated.
  • Interrupted — a day was missed and the canonical sequence was broken.
  • Cancelled — the series was withdrawn before completion.

Approving a request​

When a request comes in, open it to confirm the details and check availability before approving.

  1. Click a row with status Requested to open the details panel, or use the Approve action directly from the row menu.
  2. Review the deceased name, the requester's contact information, the requested start date, and the total stipend.
  3. Sacramentum runs a scheduling analysis and shows Available slots out of 30 and the number of priests who could cover the series. If any conflicts exist, a warning appears with the specific dates that are unavailable.
  4. Click Approve to accept the series.
  5. To decline, click Reject instead and enter a reason. The reason is saved with the series and included in the email to the requester.

You can approve several requests at once by selecting their checkboxes and using the Approve selected bulk action above the table.

Scheduling a series​

Approval and scheduling are two distinct steps. Once a series is approved, you must schedule it to reserve the 30 consecutive days.

  1. From the row actions menu, choose Schedule.
  2. Pick a Start date. The series will run from this date through 29 days later.
  3. Depending on your parish's Gregorian settings, additional fields may appear:
    • In Start date mode, you only choose the date — Sacramentum picks priests and locations automatically based on the daily schedule.
    • In Full manual mode, you also pick the Time for the daily private Mass, the Location, and the Celebrant. Toggle Include visiting clergy to expose visiting priests in the dropdown.
  4. Click Schedule to commit. Sacramentum reserves all 30 days, blocking other intentions from being placed on the same priest at the same location and time.

If the start date needs to change later, use Edit dates from the row menu. You can also use this dialog to designate one or more priests for the entire run by enabling Assign priests and choosing them from the picker.

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Once a series is In progress — that is, the first Mass has been celebrated — you cannot edit the dates or reassign priests through the standard scheduling dialog. Cancellations after that point use the cancellation flow, which preserves the canonical record of which days were fulfilled.

Tracking progress​

Open any series in the details panel to see its progress.

The Progress card shows how many Masses have been completed (for example, 12 / 30) and a progress bar. The Reserved dates section lists each of the 30 days with its day number, planned date, and the celebration type — public Mass with time and location, or private Mass. A green checkmark appears next to days that have already been converted into a fulfilled Mass intention.

Real-time updates keep this view current: when a priest marks a daily Mass as celebrated from their console, the series progress refreshes without needing to reload the page.

Handling an interruption​

If a day in the series is missed — for instance, the assigned celebrant is unable to offer the Mass and no replacement is found before midnight — Sacramentum marks the series as Interrupted. The interruption is recorded with the day number, the date, and the reason. The details panel shows a destructive alert listing each interruption.

An interrupted series cannot be marked as Completed, because the canonical sequence has been broken. Pastoral practice for resuming or restarting a Gregorian series varies; the next steps are a decision for the pastor, and Sacramentum keeps the historical record of what was offered intact for reference.

Cancelling a series​

To cancel an approved or in-progress series, open the row actions menu and choose Cancel. Enter a reason — for example, the family withdrew the request, or the parish cannot proceed. The reason is logged on the series and is included in the cancellation notice. If the offering was already paid, the dialog walks you through refunding it.

Recording payment and creating an invoice​

The Payment column shows the offering status. To collect or record a payment, open the row actions menu and choose Checkout.

The checkout dialog lets you:

  • Mark the offering as paid in cash, by check, or by another in-person method, with an optional reference.
  • Generate an invoice that the family can pay later — the invoice can be emailed to the requester or printed.
  • View the existing invoice if one was already created when the request was submitted online.

After payment is recorded, the series payment status updates to Completed and a receipt is generated for the requester.

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Stipends for Gregorian Masses are usually a single combined offering — for example, $300 for the full series rather than 30 individual amounts. The total is shown alongside the deceased name in the details panel and in the invoice.

What's next​