Transcript: This is a brief introduction to the Divine Office website redesign. I am Mauro with DivineOffice.org – in this video I’ll lead you through the main key changes and new features we will introduce with the new version of our website.

DivineOffice.org initially launched in 2006, with the current design dating back to 2008. The web is a different place today and our new website will reflect that by adding support for smartphones, tablets and larger desktop screens thanks to a re-imagined, fully responsive layout.

The Divine Office podcast, website and apps are produced by our ministry with the purpose of promoting the tradition of praying the Liturgy of the Hours. Over the years a large community has grown around our website and apps. While creating our new website, we decided to recognise our community by adding several features that - we hope - will allow our members to support each other in their journey of faith.

First and foremost, we added to the site our 3D Spinning Globe, showing people in prayer around the world, this used to be an exclusive feature of our app.

Then we worked on an improved version of our Prayer Request feature. Now you can add intercessory prayers that will be shown directly below each prayer for the day, and you can even schedule intercessory prayers for the future. You can also show your participation in others’ prayers by clicking on the “Amen” button next to each prayer.

We also added a community forum. The forum topics summary are public, full topics and the ability to reply are reserved to our registered members only. The community forum can be used to share your experience, seek for spiritual support or ask questions about our Catholic faith to the other members.

Last but not least, we wanted to make the prayer experience as pleasant and distraction free as possible. We added more feature that before were only available in our apps: you can now switch the website colour scheme, increase the font size, change the audio playback speed, and access a full-screen prayer room — completely focused on praying the liturgy of the hours.

The DivineOffice.org website redesign was made possible by the incredible support of our community and was months in the making.
It is currently in beta and we expect to launch it to soon. Thank you for watching this video. We hope you will be praying with us, always and everywhere.

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