Catholic Tour Apps: New York app for iPhone and iPad

Have you every taken your family on vacation or been on a business trip and wondered if there was a place to visit that had significance to you as a Catholic? Do you know the wide variety of places of Catholic interest in your own hometown where you could strengthen your faith while you enjoy some time off? The biggest hurdle to discovering places of Catholic culture is that we don’t know what they are, where they are, or how to get there. They are often off the beaten track, and who has time to search for them?

Take your own Catholic Tour Guide with you as you visit the great city of New York, known for its iconic attractions, fantastic museums, and historical monuments. While you visit the Statue of Liberty, the 9/11 Memorial, the museums, or even go on an upstate adventure, you can also walk in the footsteps of several saints and saintly people: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Mother Cabrini, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Venerable Pierre Toussaint, and Mychal Judge. Visit the Actor’s Chapel where Jimmy Durante, Perry Como and Bob Hope worshipped. Take a ride up to Auriesville and explore the history of the only canonized American martyrs who sowed the seeds of the Gospel in the New World a hundred years before the American Revolution.

The Catholic Tour App will guide you through fascinating religious and cultural museums such as the Museum of Biblical Art and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Cloisters and to the statue of Saint Joan of Arc which stands in Riverside Park.

The app includes:

+ guides to three museums: Museum of Biblical Art, Museum of Jewish Heritage, and The Cloisters.
+ hard to find information for following the footsteps of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton who lived in New York City as well as visiting the shrine of Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini.
+ a guide to the Auriesville Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs where Isaac Jogues and companions were martyred
+ featured information on the Catholic Memorial at Ground Zero
+ information on the Church that played a part in the conversion of Thomas Merton
+ a guide through St. Patrick’s Cathedral
+ and more

Catholic Tour Apps is your guide to the hidden places of interest that help you know your history as an American Catholic and claim your Catholic culture. Discover guides to places of historical interest, shrines, museums and memorials, as well as galleries of art. Whether youre planning your trip in advance or are looking for information on the spot, Catholic Tour Apps put everything at your fingertips so you can save time, relax, enjoy yourself, and make memories for yourself or your family that will last a lifetime.


Features:
Welcome message from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York
63 points of interest in 16 tourist destinations in New York City and surrounding areas
Audio guide to the tourist destinations
Interactive maps
Favorites list