Pray As You Go is a daily prayer website, podcast and application that was created in 2006 by the Jesuits in the United Kingdom.Harriet Sherwood O click, all ye faithful: church expands online in 'paradigm shift', The Guardian, 21 December 2016, retrieved 5 March 2021 Since its founding it has been adapted into nine other languages and as of 2020, it is used 30 million times a year.Madoc Cairns, Want to pray? Now you can ask Alexa, The Tablet, 30 April 2020, retrieved 5 March 2021
Format Based on Ignatian spirituality, the website and its application has daily audio prayers that regularly use music, passages from the Bible and contemplations from the Spiritual Exercises, with reflective questions based on the examination of conscience.Patricia Bailey, 5 Ways to make your morning commute spiritually uplifting, Aleteia, 29 October 2018, retrieved 5 March 2021 Later other prayers such as the rosary and Stations of the Cross were added.Jesuit Media Initiatives, Retrieved 22 January 2013
History On 1 March 2006, Pray As You Go was launched. It was founded by Peter Scally who had previously worked on Sacred Space in Ireland and who went on to also found Thinking Faith, an online theology journal in 2008.Frances Murphy, A decade Thinking Faith, Jesuits.eu, 30 January 2018, retrieved 5 March 2021 An open, public trial began. However, after more than 250,000 prayer sessions were downloaded, it was decided to continue it indefinitely.
It started as a website and a podcast, where it could be downloaded and then listened to later, allowing people to be able to do it while commuting or travelling.Joelle Kidd, Prayer: There's an app for that, Anglican Journal, 31 December 2018, retrieved 5 March 2021 By March 2008, over five million prayer sessions had been downloaded. On 6 April 2014, a Pray As You Go mobile application was launched.Pray As You Go is 'appy to announce...!, Jesuit.org.uk, 6 April 2014, retrieved 5 March 2021 Before 2015, a Spanish version was created and called Rezando Voy.Sean Salai, What Pope Francis has unleashed cannot 'be put back in the bottle.', America, 9 December 2015, retrieved 5 March 2021 During Lent 2017, the French version, Prie en Chemin was launched, which after two years had 30,000 users.Grégoire Le Bel, Happy Birthday for French “Pray-as-you-go”, Jesuits.eu, 29 March 2019, retrieved 5 March 2021 In 2019, in conjunction with Christian Life Community in Egypt, an Arabic version called Fi Tariqi Osally (on my way, I pray) was launched.15 years of Pray as you go, Jesuits.eu, 29 December 2020, retrieved 5 March 2021 In 2020, it was launched on Amazon Alexa.
As of 2020, it is available in over 180 countries and there is a version in Dutch called Bidden Onderweg, in Hungarian it is called Napi-útra-való, in Polish as Modlitwa w Drodze, Portuguese as Passo a Rezar, Ukrainian as iMolytva and Vietnamese as Phút cãu nguyên.
See also Saint Ignatius of Loyola List of Jesuit sites in the United Kingdom
References
External links Pray-As-You-Go.org