"Text Mary"

"Text Mary" allows users to send prayers via text messaging, which are then relayed to churches. Priests read the prayers during Mass. [via Asahi Shimbun]

"The service capitalizes on both Filipino's religious ardor and their zeal for text messaging.

About 100 million SMS messages are sent in the Philippines every day-roughly twice the world average.

Since "Text Mary" started in August, about 300 petitions have been sent each day.

... "Text Mary" has won the approval of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines."

emily | 11:15 AM | SMS and Religion |
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