Yes. Upload weekly bulletin PDFs and homily transcripts to OpenAI Files and the chatbot can quote and link to the right Sunday when someone asks about a reading, a feast, or a theme. Most parishes already publish bulletins as PDF and record homilies as audio; a one-time transcription with Whisper or a paid service makes the audio queryable. The bot then returns answers with the date, the Sunday name, and a deep link to the page.

The system prompt controls scope. Most parishes restrict the bot to logistics, schedules, and sacrament prep, and route theological questions to a priest, deacon, or RCIA team. This keeps the bot honest about what it knows and prevents oversimplified answers on questions that deserve a real conversation. The bot can also recommend a specific class, the Catechism, or a parish resource as a starting point.

Yes. The schedule page can list English, Spanish, Polish, Vietnamese, or Latin Masses with their times, and the bot will surface the right one when asked. Multibot lets a Spanish-language bot answer in Spanish on Spanish-language pages while an English bot runs on the main site. The system prompt can also instruct the bot to ask which Mass the parishioner usually attends before answering schedule questions.

Yes. Display conditions hide the widget on any URL or page template you choose, including funeral notices, memorial pages, prayer-list pages, or any context where a chatbot would feel out of place. The same controls let you disable the bot during specific dates such as Triduum, a parish week of mourning, or a diocesan observance.

Logs sit in your WordPress database. No data goes to Sleek and you can purge logs whenever you like. For sensitive pastoral conversations the system prompt can instruct the bot to redirect to a private contact channel with the pastor or a deacon rather than recording the question. Parishioner privacy is the default, not an opt-in.

Setup is point and click. Most parishes go from install to a live, branded chatbot in under an hour. A volunteer who is comfortable with the WordPress editor can update the system prompt, review logs, and adjust display conditions. Ongoing maintenance is mostly keeping Mass and confession times accurate, which the parish secretary is already doing on the site.

Yes. The bot can route prayer requests to your existing prayer form and walk a parishioner through requesting a Mass intention: stipend, available dates, and how to submit the name. It does not store the intention or the prayer request in the chat log unless you want that. Most parishes keep prayer-request handling in the established pastoral channel and use the bot as a low-friction intake point.

If you list Holy Day Mass times on the website, the bot will read them. Add a dedicated Holy Days page or annotate the main schedule page with Immaculate Conception, Assumption, All Saints, and Christmas times, and the bot returns the right answer in plain language. The system prompt can also instruct the bot to remind parishioners of obligation status without being pushy about it.