Free Parish WebsiteBuilt by Briefcase Marketing How is this free?

Show people the parish you already have

Use your public website address. We'll email you a link to confirm your email first, then a second email with your mockup. The mockup goes only to the email you enter.

Your mockup

Show people the parish you already have Paste your website address and we'll email you a link to a mockup (a preview) of your homepage, built from your own pages, with Mass times, ministries and Becoming Catholic up front. You see it before you decide anything, and you can change it with a checklist and a "Suggest a change" box. Your current site stays as it is, and the tool doesn't contact your parish.

Same parish, same details

Desktop

The parish's homepage today

A Catholic parish's current homepage on a desktop screen: a large photo of the church building, an About Us block, three news cards, a Mass schedule with livestream buttons, and the address, phone number and office hours in the footer.

Its mockup, built from that site

The mockup built from that site on a desktop screen: a headline and Mass buttons over a photo of the congregation, quick links for Mass and Confession, I'm new and Becoming Catholic, then sections for getting started, care, events, giving and Mass times.

Phone

The same parish's current homepage on a phone: its logo and menu, a photo of the church building, and the About Us text.
The parish's homepage today
The mockup on a phone: a menu and a Give button, the headline "Find your church home" over a photo of the congregation, and two buttons, Come to Mass and Watch Mass live.
Its mockup, built from that site

A Catholic parish's current homepage next to the mockup built from its own website. The mockup keeps the parish's Mass times, address and ministries and arranges them around quick links to Mass and Confession, I'm new and Becoming Catholic. The parish is asked to check every time.

What people say about the websites we build

These are about websites we built for ministries, a nonprofit and a school, not about this tool.

“Dan and his team bring professionalism and creativity to all they do. They are a true pleasure to work with. Dan is clearly knowledgeable in all things marketing. He is receptive to feedback, accessible for questions, and provides thorough answers in a timely matter. He communicates every step of the process. Dan and his team are committed to creating nothing but superior products. Our ministry highly recommends their services!”

Katie Wayner, MMGSI

“Dan has been a pleasure to work with. The website he developed for our nonprofit is both well organized and creative. He helped us develop our own ideas and added creative visuals to present these ideas. We believe that this website will be a powerful tool for both education and inspiration!”

A nonprofit

“Worked with Dan to rework the website for the ministry I work for. Dan was super helpful and very responsive. He got the job done very quickly and we are all elated with how the website turned out! I highly recommend going with Briefcase Marketing if you need to create or rework a website!”

A Catholic ministry

“The launch of the new website brings a refreshing and modern update that gives our school community a user-friendly experience with a clean and organized design. The layout balances fresh visuals with clear functionality, giving the site both energy and purpose. It's a strong step forward in ensuring our families and prospective families feel connected, informed, and supported.”

A school
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Paste your website address, see your homepage rebuilt

The words on your mockup are AI-written, working from writing rules we built from the parish and ministry sites we've written.

Send me my mockup

It costs nothing, there's no account to open and nothing to cancel, and the tool doesn't contact your parish.

You want people to find your parish and step in

It'd be amazing if:

  • Someone searching for a Mass time found it on the first screen.
  • Someone asked an AI assistant where to go to Mass, and your parish came up.
  • A first-time visitor opened the I'm new page and knew where to start.
  • A neighbor who's curious about the faith found the Becoming Catholic class and signed up.
  • Ministry nights filled up with a few new faces.
  • A parishioner who wants to give found the way to do it right on your homepage.

So we start from the site you already have, and you look at the result before anything else happens.

A review from a school whose website we rebuilt (a Google review, about 3 years ago).

“After Dan rebuilt the website for our school, the amount of families who scheduled tours tripled!”

A school

What is this?

It's a free tool from Briefcase Marketing. You paste your parish website address, confirm your email, and the tool reads your public pages. Then it builds a mockup of your homepage.

Your pages supply the facts. Our code puts your Mass and confession times, office hours, address, phone numbers, ministries, care programs, events and giving details on the page straight from your own site. The AI never writes a time, a day or a staff name.

The AI writes a short layer of words around them, like the headline, the subhead and the section headings. Before anything is sent, software scans each draft for banned words and patterns, the details are checked against your own pages, and a second AI grades it.

The homepage also carries structured data: your address, phone, email and a weekly event for each Mass time, in a form search engines and AI assistants can read. Nobody can promise those tools will show it.

We still ask you to check every time on the mockup (the tool doesn't read your bulletin yet). Your current site stays as it is. The tool reads only your public pages, follows your robots.txt and identifies itself when it visits. If you'd rather not be read, "Remove my parish" is in the footer.

Who we are. We build websites for Catholic parishes, schools and ministries, and we know a parish office has a full week. That's why the first draft is on us. We've built sites for parishes, including one that merged eight churches into one in 2026.

A team we built a paid website for said this about working with us:

“Briefcase Marketing made a confusing yet essential process for any business/organization incredibly smooth! The BM team was great to work with and accessible for communication and good at teaching our team on how to use the new website. I highly recommend using Briefcase Marketing!”

Maria Wancata

How it works

Send me my mockup
  1. 1. Paste your website address

  2. 2. Open the link we email you

  3. 3. Change what you like, or suggest a change

  4. 4. Choose how to go live

From another website client:

“Great attention to detail and easy to work with. Our website is wonderful and we have received many compliments!”

A client

What you can do with your mockup

The checklist on a mockup page, with choices for how much copy, which sections show, the headline, the look, the accent color and the top photo, and an Update preview button.
The checklist. Choose how much copy you want, which sections stay, one of three headlines, calm or bright, your accent color and your top photo.

Each parish website has one mockup at a time, so the checklist and suggestions are how you shape it. You get 2 rewrites and 20 comments, up to 10 comments a day, 500 characters each.

Three ways to go live

Free: install on your own hosting (files coming)

The mockup is free and built from your current site, with AI-written copy and suggestions. The free install files, for your own hosting, are coming and aren't ready yet.

Price
$0
Who does the work
you or your web person, once the install files are ready. They move the site over and change the DNS (the setting that points your web address at your site). A step by step guide and a training video are coming too.
Hosting
yours
Words
AI-written, working from writing rules we built from the parish and ministry sites we've written, with a limited number of rewrites and comments
Photos
your parish's own photos from its site
Edits
yours

$250 per month: we do it for you

We move your site over, handle the DNS changes, host it on WP Engine if you'd like, keep it updated, and make edits every month, unlimited within reason.

Price
$250 per month
Who does the work
Briefcase
Hosting
WP Engine, if you want it
Words
same as free
Photos
same as free
Edits
unlimited within reason (see below)

$9,500: a custom build

A site built for your parish with expert human copywriters, design, a custom icon pack, Catholic stock photography chosen and licensed for your site, and a meeting with us.

Price
$9,500
Who does the work
Briefcase
Words
written by expert human copywriters
Photos
Catholic stock photography from Cathopic, chosen and licensed for your site
Icon pack
custom
Photo and video of your own parish
separate, quoted on request

What "within reason" covers

Included every month, with no count of requests: changes to your existing pages (text, photos, links, times, events, staff, ministry descriptions, bulletin links), turning an existing section on or off, updates, security fixes, backups and fixing anything that breaks.

Quoted separately: new pages, a redesign or new layout, custom code, new integrations, writing new content from scratch, photo and video, and changes to your giving, registration or other third-party accounts.

If requests regularly pass about 2 hours of work in a month, we'll tell you and quote the extra.

Your mockup page has your checklist. If you'd like us to do everything for you, as soon as we can, the $250 a month plan does that. See the $250 a month plan

How is this free?

We're Briefcase Marketing, Dan Fuerst's agency. We build websites and marketing for Catholic parishes, schools and ministries.

The mockup and its copy and suggestions cost you nothing. The free install files, for your own hosting, come after the mockup and aren't ready yet.

We pay for it with our paid work: the $250 a month service, custom builds, photo and video, other services, and partnerships with dioceses.

There are no ads and no sponsor on the free site, only a small "Built by Briefcase Marketing" credit in the footer.

We don't sell your information, and we share it only with Cloudflare, Brevo and Anthropic, the three services that run the tool.

Changes have limits (2 rewrites and 20 comments per parish) because each one costs us money. If we reach our limit for the day, the page will tell you so.

We can't promise this stays free for good.

The free version leaves out custom design, inner page writing, photo and video, custom integrations, training calls, hosting, and moving your site.

The tool never sends a mockup to a parish that didn't ask for one.

How does it compare?

If you want a whole website done for you at no cost, LPi's sponsored WeConnect site fits better, and a local sponsor is credited at the bottom of your homepage. If you want to see your own homepage built from your current site before you talk to anyone, with no sponsor credit, Briefcase fits better. Our $250 a month plan has us do the installing, and you can install it on your own hosting once the free install files are ready.

Who each fits better

  • LPi WeConnect: a parish that wants the whole site done for it at no cost, has a local business willing to be credited on the homepage, and doesn't want to install anything.
  • eCatholic: a parish that wants giving, church management and live streaming from the same company as its website, or a parish in an archdiocese with an eCatholic program, such as Detroit.
  • OSV: a parish already buying from OSV that wants its website tied to those products and its giving connection.
  • Solutio: a parish that wants a sponsor-funded site, or a fee-based build priced by parish size.
  • Briefcase, free: a parish that wants to see its homepage built from its current site before it talks to anyone, wants no sponsor credit, and will either pay $250 a month to have it installed or wait for the free install files.
  • Briefcase, $9,500: a parish that wants human-written copy and custom design and has the budget for it.
Briefcase compared with other parish website vendors, using facts from each vendor's public pages
What we comparedBriefcaseLPieCatholicOSVSolutio
Price posted on its public pageYes: $0, $250 per month, $9,500Yes: $0 sponsored; $49.95 per month plus $999 setup
Source for LPi: Price posted on its public page (LPi websites page)
No: by quote (a Detroit program page posts $50 per month for Detroit parishes)
Source for eCatholic: Price posted on its public page (eCatholic pricing article)
Source for eCatholic: Price posted on its public page (Archdiocese of Detroit eCatholic page)
No
Source for OSV: Price posted on its public page (OSV parish websites page)
Yes: $0 with sponsorships; fee-based $4,000 or less, $6,500 or less, $8,750 and up, then monthly hosting and maintenance (amount not stated)
Source for Solutio: Price posted on its public page (Solutio parishes page)
Cost of a basic site to the parish$250 per month; $0 plus your own hosting once the free install files are ready$0 if a local sponsor pays
Source for LPi: Cost of a basic site to the parish (LPi websites page)
By quote
Source for eCatholic: Cost of a basic site to the parish (eCatholic pricing article)
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: Cost of a basic site to the parish (OSV parish websites page)
$0 when sponsorships cover it; otherwise $4,000 or less (500 families or fewer)
Source for Solutio: Cost of a basic site to the parish (Solutio parishes page)
Who pays for the free versionBriefcase, from paid servicesA local sponsor
Source for LPi: Who pays for the free version (LPi websites page)
No free version stated on the pages read
Source for eCatholic: Who pays for the free version (eCatholic pricing article)
Source for eCatholic: Who pays for the free version (Archdiocese of Detroit eCatholic page)
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: Who pays for the free version (OSV parish websites page)
Local businesses, through advertising
Source for Solutio: Who pays for the free version (Solutio parishes page)
Credit on the homepage of a free site"Built by Briefcase Marketing" footerSponsor acknowledgement at the bottom
Source for LPi: Credit on the homepage of a free site (LPi websites page)
n/a
Source for eCatholic: Credit on the homepage of a free site (eCatholic pricing article)
n/a
Source for OSV: Credit on the homepage of a free site (OSV parish websites page)
Local business advertising; placement not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Credit on the homepage of a free site (Solutio parishes page)
First step on the vendor's pagePaste your website addressGet in Touch, Get Started, Attend a Demo, Download Brochure
Source for LPi: First step on the vendor's page (LPi websites page)
Contact sales for a quote
Source for eCatholic: First step on the vendor's page (eCatholic pricing article)
Download Flyer, Demo Site, Templates
Source for OSV: First step on the vendor's page (OSV parish websites page)
Start now, Get a quote, Contact Us For More Information
Source for Solutio: First step on the vendor's page (Solutio parishes page)
See a homepage built from your own site before any contactYesNot stated on the page
Source for LPi: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (LPi websites page)
Not stated on the page
Source for eCatholic: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (eCatholic pricing article)
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (OSV parish websites page)
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (Solutio parishes page)
Content transfer from the old siteMockup is built from your site automatically; moving it live is $250 per month, or yours once the free install files are readyIncluded
Source for LPi: Content transfer from the old site (LPi websites page)
A Quick Flip (Content Transfer) service is listed; price not stated
Source for eCatholic: Content transfer from the old site (eCatholic pricing article)
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: Content transfer from the old site (OSV parish websites page)
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Content transfer from the old site (Solutio parishes page)
TrainingA step by step guide and training video (coming)An interactive training session with your team
Source for LPi: Training (LPi websites page)
Not stated on the pages read
Source for eCatholic: Training (eCatholic pricing article)
Source for eCatholic: Training (Archdiocese of Detroit eCatholic page)
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: Training (OSV parish websites page)
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Training (Solutio parishes page)
Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same companyLinks to the tools you already useNot stated on the page
Source for LPi: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (LPi websites page)
Yes: Online Giving, Pay, Church Management, Live Streaming listed
Source for eCatholic: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (eCatholic pricing article)
Connects to Online Giving
Source for OSV: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (OSV parish websites page)
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (Solutio parishes page)
Multi-languageNot in the free version"Multilingual solutions" included
Source for LPi: Multi-language (LPi websites page)
Not stated on the pages read
Source for eCatholic: Multi-language (eCatholic pricing article)
Source for eCatholic: Multi-language (Archdiocese of Detroit eCatholic page)
Yes: multi-language support listed
Source for OSV: Multi-language (OSV parish websites page)
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Multi-language (Solutio parishes page)
Parishes using itThe free install files aren't ready yet"over 4000 Catholic churches" across all LPi services
Source for LPi: Parishes using it (LPi about page)
Not stated on the pages read
Source for eCatholic: Parishes using it (eCatholic pricing article)
Source for eCatholic: Parishes using it (Archdiocese of Detroit eCatholic page)
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: Parishes using it (OSV parish websites page)
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Parishes using it (Solutio parishes page)

Briefcase

Price posted on its public page
Yes: $0, $250 per month, $9,500
Cost of a basic site to the parish
$250 per month; $0 plus your own hosting once the free install files are ready
Who pays for the free version
Briefcase, from paid services
Credit on the homepage of a free site
"Built by Briefcase Marketing" footer
First step on the vendor's page
Paste your website address
See a homepage built from your own site before any contact
Yes
Content transfer from the old site
Mockup is built from your site automatically; moving it live is $250 per month, or yours once the free install files are ready
Training
A step by step guide and training video (coming)
Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company
Links to the tools you already use
Multi-language
Not in the free version
Parishes using it
The free install files aren't ready yet

LPi

Price posted on its public page
Yes: $0 sponsored; $49.95 per month plus $999 setup
Source for LPi: Price posted on its public page (LPi websites page)
Cost of a basic site to the parish
$0 if a local sponsor pays
Source for LPi: Cost of a basic site to the parish (LPi websites page)
Credit on the homepage of a free site
Sponsor acknowledgement at the bottom
Source for LPi: Credit on the homepage of a free site (LPi websites page)
First step on the vendor's page
Get in Touch, Get Started, Attend a Demo, Download Brochure
Source for LPi: First step on the vendor's page (LPi websites page)
See a homepage built from your own site before any contact
Not stated on the page
Source for LPi: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (LPi websites page)
Training
An interactive training session with your team
Source for LPi: Training (LPi websites page)
Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company
Not stated on the page
Source for LPi: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (LPi websites page)
Multi-language
"Multilingual solutions" included
Source for LPi: Multi-language (LPi websites page)
Parishes using it
"over 4000 Catholic churches" across all LPi services
Source for LPi: Parishes using it (LPi about page)

eCatholic

See a homepage built from your own site before any contact
Not stated on the page
Source for eCatholic: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (eCatholic pricing article)
Content transfer from the old site
A Quick Flip (Content Transfer) service is listed; price not stated
Source for eCatholic: Content transfer from the old site (eCatholic pricing article)
Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company
Yes: Online Giving, Pay, Church Management, Live Streaming listed
Source for eCatholic: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (eCatholic pricing article)

OSV

Cost of a basic site to the parish
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: Cost of a basic site to the parish (OSV parish websites page)
First step on the vendor's page
Download Flyer, Demo Site, Templates
Source for OSV: First step on the vendor's page (OSV parish websites page)
See a homepage built from your own site before any contact
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (OSV parish websites page)
Content transfer from the old site
Not stated on the page
Source for OSV: Content transfer from the old site (OSV parish websites page)
Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company
Connects to Online Giving
Source for OSV: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (OSV parish websites page)
Multi-language
Yes: multi-language support listed
Source for OSV: Multi-language (OSV parish websites page)

Solutio

Price posted on its public page
Yes: $0 with sponsorships; fee-based $4,000 or less, $6,500 or less, $8,750 and up, then monthly hosting and maintenance (amount not stated)
Source for Solutio: Price posted on its public page (Solutio parishes page)
Cost of a basic site to the parish
$0 when sponsorships cover it; otherwise $4,000 or less (500 families or fewer)
Source for Solutio: Cost of a basic site to the parish (Solutio parishes page)
Who pays for the free version
Local businesses, through advertising
Source for Solutio: Who pays for the free version (Solutio parishes page)
Credit on the homepage of a free site
Local business advertising; placement not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Credit on the homepage of a free site (Solutio parishes page)
First step on the vendor's page
Start now, Get a quote, Contact Us For More Information
Source for Solutio: First step on the vendor's page (Solutio parishes page)
See a homepage built from your own site before any contact
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: See a homepage built from your own site before any contact (Solutio parishes page)
Content transfer from the old site
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Content transfer from the old site (Solutio parishes page)
Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company
Not stated on the page
Source for Solutio: Online giving, church management or live streaming from the same company (Solutio parishes page)

Where the others are ahead. LPi's sponsored site includes design, content transfer and a training session with your team. eCatholic lists online giving, church management and live streaming under one company. OSV lists multi-language support and a demo site you can open now. The free install files aren't ready yet.

Last checked: October 19, 2026. Every competitor cell links to the page it came from. If something here is out of date, tell us at dan@briefcase.marketing. If your diocese runs a website program, ask what it includes.

Questions

How is this different from using ChatGPT or Claude myself?

Our code builds the page layout and fills in your Mass and confession times, office hours, address and phone numbers straight from your own pages. The AI writes only the short layer of words around them, and checks run before anything is sent.

What does the tool read from our website, and what do you keep?

It reads your public pages to build your mockup, and it changes nothing on your site. The AI reads the text of those pages to write and check the short layer of words, and email addresses and phone numbers are taken out of that text first. We keep your email, your parish website address and your mockup. A mockup is deleted 30 days after we send it to you, your email is kept 12 months, and a request to delete your email address is done within 7 days of confirming it. If you go ahead, the staff and contact details copied from your website are cleared from our copies 30 days later. Your site files are deleted then too. You can ask us to remove your parish any time with "Remove my parish" in the footer.

How many mockups do we get, and can we change it?

Each parish website has one mockup at a time, and a new email doesn't start another. You shape it with the checklist and "Suggest a change" boxes, within the limits above.

How long does it take?

You confirm your email first, then your mockup arrives by email. We can't give an exact time.

What if a Mass time is wrong?

We ask you to check every time on the mockup. The tool doesn't read your bulletin yet, so your own pages are the source.

What if we don't like it?

It costs nothing and there's nothing to cancel. Change it with the checklist, or pick one of the three paths above. "Remove my parish" is in the footer.

Can we install it now?

Not yet. The free install files are coming, and we can't say when. If you'd like us to do everything for you instead, our $250 a month plan does that, as soon as we can. See the $250 a month plan

Who writes the words?

The short written layer is written by AI, working from writing rules we built from the parish and ministry sites we've written. The AI reads them on every mockup. A custom build ($9,500) is written by expert human copywriters.

Will you contact our parish or our pastor?

No. The mockup goes only to the email you enter.

What if our site can't be read, or we don't have one?

The mockup needs a public website the tool can read.

Let's see your homepage!

Your website already holds your Mass times, your ministries and your Becoming Catholic class. It costs nothing to see them on a homepage built for the person visiting for the first time.

We'll email you a link to confirm your email first, then a second email with your mockup.

Your mockup