Nave vs LPi (4LPi)
An ad-free alternative to LPi's ad-funded bulletins.
LPi makes your bulletin 'free' by selling local-business ads to your parishioners. Nave is ad-free and parish-owned — a multilingual platform that runs the whole parish, with a bulletin auto-assembled in three languages.
LPi (4LPi). A 50-year, ad-funded bulletin company — print and digital bulletins monetized by selling local-business ads to parishioners — with bolt-on WeConnect websites, online giving, and branding services. Strong at bulletins and ad sales; not a parish operating system.
| Capability | Nave | LPi (4LPi) |
|---|---|---|
| Ad-free — no ads shown to your parishioners | ✓ | ✗ ad-funded |
| Co-equal multilingual content | ✓ EN/ES/TL + more | ✗ English print |
| Full parishioner website & back office | ✓ all-in | ~ bulletin + add-on site |
| Weekly bulletin | ✓ auto-assembled, multilingual | ✓ print + ad sales |
| Always-accurate, computed liturgy | ✓ | ✗ |
| Sacramental records + certificates | ✓ | ✗ |
| Online giving | ~ offertory live | ✓ |
| Built for a volunteer-run office | ✓ roles + audit | ✗ |
✓ ships · ~ partial / gated / rolling out · ✗ not offered. Verified against vendor materials and third-party reviews.
Why parishes choose Nave over LPi (4LPi).
Your parish, not a billboard
LPi funds 'free' bulletins by selling local-business ads shown to your parishioners. Nave is ad-free and parish-owned — your digital home is never a place to sell advertising.
Multilingual, co-equal
LPi's bulletins and content are English-centric print. Nave ships English, Spanish, and Tagalog co-equal — site, bulletin, and notifications — and adds more.
A whole parish, not a bulletin
LPi is a bulletin company with a bolt-on website. Nave is the platform the parish runs on — website, giving, sacraments, records, and the financial back office — with the bulletin auto-assembled from your own data.
Records of record, built in
Sacramental registers, certificates, and safe-environment certification — the things a bulletin-and-ads company was never built to hold.
Switching is easy
Keep your printed bulletin if you love it — Nave's bulletin is digital and print-ready, and the rest of the platform (website, giving, records, finances) wraps around it, ad-free.
Questions, answered.
Is Nave an LPi (4LPi) alternative?
Yes — and broader. LPi is an ad-funded bulletin provider with a bolt-on website. Nave replaces the website and adds the whole back office — giving, sacraments, records, finances — ad-free and multilingual, with a bulletin auto-assembled in three languages. You can even keep LPi's printed bulletin alongside Nave.
Does Nave put ads in our bulletin or website?
No. LPi's business model is selling local-business ads to reach your parishioners. Nave is ad-free, subscription-based, and parish-owned — your bulletin and site carry no third-party advertising.
Does Nave do a weekly bulletin like LPi?
Yes — auto-assembled from your parish data (Mass times, events, intentions, the Sunday reflection), multilingual, and formatted for print and screen — with no ad sales required.
What about LPi's free or ad-subsidized pricing?
A bulletin is 'free' because advertisers pay to put their ads in front of your parishioners. Nave is one parish-sized rate with no ads — and it replaces far more than a bulletin: your website, giving, sacraments, records, and finances.
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