Florence, SC, October 27, 2006—As the largest provider of church management software for Catholic parishes and dioceses in the United States, Parish Data System (PDS) has acquired the software program known as “The Minister Program” from Tom Hayes, sole proprietor and programmer who developed this solution for the Catholic market over 20 years ago. The program is a tool designed to coordinate assignments for ministers managing the various operations required to support Sunday or weekly liturgies. PDS plans to connect this industry recognized program as part of its PDS Church Office™ solution.

“Our clients often request a tool to help with scheduling ministries,” says Terry Poplava, PDS Product Line Manager. “As part of researching the level of interest and the possibilities of providing this tool to our clients, we determined that the timing was right to combine our efforts and work out an agreement with Tom Hayes.”

PDS and Mr. Hayes came to an agreement that the timing was right in the market for PDS to add the scheduling module to the PDS set of offerings. The program will now be known as PDS Ministry Scheduler™ and fully supported by PDS. Over time, PDS Ministry Scheduler will be enhanced and integrated into the PDS Church Office module and will be supported through the Preferred Client Program.

“PDS has a strong record and an excellent reputation for service,” says Tom Hayes, “this new combination will benefit all of our clients.” For more details on PDS, visit www.parishdata.com, call 800-892-5202, or email sales@parishdata.com today.

About Parish Data System
Since 1978, Parish Data System (PDS) (www.parishdata.com) has been creating quality software programs for Catholic organizations. PDS has gained Catholic market leadership through providing software and services to over 10,000 parishes, schools and dioceses worldwide. Products include: PDS Church Office, Formation Office, School Office, Ledger, Ledger/Payroll, and Facility Scheduler. PDS and ACS Technologies’ combined strengths and staff provide the industry's best support and training and offer the broadest line of software solutions. PDS software is used by the majority of parishes in the majority of dioceses in the United States, making it the industry leader in Catholic management software and services. The PDS vision is to continue to be the "standard" for information systems solutions for Catholic churches, schools and dioceses.