As a parish admin or DRE, you can invite families to your Faith Formation (Religious Education - RE) program directly from the Hallow Admin Dashboard — no manual roster entry needed on your end.
Note: This is different from Schools, where the school creates the account and rosters students in bulk. Faith Formation (Religious Education - RE) enrollment runs on an invite-link flow instead: you invite families, and they create the accounts.
Adding Members
The Members tab opens your program's Roster, which has two tabs: Students and Teachers.
Inviting students
Families enroll their children using your program's invite link. Parishes don't upload student lists — this keeps a parent involved in creating every child's account.
Go to Members and stay on the Students tab.
Choose how to share your invite:
Copy Invite Link to paste into an email, bulletin, or parent newsletter
View QR Code to print or display at registration
Send Email Invites to email families directly
Each parent opens the link, signs in to Hallow or creates a free account, then creates a Kids Profile for their child (or links an existing one).
The parent confirms your Faith Formation program and sets a Parent PIN.
The student now appears on your Students tab, ready to be added to a class.
It's the same link for every family, so you never need to create a new one. Parents with more than one child can add another profile at the end of the same flow. Teens 13 and older with their own Hallow account can join with My Account instead of a Kids Profile.
The Account Type column shows whether each student uses a Kids profile or a Standard account. Students who were already on your roster before the invite link launched don't need to do anything.
For parents, share How do I connect my child's profile to my parish's Faith Formation program?
Adding catechists
Go to Members and select the Teachers tab.
Select + Add Teacher to add one catechist, or Import to upload several at once.
Your catechists receive a free Hallow subscription and access to Teacher Resources in the top-right corner of hallow.com.
FAQs
Do I need to set anything up before sending invites?
No — there's nothing to configure beforehand. You can send the invite link, QR code, or email as soon as your Faith Formation Program dashboard is set up.
Can I resend or reuse the same invite link?
Yes. The link is unique to your Faith Formation Program, but it isn't limited to one use — you can send it to as many families as you need, whenever you need to.
Does connecting a child's profile unlock Hallow's full library for the parent too?
No — program content unlocks on the child's profile only, not on the parent's own account.
What if the teen I'm inviting has their own device?
Make sure the parent/POC is signed out of Hallow on that device before the teen opens the invite link. If the parent is still logged in, Hallow will assume it's the parent's profile and only let the teen create or link a kids profile — not a standard account. Signing the parent out first lets the teen create their own full account.
Do parents of students in a faith formation program get a free subscription?
No. The complimentary access goes to the student's Kids Profile or account, not to the parent's own profile.
How do I add another admin to our Faith Formation Dashboard?
Your Parish Success Lead from Hallow sets up your program's first admin. After that, any admin can add more admins from the dashboard.
We're always here to help when you need it. You can reach out through this purple chat window on the bottom-right corner or e-mail us at parishpartners@hallow.app
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