Let us listen to Him

Aravind Senthilkumar

About this app

Shepherd's Voice is the official app of the Diocese of Salem and Bishop Arulselvam Rayappan.

Listen to the Holy Scriptures read aloud in Tamil and English, follow the Bishop's teaching, and send your intentions to be prayed for.

THE VOICE BIBLE
• Over 2,300 chapter recordings — more than 200 hours of listening
• Tamil Old and New Testament; English Old and New Testament
• Ordered book by book and chapter by chapter, as you would read them
• Full player: scrub, skip, jump back 10 seconds or forward 30, change speed, shuffle and repeat
• Keeps playing with the screen off, with lock screen and notification controls
• Picks up where you left off

TEACHING AND SERMONS
• More than 900 videos across seven categories
• Canon Law, Spiritual Reading, Prayer of the Church, sermons in Tamil and English, Yesu Kaviam, devotional songs
• Search across both English and Tamil titles

REFLECTIONS AND EVENTS
• Articles and messages from the Bishop
• Diocesan events, upcoming and past

PRAYER REQUESTS
• Send an intention to the Bishop's office
• Choose a category — healing, family, thanksgiving, guidance, or the departed
• Read only by the Bishop and diocesan staff, never shown to other people

ABOUT THE BISHOP
• Biography, episcopal motto and a timeline of his ministry

No account is needed to use the app. There is no advertising and no tracking.

An internet connection is required — recordings stream as you listen.

What’s new

Release notes — v2.2.2 (versionCode 6)

Play Console "What's new" — English (329 / 500 chars)

• Faster sign-in — the app PIN is gone. Verify your phone once and you're straight in.
• Profile photos now save the moment they finish uploading, and appear on your profile and home screen.
• Fixed registration not submitting after adding a photo.
• More reliable photo uploads, with upload progress and clearer error messages.