Pray-as-you-go . . . . daily prayer for your MP3 player

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We want your feedback!

Pray-as-you-go has been running as a trial site for the season of Lent, now extended into the Easter season.

The idea of the trial is to help us to answer a number of questions: Is this something that we could continue producing on a daily basis? Would many people use it? Would they find it genuinely helpful as an aid to prayer? Would they want to make it a regular part of their daily routine? What kind of people does it appeal to? Have we got the format right? Are there major changes or minor adjustments that need to be made to the format or content?

By filling in this questionnaire, you can help us to answer those questions, and help to determine the future of pray-as-you-go.

If you have used pray-as-you-go a few times, and can spare ten minutes or so to let us know how you found it, we would be very grateful.

The questionnaire is in four parts. Section 1 is about you. Sections 2, 3 and 4 are about your experience of pray-as-you-go, looking in turn at the format, content and technical side.

Section 1 About You

You can fill in this questionnaire anonymously if you wish to do so. However, if you would like to tell us your name and email address, so that we might contact you in the future about this or other Jesuit initiatives, please do so here:

1 Your first name
Your surname (or the name of your family)

2 Your email address

You are, of course, under no obligation to give us any information at all about yourself, but it will help us in assessing the project if we have some idea of the kind of people to whom it appeals, or does not appeal.

3 How would you describe your faith background?

Catholic
Christian, other than Catholic
A faith other than Christian
no particular faith
I prefer to describe myself as (please specify)

4 Which age group below do you belong to?

under 18
18-25
26-35
36-45
46-55
56-65
66-75
over 75

5 Please indicate your gender:

male
female

6 Before using pray-as-you-go, how regularly did you pray?

I prayed every day
I prayed most days
I didn't pray regularly but was aware of having a relationship with God
I hardly prayed at all
I had never prayed before

7 Which country do you currently live in?

8 How comfortable are you with the English language?
which of the following statements applies to you?

English is my mother tongue
English is not my mother tongue

If English is not your mother tongue:

My mother tongue is
I am reasonably fluent in English
I am not fluent in English

9 How did you find out about pray-as-you-go?
(you can tick more than one of these statements)

word of mouth
I received an email from a friend
I was searching the web
I read about it in a blog
I read about it on a news website
I read about it on a faith / spirituality web site
I read about it in a printed newspaper / magazine
I heard about it on the radio
I saw it on television
      I found it in some other way (please tell us)

Your experience of pray-as-you-go

Section 2      The Format

10 Since Ash Wednesday, we have produced more than 40 daily prayer sessions.  Approximately how many of these have you used?

0
1
2
3-5
6-10
11-20
more than 20

11 Each daily session is around 10-12 minutes. Is this the right length for you?

about right
10-12 minutes is too long for me
10-12 minutes is too short for me

12 The format of pray-as-you-go includes music, scripture and questions for reflection. Please tick any of the statements below you agree with:
(you can tick more than one box)

The balance of music, scripture and questions is just about right for me
I would like more music
I would like less music
I would like more scripture
I would like less scripture
I would like more questions for reflection
I would like fewer questions for reflection
Overall, I thought there were too many pauses for reflection, or the pauses were too long
Overall, I would like less talking and more space for reflection

13 Is there something not currently in pray-as-you-go that you would like to see added?

14 Is there something currently in pray-as-you-go that you would like to see dropped?

15 If pray-as-you-go were available in the long term, how often do you estimate that you would probably use it?

every day
most days
at least once a week
less than once a week
not at all

16 Our experience with the prayer web site Sacred Space leads us to believe that fewer people use this kind of service at the weekends than on weekdays. If pray-as-you-go were available on Saturdays and Sundays, how often do you estimate that you would probably use these days?

every weekend
most weekends
occasionally
not at all

Section 3 The Content

17 Was there one day's prayer you remember as being particularly good?

No, there wasn't.

'Week 0'			Wed 1 March	Thu 2 March	Fri 3 March
Week 1	Mon 6 March	Tue 7 March	Wed 8 March	Thu 9 March	Fri 10 March
Week 2	Mon 13 March	Tue 14 March	Wed 15 March	Thu 16 March	Fri 17 March
Week 3	Mon 20 March	Tue 21 March	Wed 22 March	Thu 23 March	Fri 24 March
Week 4	Mon 27 March	Tue 28 March	Wed 29 March	Thu 30 March	Fri 31 March
Week 5	Mon 3 April	Tue 4 April	Wed 5 April	Thu 6 April	Fri 7 April
Week 6 (Holy Week)	Mon 10 April	Tue 11 April	Wed 12 April	Thu 13 April	Fri 14 April
Easter Week	Mon 17 April	Tue 18 April	Wed 19 April	Thu 20 April	Fri 21 April
Easter Week 2	Mon 24 April	Tue 25 April	Wed 26 April	Thu 27 April	Fri 28 April
Easter Week 3	Mon 1 May	Tue 2 May	Wed 3 May	Thu 4 May	Fri 5 May
Easter Week 4	Mon 8 May	Tue 9 May	Wed 10 May	Thu 11 May	Fri 12 May

18 What was good about this day?

19 Was there one day's prayer you remember as being particularly poor?

No, there wasn't.

'Week 0'			Wed 1 March	Thu 2 March	Fri 3 March
Week 1	Mon 6 March	Tue 7 March	Wed 8 March	Thu 9 March	Fri 10 March
Week 2	Mon 13 March	Tue 14 March	Wed 15 March	Thu 16 March	Fri 17 March
Week 3	Mon 20 March	Tue 21 March	Wed 22 March	Thu 23 March	Fri 24 March
Week 4	Mon 27 March	Tue 28 March	Wed 29 March	Thu 30 March	Fri 31 March
Week 5	Mon 3 April	Tue 4 April	Wed 5 April	Thu 6 April	Fri 7 April
Week 6 (Holy Week)	Mon 10 April	Tue 11 April	Wed 12 April	Thu 13 April	Fri 14 April
Easter Week	Mon 17 April	Tue 18 April	Wed 19 April	Thu 20 April	Fri 21 April
Easter Week 2	Mon 24 April	Tue 25 April	Wed 26 April	Thu 27 April	Fri 28 April
Easter Week 3	Mon 1 May	Tue 2 May	Wed 3 May	Thu 4 May	Fri 5 May
Easter Week 4	Mon 8 May	Tue 9 May	Wed 10 May	Thu 11 May	Fri 12 May

20 What was poor about this day?

Music

21 Which of these statements applies to you?

In general, I found the music did help me to pray
In general, I found the music did not help me to pray
I have no strong views on the music

I liked the variety of music
There was too much variety of music
There was not enough variety of music

Do you have any further comments on the music?

Prayer Guidance and Questions for Reflection

22 How helpful was the prayer guidance offered?
Please tick if you agree with these statements:
(you can tick more than one)

On the whole, the questions for reflection were helpful
On the whole, I did not find the questions for reflection helpful
I thought the questions were too 'directive' - telling me what to think
I would like to be offered more insight into the scripture and not just asked how I feel about it
I liked the variety of accents
I found one of the voices off-putting
I found a few of the voices off-putting
This is not my kind of spirituality

Any further comments on the prayer guidance?

Use of language

23 How did you find the style of it and the kind of language used?
Please tick any of the statements below you agree with:

In general, I found the language (i.e. the kind of words used) and the style of pray-as-you-go acceptable
I found the language obscure and difficult to understand
I found the language too sentimental

Any further comments on the language and style?

24 Sometimes the prayer guidance was in the first person ("as I enter into prayer, I become aware of...") and sometimes in the second person ("as you enter into prayer, become aware of ...") - we experimented with both because, on the one hand, it is natural, when speaking to someone, to address them as "you", but on the other hand, there is an Ignatian tradition of using "I", since the Spiritual Exercises are written this way.

Which of these statements applies to you?

I strongly preferred the guidance in the first person ("I")
I strongly preferred the guidance in the second person ("you")
I didn't particularly notice/didn't mind

Supplementary material

25 On the front page of the site, we offer a Breathing Exercise as a preparation for prayer.
Please tick any statement that applies to you:

I used the breathing exercise and found it useful
I used the breathing exercises and did not find it useful
I would like you to offer a variety of these breathing exercises

Any further comments on the breathing exercise?

26 There is also a Body Exercise as a preparation for prayer.
Please tick any statement that applies to you:

I used the body exercise and found it useful
I used the body exercises and did not find it useful
I would like you to offer a variety of these body exercises

Any further comments on the body exercise?

27 Thirdly, we offer a 'Review of the Day' prayer for the end of each day
Please tick any statement that applies to you:

I used the Review of the Day and found it useful
I used the Review of the Day and did not find it useful
I would like you to offer a variety of these Reviews of the Day

Any further comments on the Review of the Day?

Section 4 Technical Issues

28 Please tick if you agree with these statements

I had no particular technical problems
The file size was too big for me to download conveniently
I had difficulty hearing it because of transport background noise
I had this technical problem:

The web site

29 Please tick any of the statements you agree with:

I found the web site easy to use
I have some visual impairment and had difficulty reading/navigating the site
I found the web site difficult to use (add a comment if you like):

File format

30 Please tick the file format you used

MP3 download WMA download MP3 Podcast

31 We notice that very few people used the WMA files.
Please tick the statements that apply to you

If WMA were not available, it wouldn't matter to me
If WMA were not available, I would not be able to use pray-as-you-go
RealAudio format would be more useful to me personally than WMA format

How and where you listened

32 How did you listen to pray-as-you-go?
(you can tick both, if both apply to you)

on the computer
downloaded to an MP3 player or other portable device

33 Where did you listen to pray as you go?
(you can tick more than one)

at home
at work
on public transport
in the car
going for a walk / walking the dog
other (please tell us)

34 Is there anything you want to tell us about pray-as-you-go that you have not yet had the chance to say?

Thank you for taking the trouble to fill in this form.

Please note that, to prevent duplicate submissions, only one questionnaire will be accepted from any one IP address.

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