Student Minister ❧ Developer

Cal St Francis

Candidate for Ordination, United Church of Canada

I build contemplative software — specialized tools for ministers, worship leaders, and academics, and narrative games rooted in liturgy, memory, and theology in the traditions of liberation and process. My desktop applications are now available via Flatpak — easy install on any Linux distribution. Everything is a work in progress -- though Zerkalo is getting pretty close to being a full-on thing.

See My Work Install via Flatpak
Zerkalo, the Typst editor, showing a manuscript beside its live typeset preview.
Works

Projects & Games

Liturgic and Academic tools, and interactive fiction. All linux versions free; desktop apps distributed as Flatpaks. Each one has design notes explaining why it exists and how it was built.

Flatpak Repository Add once, then install all apps through your Software Center:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists calstfrancis https://calstfrancis.github.io/flatpak/calstfrancis.flatpakrepo
Download .flatpakrepo
Games & Interactive Fiction
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Text Adventure · Browser · Free
The Severed Hours

A noir text adventure set inside the labyrinthine offices of Drenthe & Associates — a firm where Continuity, Clarity, and Compliance mask something far stranger. Play as an investigator. Choices matter. Time frays.

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Theotic Mystery · Browser · Free
SPASIBO

A contemplative mystery aboard a research schooner making a winter North Atlantic crossing. Built on the SOBORNOST engine. Theosis, soundings, cover, and the slow disclosure of memory.

Version 1.7 — Testing
Featured Software
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ЗеркалоZerkalo“mirror”Typst IDE Flatpak · Typst · Academic Available via Flatpak 📦 Flatpak

Full academic Typst workplace. Templates for SBL, Chicago, APA, IEEE, Gost, etc... Live preview, document management, versioned backup, spellcheck, export to PDF, DOCX, HTML.

No cloud · No accounts · Your files, your disk · MIT

Zerkalo — Typst IDE screenshot
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Rubric“the red instruction”Liturgy Planner Flatpak · Typst · UCC Available via Flatpak 📦 Flatpak

Rubric helps United Church congregations plan worship from first reading to finished bulletin. RCL lectionary, hymn lookup, and scripture fetching feed straight into a print‑ready bulletin, typeset with the bundled Typst engine. Git sync and undo history keep every service's history close at hand.

No cloud · No accounts · Your files, your disk · MIT

Rubric — Liturgy Planner screenshot
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ИскраIskra“spark”Sermon Planner Flatpak · Sermon Planning · Rubric Companion Available via Flatpak 📦 Flatpak

Iskra helps preachers plan from structured notes instead of a full manuscript — jot single-line ideas, expand any with longer notes, group them into movements, and drag everything into order. Scripture references autocomplete as you type and build a bibliography automatically. RCL lectionary readings resolve from the planned date, and a printable, chrome-free Preaching View is built for the pulpit.

No cloud · No accounts · Your files, your disk · MIT

Iskra — Sermon Planner screenshot
Other Software
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СкрижальSkrizhal“tablet of the law”CV Element Database Flatpak · CV Data · Zerkalo Companion Available via Flatpak 📦 Flatpak

YAML editor for CV elements — jobs, education, awards, publications, service — each keyed like a citation. Built as a companion to Zerkalo: a shared, GTK-free core crate lets Zerkalo's CV mode pull entries straight out of Skrizhal's database instead of retyping the same history into every new document.

No cloud · No accounts · Your files, your disk · MIT

Screenshot Skrizhal — CV element database screenshot
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СоборностьSobornost“unity in freedom”Narrative Engine Narrative Engine · Open Source Stable · v3.3.1

Browser‑native engine for contemplative, state‑reactive interactive fiction. Plain JS — no build step. Soundings, theosis, charisms, branching dialogue, rituals, magnetic deviation.

No build step · No dependencies · Runs from a file

GitHub Page →
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ГОСТGost“the standard”Essay Templater Flatpak · Typst · LaTeX · Word Available via Flatpak 📦 Flatpak

Gost turns a manuscript into a ready-to-compile academic template in LaTeX, Typst, or Word — citation style, book layout, and front matter handled for you, so writing can start immediately. Supports SBL, Chicago, MLA, APA, ASA, Turabian, and Harvard, with live compiled preview and grammar checking via LanguageTool built in.

No cloud · No accounts · Your files, your disk · MIT

Screenshot Gost — Academic Essay Templater screenshot
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КопилкаKopilka“money box”Couples Budget Flatpak · Couples Budgeting Software Available via Flatpak 📦 Flatpak

Couples budget planner — track spending, income, debts, and savings goals together. Privacy-first: your data stays local or syncs via your own WebDAV server. No cloud, no accounts.

No cloud · No accounts · Sync only to your own server · MIT

Screenshot Kopilka — Couples Budget Planner screenshot
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КопилкаKopilka Android“money box”Companion App Kotlin · Jetpack Compose · Android v1.1.0 Released

Android companion for Kopilka. Log spending on the go, track budgets per category, view savings goals and debts. Syncs with the desktop app via WebDAV. Biometric lock, home screen widgets, partner notifications.

No cloud · No accounts · Sync only to your own server

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МераMera“measure, moderation”Tab Capper Firefox Extension · Browser Awaiting AMO approval · Available on GitHub 🦊 Firefox

Меrа — measure, moderation. A Firefox extension with a single discipline: hold you to the number of tabs you have decided is enough. When you reach the limit, the browser tells you plainly — close one first. Pinned tabs are never counted. The rule is yours; Мера simply keeps it.

No telemetry · No permissions beyond tabs · Nothing leaves the browser · MIT

Biography

Who I Am

MDiv student at Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia. My theology is shaped by liberation, process, and contemplative traditions.

Ministry

Student minister at Hope United Church, Halifax. I sometimes preach, lead worship, and build liturgical tools for congregations. Grounded in a theology of liberation — God's power as invitation, not coercion.

Academic Formation

  • MDiv candidate, Atlantic School of Theology
  • Philosophy & classical languages
  • Mathematics & economics
  • Masters of Environmental Studies

Theological Commitments

  • Liberation & process theology
  • Rinzai-based contemplative practice
  • Scripture as living encounter

Craft & Method

  • Typst for liturgy & academic writing
  • Illuminated manuscript & calligraphy traditions
  • Free and open-source software
  • Flatpak distribution for Linux
Support

Support the Work

I'm a seminary student making ends meet while building free linux tools for the church. Everything linux here — the games, the liturgical resources — is free and will stay free. If something I've made has been useful to you, a small donation goes a long way. No pressure, no paywalls.

Freely you have received; freely give.

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