Federated Core Platform is a privacy-first, self-hosted alternative to the dominant cloud productivity suites and SaaS software (“Software as a Service”) — think Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Proton — but one where your organization actually owns and controls its data. Put bluntly, use those and you think you own the data, but you don’t. They do. Now think about what you do with those services.
Built on open-source foundations, Federated Core Platform bundles a full suite of business tools
- email,
- calendar,
- file storage,
- video conferencing,
- CRM,
- VPN,
- project management,
- and more
into a single, deployable stack that runs on your own infrastructure or any cloud you choose.
For enterprises wary of handing sensitive data to hyperscalers (i.e., massive cloud service providers with vast global data centers), it offers the functionality of modern SaaS without giving them surveillance.
What sets Federated Core apart is its privacy model.
Using Federated Core, organizations can interoperate with one another while keeping their data private within their own environments.
This makes Federated Core particularly compelling for industries with strict compliance requirements where data residency and auditability aren’t optional such as
- non-profits,
- healthcare,
- legal,
- finance,
- government,
- DIOCESES,
- PARISHES,
- RELIGIOUS ORDERS.
Instead of accepting a vendor’s opaque terms of service (i.e., the small print, and even the large print), teams get full administrative control, audit logs, and the ability to inspect the code their business runs on.
If you or your company is using SaaS, you are effectively renting your data to someone else (e.g., hyperscalers).
It’s simple: stop renting access to your own company’s data.
Federated Core Platform gives organizations the productivity stack they need without the lock-in, the data harvesting, or the escalating per-seat fees (i.e., the more people you have using the SaaS service, the more they charge you).
For IT and security leaders, it’s a rare chance to consolidate tools, reduce third-party risk, and put data governance back in-house, without asking employees to sacrifice the polished, integrated experience they expect from modern software.
Millions of people use the same applications offered by Federated Core Platform every day.
The Roman sunrise was at 5:32.Brooklyn: 5:24.The Roman sunset will be at 20:48Brooklyn: 8:27The Ave Maria there, 21:15.The Ave Maria where I will be… not sure, yet. Maybe around 8:40. But in Brooklyn it will be at 8:57.It is the Feast of St. Pope Leo III.It is also a MEAT FRIDAY, because it is the Feast of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. Can. 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. In the Church’s universal liturgical calendar, today is a solemnity.
A little more about Leo III. He was Roman cardinal, unanimously elected pope on the day his predecessor was buried. He lived amid tensions between popes and emperors over their rights and powers. Unlike his predecessor Adrian, Leo recognized Charlemagne as protector of the See of Rome, which earned him enemies among the Roman nobility. A mob attacked him, an cut out his eyes and tongue. He survived, was imprisoned, and was falsely deposed. His eyes and tongue were miraculously restored, and he escaped to Charlemagne, who escorted him back to Rome and put his enemies on trial. At Christmas Mass in 800, Leo crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor. As pope, Leo improved Roman churches and fostered a more unified Christian Europe through cooperation between Church and secular rulers.He shares a tomb with Sts. Leo II and Leo IV, just across from that of Leo I, “the Great”. It’s a bit of a Leo den over in that corner of St. Peter’s.What’s better than too much Chinese food?Even more too much Chinese food!Again the xiao long bao.
Fish braised with bok choy and ginger scallion.
Cumin lamb.
Tea smoked duck.
And one guy – way over there – wanted some Kung pao ji ding. It isn’t blurry because it was moving.
The Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X (SSPX) has made a video available. It is quite well done. I bring it to your attention because, as it seems to me, the SSPX is not widely understood.
At the table, the 
Gregg the Obscure on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 11th Ordinary): “Father clarified parts of the Gospel reading. “Jesus’ heart was moved with pity” is much more visceral in the original,…”
