Have you noticed the variety of outdoor church signs today: the traditional fixed text, digital signs, signs with changeable letters and light boxes to name the main types? Each one identifies the church location and gives other limited information designed to capture the attention of…
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The Parish Website: Online Presence
Recently, I looked at a number of parish websites, many randomly selected, and thought about how much work and how many resources are involved in creating and maintaining an engaging and evangelizing website.
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The Online Communication Challenge
Have you ever promoted an event every way possible including multiple pulpit, bulletin, website and social media announcements, bulk email, and posters? Perhaps you have had parishioners speak at the Masses about it and then after the event hear or read the comment: “Why didn’t…
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Ash Wednesday Invitations
Parishes are gearing up for Ash Wednesday and Lent 2023. During Lent, practicing Catholics and those who have “grown up” Catholic, but discontinued regular practice, often pay more attention and are open, even if just slightly, to growing in their spiritual lives from wherever they…
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Steps to an Evangelizing Homepage Makeover
When we do an evangelizing makeover (as opposed to a complete re-design) for a parish website, it involves not only the homepage, but also the supporting interior pages. In updating the Our Lady of Angels (OLA) homepage as described in last week’s blog I did…
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Parish Home Page Makeover
How well does your parish website meet the needs of those who most need it? Does the Home page need a makeover?