There are many options when it comes to selecting a website designer or developer: there are individual free lancers, companies that serve a wide range of clients, and companies that specialize in parish websites. There are free website building options such as WordPress and Weebly. You can opt for a template with a variety of elements from which to choose to a fully customized design by a professional designer and…
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Content, Content, Content—Making Your Parish Website Work for You, Part IV
Content is the most important component of your website. Getting the content that best serves your visitors, communicates your mission and engages your members is a challenge.
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Are You Thinking Easter Yet?
Easter, Ash Wednesday and Christmas are the three times a year when many people who are not regular church goers look for a church. That includes many inactive Catholics. Will you be putting your parish name out there with a welcome message? Now is the time to put your plans in place.
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Becoming a Social Media Evangelization Specialist
Who is a parish social media evangelization specialist? This question came to me as I read a comment by Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF, D. Min., on my January 12th post entitled How Many Hours Are You Spending in Online Ministry Each Week? In the comment, Sister Caroline, President of the Digital Disciple Network and a pioneer in digital catechesis, was recommending that several parishes share such a person who would train…
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The Jubilee of Mercy Highlights the Goodness and Tenderness of God
On December 8, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy will begin. In Face of Mercy, the Holy Father’s Bull of Indiction for the Jubilee, Pope Francis writes that this is a “special time for the Church, a time when the witness of believers might grow stronger and more effective.” It is a special time where we are…
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Giving Thanks and More About the Christmas Video
As you are well aware, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day in the United States this week. It gives all of us an occasion to remember the blessings that we have received from God as a nation and all blessings that come to us through the good people in our lives and those who are working on our behalf. It is good to pause and give thanks. That is what I will…