“Ever since the internet first became available, the Church has always sought to promote its use in the service of the encounter between persons, and of solidarity among all.” With this line, Pope Francis introduces his message for the 53rd Annual World Communications Day. This…
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A New Welcoming Parish Website
St. Columbkille Parish in Parma, Ohio, has a new parish website that we launched in time for all the Christmas visitors. We used an eCatholic template, “Bethany,” which I helped to design a few years ago. The design is geared toward creating an evangelizing website–that…
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Bishop Robert Barron on Social Media
A recent Word on Fire broadcast, “A Bishop’s Guide to Social Media” caught my attention and after viewing it, I want to share it with all of you. In this video, Brandon Vogt from Word on Fire interviews Bishop Robert Barron of the Archdiocese of…
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Merry Christmas!
While our world faces many challenges today with wars and other conflicts, divisions of all sorts, suffering, cruelty and brutality on many levels, this is the same world that Jesus was born into on the first Christmas night. Even as a baby his life was…
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Post Celebrate Christmas with Us Messages Now
Christmas is 14 days away! Most likely your parish has completed or is completing the planning of the liturgical and environmental details. The Christmas envelopes with a greeting from the pastor and the Christmas schedule have been mailed to registered parishioners. Hopefully you are posting…
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What Visitors Expect from Your Website
In considering how welcoming a parish (or any other) website is, we need to look beyond including the word “Welcome” on the site which as you know, I think is important. We need to offer what visitors can legitimately expect us to provide.