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How is your parish celebrating baptisms? Outside of the sacrament itself, there are lots of ways to commemorate a ...
Sherry Weddel, director of the Catherine of Siena Institute, took the ministry world by storm with her ...
Do you know social media's 80/20 rule? It's the same as the 80/20 rule in other areas of Catholic parish life. If ...
We are all called to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. However, we are often at a loss as to how we can do ...
Facebook categorizes all organization pages into different groups. However, if your parish's Facebook page was set ...
Ever wondered how the Facebook newsfeed works? As of 2019, it takes into account millions of factors when ...
First impressions and profile pictures are funny things. We all know by now that first impressions matter just as ...
Do you know about the "General Social Survey" and religion? In the April edition of First Things, Mark L. ...
In recent years, Facebook has added a "vanity URL" or "username" feature to all Pages, including your parish page. ...
When it comes to standing out on social media, video is king. The next time you are promoting a special event at ...
Last month we included a post about the number of people entering the Catholic Church in the United States and ...
Saint James writes in his epistle that "the fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful" (Jsa 5:13). We ...
Hopefully it's easy for new parishioners to register at your parish. What happens after a new household ...
As the church in North America continues to change, many parishes are moving from organizations focused on ...
In 2018, St. Mary's Press shocked the Church in North America when it published its research project, Going, Going ...
We are all guilty of visiting YouTube to check out a video a friend said we simply "had to see." Perhaps you ...
Have you heard the latest - Bishop Barron meets Jordan Peterson? In the last few years, Canadian psychologist ...
Earlier this month I mentioned that 95% of your website visitors are just looking for Mass times. The same is true ...
This era of big data can be overwhelming, but surveys and polls can help your parish in its evangelization ...
By now, most Catholic churches have staked out their territory online and claimed a catchy web address and ...
We are living in a time where community bonds are growing weaker, with churches and membership-based ...
There are just so many saints. Everyone has their patrons, their favorites, and the ones they don't understand. ...
Many Christians - Catholics and Protestants alike - think they are bad at prayer and are embarrassed about it. And ...
There is an entire universe of priests who are active on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms. In ...
Ever since Pope Saint John Paul II coined the phrase, the Church has been laser-focused on the New Evangelization. ...
For years I sat on the finance committee of St. Leo’s parish in Omaha, Nebraska. And, unlike many parish meetings ...
Every year we are drawing closer to the moment when every man, woman, and child has an internet-enabled device on ...
You're getting bombarded with new programs every week - ministry programs that claim to lead hundreds into RCIA, ...
As we move into month six of the coronavirus pandemic, some parishes are wondering, "Should we just direct people ...
If this past spring you were scrambling to move your ministries online for the foreseeable future, there are ...
As social distancing and shelter in place orders began to take effect across North America this past spring, our ...
With “shelter at home” orders issued around the country this last spring, many parishes are continuing livestream ...
In the face of global pandemic, the day-to-day work of a parish employee may seem pointless. After all, what can ...
Google Trends is an incredible resource - an up-to-the-minute look at what people are typing into the most popular ...
I love fall – the foliage, football, and (bon)fires. By the first of October, I hope that I’ve already sat around ...
The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to do harm to our society in a myriad of ways, but there are some reasons ...
You have learned a lot about how parishioners engage with the parish over the last several months. Social ...
Advent is almost upon us , which means it's time to publish your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Mass ...
A few days ago we shared advice on how and where to update your Christmas Mass times (see here). But did you know ...
Christmas represents an incredible opportunity to minister to "Creasters," those nominal Catholics that only ...
After the busyness of Holy Week, it can be difficult to muster to enthusiasm to analyze your Easter collection. ...
We get this question a lot - "The church down the street has its own hashtag. It seems to be everywhere. Should we ...
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