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Catholic Social Media's research shows that nonprofits should be striving for a good communications-to-request ...
If you thought finding an anniversary gift for your spouse was hard, try celebrating clergy anniversaries. To help ...
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 ...
If you’re administering your Catholic parish Facebook page, spend a little time each week using Insights. Just log ...
Whether you’re planning a change in the Mass schedule or gauging interest in a new program, you can use online ...
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 ...
There are dozens of ways you can connect to your parishioners these days. These include e-newsletters, emails, ...
Facebook categorizes all organization pages into different groups. However, if your parish's Facebook page was set ...
Maybe you take prayer requests at your Catholic parish, but have you ever considered taking prayer requests ...
Ever wondered how the Facebook newsfeed works? As of 2019, it takes into account millions of factors when ...
One of the most popular types of writing to come out of the Internet age is the listicle, which is a numbered list ...
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 ...
Your parish website is likely a simple, concise variation of your church name and/or city, and therefore it is ...
Are you using Facebook Business Manager? Most parishes manage their Facebook page from the personal account of a ...
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 ...
A year after the clergy abuse crisis came to light again, news reports continue to come out that can disturb and ...
As the church in North America continues to change, many parishes are moving from organizations focused on ...
The Book of Blessings, used in almost every Catholic church since the 1980s, is full of ritual blessings for ...
The Sunday bulletin has been a staple of Catholic life in North America for more than 75 years. But as almost all ...
We are all guilty of visiting YouTube to check out a video a friend said we simply "had to see." Perhaps you ...
Facebook followers are often your most faithful parishioners. They not only fill the pews each week, but they are ...
What are 95% of the visitors to your parish website looking for? Mass times. That's it. This was brought home to ...
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 ...
In a previous post, I discussed the 8:1 communications rule - share eight pieces of good news for every one ...
Every Catholic has experienced the Sunday to Monday gap. You hear a soul-stirring homily on Sunday that edifies ...
It's a website admin's worst nightmare: old broken links that frustrate your site's visitors, but that you don't ...
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. ...
Facebook Live is a powerful tool that parishes and schools can use to share live video from events, ceremonies, ...
We all have old email addresses we're not proud of. Sure, there was a time when emailing your friends from ...
Many clergy, theologians, and lay ministers have been thinking about the Church's response to loneliness. Study ...
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. ...
We use emails for everything. We use email to ask questions, to delegate tasks, to confirm plans and to provide ...
Your pastor is busy. Your committee chairs have day jobs. Your volunteers are being pulled in a million different ...
The CSM team often works with pastors and staff that say, “We wish parishioners would increase their financial ...
You're getting bombarded with new programs every week - ministry programs that claim to lead hundreds into RCIA, ...
Did you know the first email was sent 48 years ago? Every year we work with dozens of parishes that appear to be ...
Magazine subscriptions. Chocolate sales. Caramel corn delivery services. We've all participated in these sorts of ...
Not all fundraising activities are created equal. All parish and school fundraising opportunities are unique and ...
Facebook is always adding new types of posts that can help you increase your reach and engagement. One type that ...
How many times has a parishioner or visitor asked you to pray for them or someone they love? I bet you get prayer ...
Every now and again, someone will wander onto your parish's Facebook page, disparaging the Church or people of ...
If you're looking to make your parish more family-friendly, the next best thing is not free parenting classes or ...
Two and a half years ago, Billy Baker's article in Boston Globe magazine about middle-aged men and the loneliness ...
As a parish employee, you likely know about the Liturgy of the Hours and maybe pray this universal prayer of the ...
Do you find it challenging to keep up with the activity on your parish Facebook page? Has your parish Twitter page ...
It is no secret that the largest transfer of wealth in human history is starting to take place between Baby ...
People receive around 100 emails per day, a mind-bending mix of work-related communications, solicitations from ...
Keeping your organization’s contact information current and clean is a never-ending process. We’ve talked about it ...
If you're watching the news about the further spread of coronavirus and wondering, "What are some ways we can be ...
I've written in this space before about how every Catholic thinks every other Catholic is an expert at prayer when ...
As we move into month six of the coronavirus pandemic, some parishes are wondering, "Should we just direct people ...
With public Masses suspended across the United States, this past spring charitable contributions were in freefall ...
If this past spring you were scrambling to move your ministries online for the foreseeable future, there are ...
With “shelter at home” orders issued around the country this last spring, many parishes are continuing livestream ...
What can continue at the parish? In short, most events and meetings on a parish calendar can continue this autumn. ...
Your eyes have likely glazed over at the number of "free offers" you're receiving right now. The pandemic's effect ...
You have learned a lot about how parishioners engage with the parish over the last several months. Social ...
Our director, John, recently had an interesting conversation with a Catholic Social Media subscriber in Nebraska. ...
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 ...
Even several months into the pandemic, some of us can abuse Facebook. After all, it's not a communications tool ...
We are sending more emails than ever, and billions of messages crisscross the globe each day. For every legitimate ...
Christmas represents an incredible opportunity to minister to "Creasters," those nominal Catholics that only ...
Each parish is called to be the People of God, enfleshed in a particular geographic location. And just as we are ...
Mardi Gras and Lent are fast approaching, and Ash Wednesday kicks things off. Father gets to rub ashes on your ...
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