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  1. Praying Digitally

    Smartphones have forever changed the way we live, and more than 90% of people in North America are now carrying around what are essentially ultra-compact, Internet-connected computers. It’s also impacting the way we pray, with hundreds of Christian ...
  2. Archiving Parish Livestreams

    Since the coronavirus pandemic hit America in February 2020, almost every parish in the country has livestreamed or pre-recorded Masses. Several months into our “new normal,” the question is coming up more and more: how long should we keep these Mas...
  3. How to Use Personalization Parameters

    Personalization parameters are a fun, easy way you can help your parishes personalization content copy without giving them extra work. Personalization parameters are phrases that are commonly used in parish social media. Currently, the follo...
  4. How to Use Content Tags

    You can easily categorize all of the social media content and resources you create by adding content tags. To create a content tag, you can click on your profile > Manage Content Tags. From there, simply type your tag name and click "Add...
  5. Bug Detection with Jam

    From time to time, you may find what you believe to be a bug in Catholic Social Media. One of the easiest ways for our team to assess your potential bug is for you to record the issue using a free, safe tool that we use ourselves called Jam. This to...
  6. How to Use Distribution Groups

    You can distribute content and resources to smaller, more specific groups of parishes by utilizing distribution groups. You can manage your distribution groups by clicking on your profile image > Manage Distribution Groups. To create a d...
  7. Parish User Roles

    There are three types of parish users in Catholic Social Media, each with different permissions within the parish subscription. Below is a full list of each type of user and the permissions that user has. Parish Owner(s) Full rights to create...
  8. Diocesan User Roles

    There are three types of diocesan users in Catholic Social Media, each with different permissions within the diocesan subscription. Below is a full list of each type of user and the permissions that user has. Diocesan Owner(s) Full rights t...
  9. Auditing Your Parish Website

    The dream scenario for any parish is that when people type its name into Google, the parish website is the first result. The nightmare is the reverse – despite your best attempts, you can’t seem to get your church into the first page of search engin...
  10. Returning to Old Social Media Posts

    Our director, John, recently had an interesting conversation with a Catholic Social Media subscriber in Nebraska. Her question was this: How can our parish return to old posts or initiatives and provide updates in the best possible way? It’s a g...