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As a Catholic parish that wants to reach out to as many people as possible with the Good News, where should you start? How about a place where you can reach more than 80% of the American population (ages 12+)? Or a place where adults spend more than...
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Last Updated: 08/14/2023
in Tech and Ministry Tips We get this question a lot – “The church down the street has its own hashtag. It seems to be everywhere. Should we be doing the same?” In short…yes! Like a parish mission statement, logo, website address, or Facebook vanity URL, a parish hashtag ca...
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Last Updated: 02/07/2024
in For Parishes These are categories to help you determine your usage: Weekly: These are connected to the liturgical year and thus should often be scheduled for the day we suggest. We reference saints’ feast days, Sunday Gospels readings, and so on. Monthly: Thes...
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Last Updated: 02/07/2024
in For Parishes I’m not getting my two-factor authentication code emails. What’s the deal? Catholic Social Media utilizes a lightning-fast two-factor authentication code delivery service called Twilo SendGrid for when you forget your password. If you’re not re...
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Do you remember Saint Paul’s journey to Athens in Acts of the Apostles, chapter 17 ? At the time, Athens was the cultural center of the world. It was the birthplace of democracy and philosophy, but it was also full of pagan idols, strange...
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Last Updated: 01/29/2024
in For Dioceses In October 2022, the Catholic Social Media team compared and contrasted diocesan social media audiences versus parish audiences in several different U.S. dioceses and archdioceses. Here's what we found: No matter what, only a small number of peopl...
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Last Updated: 01/29/2024
in For Dioceses 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...
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Last Updated: 01/29/2024
in For Dioceses When you create a post and add a video file to it, the Catholic Social Media system will automatically recognize it and give you an "Add cover photo" option on the bottom lefthand side of the video preview: Once you upload a cover photo, that w...
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Last Updated: 08/14/2023
in Tech and Ministry Tips 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...
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Last Updated: 01/29/2024
in For Dioceses The analytics page is helpful for understanding how your parishes and content are performing. The filters on the lefthand side (shown below) will help you tailor this page so that you can have exactly the right information at your fingertips: H...