Understanding Your Parish Data
What percentage of parishioners are involved in an established ministry? Who in the parish is safe environment certified? Religious education enrollment is in decline, but baptism numbers are increasing. What’s going on? Parish life is unfolding all around you. Families join the parish. Visitors come and go. Ministries thrive or founder. Donations ebb and flow. […]
Catholic Photos: 3 Ways to Find Images You Need
Incorporating photography into your parish communications enhances your message and inspires your parishioners. But where should the images come from? Google has made many things easy for us, but simply typing “church pictures” and using what you find might not be ethical. Since 1989, copyright is presumed on all creative works, which includes photography. The […]
Is Your Church Website Mobile Friendly?
Did you know that about 47% of online traffic is from mobile devices? And that online searches rank differently 80% of the time between mobile and desktop? The answer lies in one aspect of Google’s search algorithm. It ranks mobile friendly websites more favorably than websites that don’t adapt to browsing on smartphones and tablets. […]
4 Ways to Revitalize Online Giving for Lent
Lent is the perfect time to revitalize your online giving program as your parish enters into an intentional time of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. The mood shifts, church decorations change, parish events increase, and discipleship is on people’s minds. As parishioners consider ways to give sacrificially during Lent, here are four ways to engage your […]
Is Your Church Website Ready for Lent?
With Ash Wednesday right around the corner, it’s time to ask yourself: “Is my church website ready for Lent?” Let’s help our parishioners get to Mass on Ash Wednesday! There are two simple, but often overlooked, tasks that your website administrator needs to do.
Six Mistakes Churches Make With Online Giving
So your church selected an online giving program and rolled it out to parishioners. Great! This was the right decision! More than 50% of churches now offer online programs, up from 11% in 2011, and there is potential for your parish donations to increase by 30%. Unfortunately, a lot of parishes have trouble getting online […]
Maximizing WeShare for Your School
With Catholic Schools Week right around the corner (January 28 – February 3), we celebrate what makes our parochial schools so great. Your parish school provides an excellent, well-rounded education with Jesus Christ at the center of it all. That’s something to celebrate! There are always new ways to learn, grow, and expand as a […]
Church Technology Trends in 2018
In St. Augustine’s Confessions, he refers to God’s beauty as “ever ancient, ever new.” As Catholic churches, we pass on our rich heritage of tradition to the next generation. But in an ever-changing world, the Church challenges us to a New Evangelization, “new in its ardor, methods and expression.” We know that while technology […]
Top Tips for Mobilizing Your Parishioners this Giving Tuesday
Looking to support good causes as a parish this November? Check out our Giving Tuesday tips for mobilizing your parishioners to donate.
From Pipeline to Platform: Revolutionizing Church Engagement with Community Cloud
Salesforce is brilliant at managing the opportunity pipeline. LPi President Joe Luedtke shares how churches can leverage this opportunity for engagement.
4 Credit Card Mistakes Your Church Can Easily Avoid
Some parishes prefer to manage credit card transactions via their own merchant account. Is this the best decision for your church?
Tech Innovation for World Mission Sunday
This World Mission Month, learn about global needs directly from Pope Francis! Enter Missio’s PopeBot – an innovative approach to faith and technology.