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Social Media for Pastors and Parishes

Earlier this month, I gave a webinar presentation for Our Sunday Visitor on the topic of Social Media for Pastors and Parishes. I didn’t record the original webinar, but after a few requests I sat down to record it again. In the presentation, I go through the basic of social media–what it is, what it’s [...]

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Resources and Examples for Parish Facebook Pages

I presented a webinar for Our Sunday Visitor this week on the topic of “Social Media for Pastors and Parishes: More than Friends, Meaningful Relationships” and as part of the presentation I mentioned some best practices and good examples of parish Facebook pages. I got a few questions in the presentation and afterward from people [...]

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The new Facebook Timeline is coming to Pages

The new Facebook Timeline is coming to Pages

Several months ago, Facebook introduced the new Timeline for personal profiles. Among the big changes were the very large cover photo at the top and a re-ordering of how your content shows up below. The idea, they said, was to make your Facebook profile more a chronicle of your life, and even suggested that you [...]

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An innovative way to register parishioners

In this fast-paced and ever-more mobile world, the old bonds of parish and parishioner have broken down. When my dad was a kid in the West End of Boston, you belonged to your parish and no other. If you were to show up for Mass at at a neighboring parish some Sunday– even though both [...]

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