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  1. Release Notes (last updated 6/11/2026)

    July 2026 CUSTOM CAPTIONS BY PLATFORM ARE HERE! The most exciting update of the month is custom captioning by platform.   Whether you're a parish, school, diocese, or third-party content creator, you can now write unique ca...
  2. Resource Release Schedule

    The Catholic Social Media team regularly updates the Resources section of the platform for Parish Premium subscribers. Though there are exceptions, you can expect this seasonal schedule to apply broadly. We've kept to this schedule since 2019: ...
  3. Analytics Filters

    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...
  4. How to Create a Category and Utilize Your Resources Section

    How to Build a Category and Utilize Your Resources Section You can now create categories in the Resources section to store and distribute documents, links, and files in one organized location. This helps keep materials easy to access for parish...
  5. Understanding the Accounts Screen

    The "manage accounts" screen is broken up into three sections. Here's how to understand them: Summary Card This section gives you key information at a glance, such as your diocese's account owner, the status of your Diocesan Essentials subscripti...
  6. Planner Categories

    On the Planner page of Catholic Social Media, you'll notice a dropdown with a few different categories. Here's how they function. Recently Distributed These are posts that have already been published and are visible to your parishes right now....
  7. Using the Bookmarks Bar

    You likely have at least a handful of websites you visit every day. You may have them bookmarked or you may simply rely on your web browser’s history to fill in the address as you start typing. But are you using the very convenient and visuall...
  8. Protect Your Computer from Cyber Attacks

    With the uptick in working remotely since 2020, cyber-attacks are happening more and more often. The FBI reported a 300% increase in reported cybercrimes since the COVID-19 pandemic began. According to a study by the University of Maryland, attacks ...
  9. Publishing Mass Times Online

    The liturgical year is complicated, which means you regularly need to re-publish your Mass times… everywhere . This is important because many nominal Catholics start searching for Mass times around Christmas or Easter to help decide where they will ...
  10. 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 ...