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Last Updated: 03/14/2024
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To invite a parish to Catholic Social Media go to Accounts > Parishes > Add Parish . This will prompt you to fill out the required information. Once you're done, click Invite . This will send the individual an email prompting them to set up their...
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Last Updated: 09/08/2025
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Resource categories can now be automatically archived with dates! All categories will have a start and end date, so you can schedule things in advance and trust they'll be archived at the appropriate time. To set a start and end date, just click...
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Last Updated: 08/14/2023
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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
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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
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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: 01/29/2024
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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
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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
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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...
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Last Updated: 08/14/2023
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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...