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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: 06/05/2024
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Stories are a type of post supported by Facebook and Instagram. Once posted by a parish, they last 24 hours and go away. They are a great way to engage their current followers. To publish a Story through Catholic Social Media for your parishes:...
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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 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: 09/15/2025
Cover images (or thumbnails) are an easy way to show a preview of what's inside a category in the Resources section. It also makes your Resources section more visibly appealing and easier to navigate. Here's how cover images works: First, the to...
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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...
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Last Updated: 01/29/2024
in For Dioceses 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....
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Can you really reach young people with Catholic Social Media? Social media is always tracking detailed demographic information about your followers and people reached. With a little digging, you can learn the age and gender breakdown of t...
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Last Updated: 01/29/2024
in For Dioceses From time to time, you may find what you believe to be a bug in Catholic Social Media. One of the easiest ways for our team to assess your potential bug is for you to record the issue using a free, safe tool that we use ourselves called Jam. This to...
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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...