The Power of Social Media in the Church

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...

Facebook has given a secret gift to parishes    Since Meta purchased Instagram in 2012, the developers at Facebook have been working really hard to be the social media channel of choice for neighborhood groups and local businesses. They’ve ...

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...

To highlight the power of a post "going viral," we like to introduce you to Patrick Sharkey. When he first checked out a free trial of Catholic Social Media, Patrick was the pastoral assistant for administration at St. Nicholas Catholic Church...

As a Catholic parish that wants to reach out to as many people as possible with the Good News, where should you start? How about a place where you can reach more than 80% of the American population (ages 12+)? Or a place where adults spend more than...

What is Catholic Social Media? Catholic Social Media (CSM) is a subscription-based service that provides daily, high-quality, unbranded Catholic posts for parishes to use on their social media channels. We do this through a web-based application ...

Do we really have to be active on social media every day? The numbers do not lie. Parishes that post at least once a day on Facebook report average household giving 44% higher than parishes that do not. But that does not mean a parish employee ha...