Dear Trish: Our parish campus isn t completely networked. Is there any way to connect to ParishSOFT from outside our main office?

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1 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:11 PM Page 1 Connecting People and the Church ParishSOFT 825 Victors Way, Suite 200 Ann Arbor, MI Sales x1 info@parishsoft.com Customer Support Hours: Mon Fri, 9am to 7pm ET x2 support@parishsoft.com Training & Users Conference x6 training@parishsoft.com Newsletter for ParishSOFT Users & Friends Summer 2009 ASK TRISH Dear Trish: I just became the parish administrator at St. Luke, and I ve never used ParishSOFT programs before. How do I get up to speed with all the software can do? Sign up for teletraining, starting with the Fundamentals class. A convenient and affordable option, teletraining lets you participate in a live, hands-on class over the phone under the leadership of an experienced instructor. We also offer video tutorials, a FAQ s library organized by topic, and comprehensive user guides that provide simple step-by-step instructions. Visit for these resources and training registration. Dear Trish: Our parish campus isn t completely networked. Is there any way to connect to ParishSOFT from outside our main office? All of our programs offer anytime, anywhere Web access to your data, and we have a couple of options. Remote Solutions gives you access to your ParishSOFT-hosted desktop programs and database. Our Web-hosted ConnectNow programs My Own Church, Online Giving, Ministry Scheduler and Ledger & Payables are true Web applications that integrate with your Parish Family Suite of desktop products, so staff can work from anywhere. Your parish members can also log in to do their own online registrations, address updates, online giving, and scheduling preferences. (See page 2 or visit for more information.) Bulk Mail Needs 2-Column Address Labels When printing labels for automated bulk mail rates, you ll need to use a 2-column label page that accommodates the full ZIP+4 barcode. The standard 5160 address labels, which use a 3-column page layout, are not wide enough to print the barcode. ParishSOFT Users Conference See pg. 4 for details 2nd Annual ParishSOFT Users Conference Monday, Nov. 2 Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 PUBM AUG

2 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:12 PM Page 2 SUMMER 2009 Newsletter for ParishSOFT Users & Friends FINANCIAL HEALTH GROWS MINISTRIES, FOSTERS GIVING We all know that giving is an integral part of our Christianity, that everything we have comes first from God, and that we have a moral obligation to share with those in need. When we encounter those around us who are generous with their time, talent and treasure, we recognize them as persons who put their Christianity into action. Giving, however, doesn t always come easily. It s one thing to take blankets and clothes to the neighbor whose house just burned down, but it s quite another to give money when we ve lost a job or are concerned that our church may not handle the funds wisely. Habits can also work against giving missing Mass, forgetting church envelopes, believing the parish has enough donations without ours. Sometimes we ve simply become accustomed to a lifestyle that requires all of our income to support. Parish leadership is the key to removing all these INSIDE THIS ISSUE 2...President s Letter 2...New Products 3...Technology Corner 4...ParishSOFT Users Conference 6...Welcome New Parishes 7...Turnover, Knowledge Transfer Challenges for Parish Staff 8...Ask Trish obstacles that get in the way of generous giving. When our churches demonstrate a strong, healthy financial position, parishioners are encouraged to step up to the plate and give more. Ministries better funded and vibrant can reach across the aisle and provide tangible service that members are able to touch and feel. A culture of service is created and becomes the norm rather than the exception for church families. Your ParishSOFT products provide many ways to tighten the belt while growing your ministries and increasing giving all the way around. Here are the top 10 tips to keep churches using technology and administrative resources wisely. 1. Observe the Golden Rule: One database! Maintaining one s own personal list of family or member information outside of the central database is a recipe for inaccuracies and higher operational costs. If someone in your office is doing this, it s time for an intervention! ParishSOFT s products use a single database to keep records current and consistent for everyone and to put powerful information behind everything you do. Good data is essential for keeping connected with people. If you need to get information out of your database in a particular format, contact us, and we ll be happy to help you. 2. Automate, automate, automate with new technology. Accept online registrations with the My Own Church product. Boost your income with Online Giving. Keep better financial records with incredible new Church Accounting (made just for churches not gas stations!) Designed to connect people and the church, these new ConnectNow products are true Web applications that let staff work anytime, anywhere they have Internet access. All Connect- Now products integrate with the ParishSOFT family suite, preserving the Golden Rule of one database. 3. Automate with products you already have. When administrative tasks get done faster, your staff can put their creative talents to work for ministries and pastoral care. Here are some critical timesavers you can put to work today (more tips are available on { PARISHSOFT OFFERINGS SUMMER 2009 PAGE 1 } continued on page 3

3 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:13 PM Page 3 A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. Genesis 2:18 It s all about people, isn t it? We were created, from the beginning, to be social beings. Here at ParishSOFT, we re focused on this more than ever, even to the point of changing our logo to Connecting People and the Church. Connecting means more than just establishing in relationship. To us, connecting encompasses concepts like communicating, collaborating and engaging. We focus on helping you to connect better with the communities you serve. For the past 10 years, ParishSOFT software has made it easy to communicate via postal mail, and website to families, individuals, parents, volunteers and groups. Over the past year, we ve added Parish IQ to quickly find people based on just about any criteria and to organize the list into a dynamic, constantly updated workgroup. We ve added NotifyNow instant communication (phone & texting). We ve also given you the ability to do high-quality e-newsletters and other communications by integrating our software with Constant Contact. We ve recently introduced My Own Church to make it easy for your members to look up and update their own information. Soon we ll be adding My Own Church Mobile Edition for iphone, Blackberry, or other smart phone. My Own Church Mobile will lead to more personalized ministry. Imagine preparing for a home visit and being able to use your phone to look up a photo, family member names, some personal information and notes from prior visits. How is this all possible? Grace! This comes in the form of terrific customers, fabulous ParishSOFT staff, and the good sense to listen and learn from each other. Add to that our new Agile software development process, which helps us take all the input we receive and turn it into high quality products delivered at a rapid, predictable rate, and the result is great new products as well as continuous improvement of our existing ones. As always, we count it a blessing to serve you and welcome your feedback. Bill Pressprich President & CEO NEW PRODUCTS Address Quality Module 10% of Americans move each year. How do you keep your addresses current? Save on mailing costs! Address Quality keeps your addresses clean, up-to-date, and compliant with the new U.S. Postal Service Move Update regulations quickly and easily right from the software you already use! Address Quality checks your name and address records against the USPS database and notifies you of any name and address differences. You review the changes and either accept or since your records are sometimes more up-todate than USPS s decline them. Changes you accept are automatically entered into your ParishSOFT database, saving you the time and effort to correct them one at a time. Address Quality tells you who has moved in the last four years, so you can make any adjustments in your list of active families and keep a more accurate census. ConnectNow Ledger & Payables The first in ParishSOFT s suite of ConnectNow Church Accounting modules, Ledger & Payables is a simple, powerful accounting system designed to help churches and schools boost productivity, streamline management and meet financial accounting standards. With built-in nonprofit cost accounting for each ministry or event and secure Web access, Ledger & Payables accommodates customized chart of accounts and financial statements, transaction-level drill down, and easy reporting for organizations of all sizes. And because it s fully integrated with our Offering & Pledges module, you ll never have to enter data more than once. continued on page 7 { PARISHSOFT OFFERINGS SUMMER 2009 PAGE 2 }

4 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:13 PM Page 4 (CONTINUED FROM PG. 1) Religious education Set up classes using the student names already in your database (compliant with the Golden Rule above!). Copy an entire school year of sessions and classes and change just a few details to freshen the information for the new year ( cloning ). Register an entire class in their next religious education class ( promote ). See for video help or the Religious Education User Guide for details. You may also use the built-in tools to help complete sacrament completion details ( bulk register ) and student milestones ( bulk complete ), but the process for these two items still requires some laborintensive steps, which we are planning to automate. See pages 130 amd 132 of the Religious Education Users Guide for details. Reach out to families who are not registering for this year. TECHNOLOGY CORNER New Features in Version We consistently deliver new and improved features to save you time and help you connect more completely to staff, parishioners, and the communities you serve. Highlights you ll find in the latest version are listed below. ParishSOFT Lists Work with Constant Contact Use the contact information already in your ParishSOFT database to connect through Constant Contact with staff, volunteers, ministry groups and parish families. Launch Constant Contact from your Family Directory, Religious Education, Time & Talent or Offering & Pledges module. A Simpler Update Process checks, upon administrator login, the installed version of ParishSOFT via the Web. If an update is available for your parish (synchronizing parish system versions are checked against the diocesan-approved version of ParishSOFT), we ll prompt the parish administrator to install the update now or defer the update up to 30 days. Installation is fast and easy, with a few simple prompts to click through. During the installation process, we ll run automated backups of ParishSOFT Reports, Tuition, and template files, as well as perform a Compact and Repair on the database. Ministry scheduling If you re using a spreadsheet for ministry schedules, stop! The Time & Talent scheduler uses member names already in your database (compliant with the Golden Rule above!) and lets you create schedules for liturgy and other events efficiently. Our new ConnectNow Ministry Scheduler product will soon let your ministers handle their own substitutions and exception dates over the Web, and it integrates with the desktop, giving you the ultimate in flexible scheduling tools. 4. Promote your online resources. Your parishioners are already using the Web for online bill payment, communication with their children s schools and, well, most everything. It just makes sense that they should connect with their parish online, too. ParishSOFT s new ConnectNow programs are easy for members to use, and they make giving, scheduling and record administration easier, more accurate and convenient for everybody. 5. Know your statistics and demographics: Use data to improve finances and ministries. Your database holds a wealth of information that you can use to identify continued on pg. 4 Electronic Giving Module Enhancements provide parishes with date range views of collection posting exceptions, allow multiple files to be processed during Send/Receive, and improve the ACH options available on the Pledge Details screen. Lockbox Imports Enhanced for Multi Pledges, Templates Updated The system will now prompt you to match any contributions being imported from a bank data file to the correct pledge if the family has made multiple pledges to a particular fund. The Lockbox Import template for ParishPay has been updated to accommodate important data field changes in the Parish- Pay system. Parish IQ Updates include many enhancements to improve your query results. Salutation fields are also now available. For the complete release notes, please visit { PARISHSOFT OFFERINGS SUMMER 2009 PAGE 3 }

5 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:14 PM Page 5 ParishSOFT Users Conference Join parish and diocesan staff and friends for this valuable, powerful conference! Select from dozens of workshops, including many led by our users with real life experience. Gain proficiency in using your software. Network with peers from around the United States and other countries. Registration Fee includes keynotes, workshop sessions and materials, welcome reception, four meals, and the Henry Ford Museum event. 2nd Annual ParishSOFT Users Conference Monday, Nov. 2 Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 Dearborn Inn Dearborn, MI Connecting People and the Church Register by September 15, 2009 to receive the early bird discount. Finally, a conference full of information and great people. Denise Sinatra, Risen Savior Catholic Church, Albuquerque, NM Visit for more information. (CONTINUED FROM PG. 3) What we are really trying to achieve is excellence for the sake of the mission. [By using best practices] we can enhance the mission of the church and the utilization of financial resources for ministry. Bishop Richard Pates, Diocese of Des Moines Thanks to ParishSOFT, I learned how to send our quarterly pledge reports via . This process used to take me a week or more, and now it takes just a few hours. In the week after the first s went out, pledge payments were double their normal levels. Theresa Hofer, Business Manager, Christ the King Parish, Ann Arbor, Michigan needs, build programs and bring people back to the faith. Just run your standard ParishSOFT reports or use Parish IQ to get the information you need. Then connect with exactly the right group of people. Ask members who have never volunteered before to help serve coffee and donuts after Mass. Ask a parent with a child in your Religious Education program to be a catechist. Begin a special steward ship appeal to your non-givers and track their pledges using a special fund in your Offering & Pledges module. 6. Market your ministries, publicize their successes. Good public relations have a place in the parish. Tell your members which ministries your parish offers by using your website, a brochure or both. Describe the purpose of each ministry and the commitment level and expectations for volunteers. Provide the name of a leader who can answer questions about each ministry. Share stories throughout the year about how your ministries positively impact the community. Hold a ministry fair to sign up new volunteers, and don t be afraid to invite someone personally to serve sometimes the one-on-one appeal is the most effective. 7. Make giving a part of your church culture. Don t be embarrassed to ask for money the truth is that without funds, there is no ministry. State your stewardship goals clearly and passionately, connect stewardship with a compelling vision for your ministries and look for different ways to appeal to families. Consider asking for 100% response. Give families different ways to contribute, including Online Giving by bank account or credit card. This method is the easiest for your church to administer, provides the most stable income and offers the best security for family account information. Online Giving can increase your church income at least 35%. Other EFT methods require more administration, but they will work, and { PARISHSOFT OFFERINGS SUMMER 2009 PAGE 4}

6 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:15 PM Page 6 you can import your contributions into the Offering & Pledges module from your bank s data file. Use your software to review how you re doing periodically throughout the year and report your findings to the parish and individual families as appropriate. 8. Protect your finances, use sound accounting practices. Families give to the organizations they trust, and churches need to use business-proven best practices to sustain parishioners trust and reduce the risk of fraud, embezzlement and misuse of church funds. Independent audits, regular finance council meetings and detailed reporting all promote credibility and accountability. Accounting software like Ledger & Payables provides a standard chart of accounts to provide better information in a consistent format. It also integrates with your Parish- SOFT Offering & Pledges Program, so batch postings need to be entered only once. 9. Cut printing and mailing costs. Most of your parishioners use and other electronic methods to manage their personal business. Delivering registration forms, schedules and reminders electronically makes sense from a financial, administrative and effectiveness perspective. 10. Learn, innovate and share. Get trained on the tools you have so you can be sure you re using them to their fullest potential. Avoid the administrative rut by committing to continuous improvement for your parish staff. Users groups and webinars (ParishSOFT s webinars are free) are great resources for best practices and reliable information on new technology for churches. The dioceses of Des Moines, Atlanta, St. Petersburg and Toledo all have active users groups that provide training and support. If your diocese doesn t have a users group, call us, and we ll help you get one started. Finally, update your software. ParishSOFT s current version is If you re using something older, you re missing out on a lot of great enhancements that could save you time and money. In this economy, financial health doesn t have to be an oxymoron. With judicious use of your existing resources, you can reduce your costs and create more time for ministry. Incorporate the new Connect- Now products, and you can increase your income and administrative efficiencies exponentially. The economic crisis holds much promise as an opportunity for parishes to reconnect with the basics of Christian community. Nothing builds a sense of belonging more than working shoulderto-shoulder with brothers and sisters in Christ to help others. TURNOVER, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER CHALLENGES FOR PARISH STAFF In keeping with our mission to listen to our customers, we ve begun a series of site visits to parishes using our software. These visits help us provide better products. We also learn about your challenges and connect you with solutions from thousands of other parishes. We were a little surprised to hear from so many of you how frequently staff turnover disrupts the rhythm of your parish offices. Many of our other parishes have tackled this very issue, and we hope their solutions will help make life at your parish office a little easier. Document what you do. Rather than being the only person in the office who knows how to do things, take time to write and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOP s). Parishes in the Atlanta use SOP s to set data management guidelines and provide documentation that keeps records consistent and reliable within the parish and across the diocese. SOP s are a great resource for other staff members who may need to fill in for you and the next person hired to do your job. Keep records you (and others) can trust. Sound data management practices, used consistently by everybody, deliver accurate information that helps each staff member do his or her job. With good records, staff will make better-informed decisions, budgets and ministry programs. Your church will keep connected with more families and members. And your reports and mailings will not only be correct, they ll look professional. SOP s and users groups can help you keep better records and reach consensus on what your data standards should be. Take advantage of Parish- SOFT s training tools and knowledge base. ParishSOFT offers online self-help tools (videos, FAQ s, user guides, forums) and hands-on teletraining courses for all levels of users. So whether you re a new staff member or an experienced user who could use a refresher, we have a class to help you get your job done more efficiently. Update your SOP s with any new processes that you implement after your training. Find strength in community. You re not alone! As a ParishSOFT user, help is always just a click or call away. And as Catholics with a call to holiness shared by millions, there isn t any problem we can t solve by working together. { PARISHSOFT OFFERINGS SUMMER 2009 PAGE 5 }

7 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:15 PM Page 7 WELCOME NEW PARISHES Diocese of Allentown St. John The Baptist Parish, Whitehall Church of All Saints, McAdoo Diocese of Amarillo St. Thomas The Apostle Parish, Amarillo Diocese of Arlington St. Andrew The Apostle Parish, Clifton Atlanta Mision Catolica de Duluth, Duluth Baltimore Mount de Sales Academy, Catonsville Diocese of Belleville Immaculate Conception Parish, Columbia St. Mary Parish, Mount Vernon Diocese of Birmingham St. Francis Xavier Parish, Crestline Heights Diocese of St. John the Baptist, Madison Boston Blessed Sacrament Parish, Saugus St. Bridget Parish, Framingham St. Joseph Parish, Boston St. Peter Parish, Boston St. Thomas Aquinas, Jamaica Plain Diocese of Bridgeport Christ the King Parish, Bridgeport Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Wilton Our Lady of the Assumption Parish, Fairfield Sacred Heart, Danbury Sacred Heart Parish, Greenwich Sacred Heart Parish, Georgetown St. Andrew, Bridgeport St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Weston St. Gregory the Great Parish, Danbury St. Jude Parish, Monroe St. Mary Parish, Ridgefield St. Matthew Parish, Norwalk St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Fairfield Catholic Charities, Diocese of, Bridgeport Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School, Stamford St. Clement Parish, Stamford St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Ridgefield Diocese of Brooklyn Holy Family St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Brooklyn St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis Parish, Brooklyn Diocese of Burlington All Saints Parish, Richford Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Ludlow Assumption of the BVM Parish, Middlebury Blessed Sacrament Parish, Stowe Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington Holy Cross Parish, Colchester Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Wilmington Our Lady of Seven Dolors Parish, Fair Haven St. Amadeus Parish, Alburg St. Anthony Parish, Bethel St. Edward Parish, Derby Line St. James the Greater Parish, Island Pond St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Burlington St. Joseph Parish, Chester St. Mary Star of the Sea Parish, Newport St. Pius X Parish, Essex Junction St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, West Rutland Holy Name of Mary, Ludlow Our Lady Queen of Peace, St. Johnsbury St. Anthony & St. George Parish, Fairfield St. Benedict Labre (West Charleston), Derby Line St. Bernard/Norton, Island Pond St. Francis Cabrini (West Pawlet), Fair Haven St. Joseph Chapel (Londonderry), Chester Diocese of Camden Assumption BVM Parish, Wildwood Crest Corpus Christi Parish, Carneys Point St. Aloysius Parish, Oaklyn St. Martin de Porres Parish, Hammonton St. Mary Parish, Gloucester City St. Rose of Lima Parish, Haddon Heights Holy Name of Jesus, Mullica Hill Holy Trinity Parish, Margarite Mary, Queen of All Saints, Pennsauken St. Mary Parish, Williamstown Diocese of Cheyenne Holy Family Catholic Church, Afton Our Lady of the Mountains Parish, Jackson Chicago Our Lady Mother of the Church, Chicago St. Gertrude Parish, Franklin Park St. Simon the Apostle Parish, Chicago Detroit St. Cletus Parish, Warren St. Patrick Parish, Carleton St. Thomas A Becket Parish, Canton Dubuque Trinity Catholic School, Protivin Episcopal Diocese of Easton Trinity Cathedral Episcopal, Easton Diocese of Fall River Good Shephard Parish, Oak Bluffs Santo Christo Parish, Fall River St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Taunton Diocese of Fort Wayne- South Bend St. Augustine Parish, South Bend St. Catherine of Alexandria Parish, Roanoke South Bend St. Joseph Parish, Roanoke St. Martin de Porres Parish, Syracuse St. Mary of the Annunciation Parish, Bristol St. Mary Parish, Huntington St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, New Carlisle St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Elkhart Holy Family Parish, South Bend Our Lady of Guadalupe, Warsaw Our Lady of Hungary Parish, South Bend St. Bavo Parish, Mishawaka Diocese of Fresno St. Mary Parish, Sanger Galveston-Houston St. Anne Spanish Religious Education, Tomball Diocese of Green Bay All Saints Parish, Denmark Good Shephard Parish, Chilton Nativity of Our Lord Parish, Green Bay Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, De Pere St. John Parish, Gillett Seymour St. Joseph Parish, Kellnersville St. Lawrence Parish, Navarino St. Mary of the Angels Parish, Green Bay St. Mary Parish, Peshtigo St. Michael Parish, Suring St. Nicholas Parish, Freedom St. Rose of Lima Parish, Bear Creek Sacred Heart Parish, Appleton St. Anne Parish, Coleman St. James Parish, Cooperstown St. Katharine Drexel Parish St. Francis Site, Kaukauna St. Mary Parish, Bear Creek St. Maximiliam Kolbe Parish, Sobieski Stella Maris Parish, Egg Harbor Diocese of Helena Holy Cross Parish, Townsend Holy Family Parish, Three Forks Valley of Flowers Mission, Belgrade Diocese of Honolulu St. Augustine By The Sea Parish, Honolulu Diocese of Jefferson City Sacred Heart Parish, Columbia Diocese of Joliet Winfield St. Joseph, Manteno Diocese of Kansas City- St. Joseph Nativity of the BVM Parish, Independence Diocese of La Crosse St. Paul, Bloomer Diocese of Lincoln Presentation Parish, Bellwood Los Angeles Presentation of the BVM Parish, Los Angeles St. Dorothy Parish, Glendora St. Kevin Parish, Los Angeles Luke the Evangelist Parish, Temple City St. Mary Parish, Los Angeles St. Sebastian Parish, West Los Angeles St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Ojai Our Lady of the Assumption School, Claremont Diocese of Madison St. Joseph Parish, Markesan St. Mary, Kingston Diocese of Manchester St. Patrick Parish, Milford Mobile Prince of Peace Parish, Mobile Diocese of Monterey Nativity of Our Lady Parish, San Luis Obispo St. William Parish, Atascadero Nassau Sacred Heart, Nassau St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Nassau New Orleans Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Saint Bernard St. Bernard Church, Saint Bernard St. David Parish, New Orleans New York St. Paul Parish, Bullville Newark Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Oakland Sacred Heart Parish, Haworth St. Mary Parish, Nutley St. Philip the Apostle, Saddle Brook Diocese of Norwich St. John Parish, Old Saybrook Diocese of Oakland St. Partick Parish, Oakland Oklahoma City St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Oklahoma City Omaha St. Francis Borgia Parish, Blair St. Gerald Parish, Ralston St. Mary Parish, Bellevue Diocese of Owensboro St. Mary & St. James Parish, Guthrie St. Susan Parish, Elkton Diocese of Paterson St. Margaret of Scotland Parish, Morristown Diocese of Peoria St. John the Evangelist, Walnut Philadelphia Sacred Heart Parish, Royersford { PARISHSOFT OFFERINGS SUMMER 2009 PAGE 6 }

8 parish-newsltr-aug09:layout 1 8/20/09 12:16 PM Page 8 Diocese of Sacramento Holy Family Parish, Portola St. John Parish, Quincy St. Joseph Parish, Sacramento Diocese of Salt Lake City J.E. Cosgriff Memorial School, Salt Lake City Saint Paul Catholic Center, Hurricane San Antonio St. Joseph Parish, Devine Diocese of San Diego St. Brigid Parish, San Diego St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Carlsbad Our Lady of Guadalupe Religious Education, Chula Vista St. Richard Parish, Borrego Springs Diocese of San Jose Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose Church of the Resurrection, Sunnyvale Holy Cross Church, San Jose Our Lady of Guadalupe, San Jose Our Lady of Peace Parish & Shrine, Santa Clara Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, San Jose St. Anthony Parish, San Jose St. Brother Albert Chmielowski, San Jose St. Cyprian Parish, Sunnyvale St. Francis Cabrini Parish, San Jose Milpitas St. Joseph of Cupertino Parish, Cupertino St. Justin Parish, Santa Clara St. Mary Parish, Gilroy St. Nicholas Parish, Los Altos St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Palo Alto St. Thomas of Canterbury Parish, San Jose St. Victor Parish, San Jose St. Simon Parish, Los Altos Hills Santa Fe Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe Immaculate Conception Parish, Tome Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Los Alamos Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Villanueva Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque, Santa Fe Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Santa Fe Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Las Vegas Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, La Joya Sacred Heart Parish, Albuquerque San Francisco de Asis Parish, Ranchos de Taos San Isidro-San Jose Parish, Santa Fe Santa Maria De La Paz Parish, Santa Fe St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Lake Sumner San Juan Pueblo St. Mary Parish, Vaughn St. Patrick & St. Joseph Parish, Raton St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Abiqulu Our Lady of Most Holy Rosary Parish, Albuquerque Diocese of Savannah Sacred Heart Parish, Vidalia Nativity of our Lord, Brunswick St. Andrew the Apostle Mission, Vidalia Diocese of Sioux Falls Good Shephard Parish, Centerville St. George Parish, Hartford St. Teresa of Avilla Parish, Beresford St. Mary Parish, Wilmot Diocese of Springfield Forty Martyrs Parish, Tuscola Arcola Diocese of Stockton St. Jude Parish, Ceres Diocese of Trenton Blessed Sacrament Divine Shepherd Parish, Trenton Our Lady of Providence Parish, Neptune Sacred Heart Church, Trenton St. Ann Parish, Keansburg St. Benedict Parish, Holmdel St. Clement Parish, Matawan St. George Parish, Titusville St. Gregory the Great Church, Hamilton Square St. Issac Jogues Parish, Marlton St. Joan of Arc Parish, Marton St. John Parish, Lakehurst St. Mary of the Lake Parish, Lakewood St. Mary Parish, New Monmouth St. Maximillian Kolbe Parish, Toms River St. Pius X Parish, Forked River St. Robert Bellarmine Parish, Freehold St. Teresa Parish, Tuckerton Incarnation St. James Parish, Trenton Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown Sacred Heart Parish, Mount Holly St. Alphonsus Parish, Hopewell St. Ann Parish, Browns Mills St. Rose Parish, Belmar St. Vincent DePaul Parish, Yardville Diocese of Tyler Prince of Peace Parish, Whitehouse Washington St. Francis Xavier Parish, Leonardtown St. Peter Parish, Washington, D.C. Diocese of Wheeling- Charleston St. Vincent De Paul Parish, Wheeling Diocese of Worcester Our Lady of the Lake Parish, Leominster St. Peter Parish, Northbridge Diocese of Youngstown Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Niles NEW PRODUCTS (CONTINUED FROM PG. 2) ConnectNow My Own Church My Own Church lets parishioners and staff access family and member information from a computer, smart phone, or any device with an Internet connection. Parishioners can register online and submit paperless updates to their family and member information. Staff can accept or deny those updates, so they maintain full control over the integrity of their data. Because My Own Church is fully integrated with the Family Directory desktop software, staff can manage family and member records for multiple organizations from any location. My Own Church lets parishioners and church administrators work together to keep census information accurate and reliable. offertory or pledge contributions using one or more bank or credit card accounts. Automatic deposits go directly into the designated church account no checks or paper forms are required. Online Giving is brought to you by ParishSOFT and our valued partner, Our Sunday Visitor. Other ConnectNow modules in development include Payroll, Billing and Accounts Receivable, Ministry Scheduler, Family Directory and more; and each of these Web applications will work with your desktop software, so you can mix and match. Visit for more information. ConnectNow Online Giving Ideal for parishioners who use the Web to manage their personal business. Online Giving lets members manage their church contributions and giving schedules using the Internet. Members can set up one-time or regular scheduled electronic { PARISHSOFT OFFERINGS SUMMER 2009 PAGE 7 }