April Road Show Office of Communications Effective Intra-Parish and Inter-Parochial Communication Danielle Cummings, Chancellor & Director of Communications Nicole Ossevoort, Communications & Social Media Specialist
Our Mission: Evangelization Evangelization is more effective when it is carried out with oneness of spirit and with sincere teamwork among the various ecclesial communities as well as among missionaries and local clergy: this requires courage to seek out ways of working together and offering mutual help in the areas of catechesis and Catholic education, as well as integral human development and charity. (Pope Francis, 9/21/14, Vespers)
Our Mission: Evangelization The three goals of Evangelization are: To live our faith and freely share our faith with others. To invite all people to hear the message of Jesus Christ as expressed in the Catholic parish. To foster Gospel values in our society so that our nation and the world will be transformed by the saving power of Jesus. Click here to read the USCCB Strategic Plan: Suggested Parish/Diocesan Roadmap put forth by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
It starts with us! Effective communication = Effective evangelization How does the Office of Communications connect with parishes? Diocesan website www.syrdio.org Wednesday email Around the Diocese YouTube news program Monthly e-newsletter Diocesan social media Jubilee Year of Mercy Parish Kit
It starts with us! Effective communication = Effective evangelization How does the Office of Communications connect with parishes? Diocesan Media Kit http://syracusediocese.org/offices/catholic-communications/media-kit/ How to write a press release + media contacts Guidelines for interacting with the media Release forms and social media guidelines Policies for parish websites and social media
It starts with us! Effective communication = Effective evangelization How can parishes connect with the Office of Communications? Wednesday email Send us an email ANYTIME! Give us a call Use the diocesan events calendar (planning tool for your parish!) Interaction on social media
Effective communication = Effective evangelization How can parishes connect with Parishioners? Their PCA group? The community at large? Parish website Weekly bulletin Social media Remind.com Diocesan + secular events calendars
To be effective, you need the right tools! How many of you Have a parish website that is updated regularly? Have parish social media that is monitored/ updated regularly? Have an online bulletin? Have an events calendar on your parish website? Send regular emails to parishioners? Send press releases to secular media announcing events? Advertise with The Catholic Sun and utilize Catholic TV? Use a service like Remind.com to communicate with parishioners? Submit events to the diocesan calendar? Submit information for the Wednesday email? Communicate regularly with your PCA group?
To be effective, you need the right tools! Let s talk about just a few of these tools Parish website: your website is Your first impression on the web The first place people go to find information An indispensable evangelization tool
To be effective, you need the right tools! Let s talk about just a few of these tools Parish social media: your social media is Your second first impression on the web A free place to communicate, but have fun, too An indispensable evangelization tool The place where many of your parishioners aged 45-60 are hanging out
To be effective, you need the right tools! Let s talk about just a few of these tools Remind.com: this tool can Send messages to anyone via text or email Save time and money (it s free) Evangelize in a totally new way
Shout out! Holy Family Syracuse PCA-5 Western Region-West
Shout out! Our Lady of Sorrows PCA-2B Southern Region
Shout out! St. Joseph-St. Stephen PCA-1 Northern Region
Shout out! St. John the Evangelist - PCA-6 Eastern Region
Catholic TV
A quote from Pope Francis: Jesus wants evangelizers who proclaim the good news not only with words, but above all by a life transfigured by God s presence. (11/24/13, no. 259)
Connect with us! Danielle Cummings dcummings@syrdio.org, 315-470-1476 Nicole Ossevoort nossevoort@syrdio.org, 315-459-7170 Sign up to receive diocesan email news: go to www.syrdio.org Facebook.com/DioceseofSyracuse @SyrDiocese on Twitter Instagram.com/syracusediocese YouTube.com/syrdio www.syrdio.org