A MAGAZINE STYLE APPROACH

For several years now, ParishWorld.net has been working with Catholic parishes in developing a website ministry that truly works the way a parish should work. As a result of this exposure, we've learned to understand your needs, your dreams, your desires, and the difficulties the parish and its staff face.

Most website design companies are very good at what they do - building websites for the general business environment. Their point of view comes from a purely secular background, and they inadvertently end up building for you what "they think" you need instead of what "you know" you really need. So most of the time, they miss out on the the key mission that binds all Catholic parishes together - Evangelization.

As a result, while 95% of today's parishes have websites, 99% of the time no one is reading them. Almost all of today's websites are static - the information doesn't change. And their front pages looks the same as they did six months ago. Most information probably has not changed in many months. As a result, readers rarely visit the website.

IMPARTING SPIRITUALITY

In February of 2008, the Vatican issued a statement that basically said a parish that does not evangelize is just a building. They added that parishes need to move from a maintenance model to a missionary model. At ParishWorld.net, we believe that this mandate applies to your parish website as well. Your parish website needs to move from STATIC ADMINISTRATION to DYNAMIC EVANGELIZATION. Together, we have achieved that.

LOADED WITH ARTICLES, CHANGING DAILY

ParishWorld.net takes a magazine-style approach to website development, a Catholic magazine-style approach. We deliver to you a parish website that comes preloaded with over 3,000 articles. And we present it in a reader friendly, editorial rich, magazine-style front page.

Your front page will never be the same with each passing day. We deliver articles - between 25 to 35 articles weekly - from our Catholic magazine direct to your parish website daily. Most of it is based on our spiritually enlightening "Lectionary-based Catechesis" approach. People will feel blessed, enriched and inspired. And they will visit your website frequently.

NO PROGRAMMING REQUIRED

In turn, we empower your parish staff to enter your own parish information and articles - when they can - without having to learn programming. In fact, barely any learning is required as articles are entered online with a simple cut-and-paste operation. You will never have to rely on other people - whether paid or volunteers - to add your own articles to your website. And we will train your parish staff to use it.

IT'S WORKING EVEN WHEN YOU'RE TOO BUSY

We've mentioned the importance of an ever-changing website front page to keep readers coming back on a regular basis. The great thing about your website is it keeps on working for you even if you're too busy to put in new articles or announcements on a regular basis. Since we regularly deliver Catholic articles directly to your website, your website will never be stale, it will never be static. People will see something new every day and that, in most cases, is the key to driving people back to your website on a regular basis.

AND IT DELIVERS TO PEOPLE'S HOMES

And just like a regular magazine, your parish website will be delivered to people's homes weekly - every Friday morning - complete with the Sunday Readings and homilies, Catholic stories, reflections, news, plus important announcements and stories from your parish. All this happens unattended - you don't have to lift a finger. And subscription is FREE to all who want it, parish members and all others.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

We encourage you to think outside the box, just like we did. You have in your hands a most powerful tool for Evangelization and Communication that can greatly impact everyone at your parish and beyond. Please consider the many ways your website can work for your parish. And please always remember our core mission as Christians - it's to spread the Gospel to all corners of the earth. Your parish website can now become an active part of it.

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USEFUL NAVIGATION BACK LINKS:
Chapter 0 - WELCOME TO YOUR USER MANUAL
Chapter I - GETTING STARTED
Chapter II -THE GOALS OF YOUR WEBSITE
Chapter III - CREATING YOUR ARTICLES
Chapter IV - MANAGING YOUR WEBSITE
Chapter V - GENERATING REVENUES
COMPLETE TABLE OF CONTENTS