Marketing

Overview

The Bulletin is a 12-page weekly lifestyle and news publication for the parish community. Its three-fold purpose is to:

1. Introduce opportunities where families and individuals can deepen their faith life and live as intentional disciples.
2. Inform our community of local news regarding parish life (celebration of the Sacraments, Gift Shop schedule, etc.)
3. Inspire our community to live liturgically within the domestic church (their homes).

Audience Insight

Based on the 2022 Parish Communication Survey, we offer the following insight to help you leverage The Bulletin:

• The Bulletin is the go-to communications channel for parishioners 30 years and older.
• We distribute The Bulletin in the narthex, via a weekly email from the communications director and on our website. Of the parishioners who read The Bulletin, 77% get the physical copy from the narthex of the church.
• Roughly 70% of the readership is female.
• The top five things people look for in The Bulletin:
  • Events
  • Faith Formation News
  • Ministry News
  • Formation Opportunities
  • General Information
• The top three things that frustrate people about the content in The Bulletin:
  • Repetitive Content
  • Too Much Irrelevant Information
  • Not Enough Important Information (contact information, registration deadlines, locations, etc.) 

Logistics

• The publish date of each edition of The Bulletin is on a Sunday. Content must be submitted at least 10 days before the desired publish date.
• On average, we order 600 copies of The Bulletin. The exact numbers may change week-to-week depending on how many bulletins were leftover from the previous week.

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Overview

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Audience Insight

Based on the 2022 Parish Communication Survey and our monthly anayltics reports, we offer the following insight to help you leverage our website:

• The website is the go-to communications channel for parishioners 18-29 years old.
• Of those who indicated the website was their preferred channel to find information, 74% were women.
• On average, 65% of our website visitors access the site using a mobile device.
• To five things people look for on the website:
  • Event Information
  • Mass Times
  • Contact Information
  • Ministry Information
  • The Bulletin

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Tutorials

• Ministry Path

Post parish-related news, events and invitations on parish social media.

Easily spread the word by text and email.

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Flocknote Help Center

Request Announcements

Need assistance?

Please contact Fr. Keith by email or at (512) 258-1161.

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Guide for Tables outside of Mass

Need assistance?

Please contact Debra Lohrstorfer by email or at (512) 258-1161 x214

Banners or yard signs on campus for large, community-wide events.

Diocesan Art Library

As a customer of Diocesan, we have access to their Library of Art. Most pieces found in this library are free to use. There are some that need to be purchased (using funds from the respective ministry's budget). This library is categorized by liturgical year, theme and saints. If you want something downloaded from this site, please email the communications director the title and link to the piece.
Explore the Library

Cathopic - Public Domain

The Catholic stock photography site, Cathopic, has a collection of art pieces available on the Public Domain. Their collections are organized by artist. Unfortunately, pieces of art do not show up in the site search results at this time.
Explore the Collection

Staff Collections

As staff come across usable pieces or as pieces are used on covers of The Bulletin, they are added to these collections. Once viewing the collections, click on the tiles to open the record and see larger versions of the piece. Once the record is open, you can download the piece in the attachment field.
Explore the Collection   Explore Bulletin Covers

Photography is our preferred visual asset category as it allows our audience to see real parishioners in real places on campus as well as enables them to see themselves in/with that which we are promoting. Other asset categories, such as clip art, present practical limitations such as sizing, clarity and style.

The following are collections of photos that we can use for promotional purposes:

Air

This is our digital asset management system (DAM) containing pictures of our campus, people and events. Those who are clearly pictured in these photos have given their written consent for these photos to be used by parish staff and volunteers for promotional purposes.

If you would like to discuss having pictures of your events or ministries added to our DAM, please contact our communications director (contact information is available at the bottom of this page).

Go To Air

Note: In order to use a picture, video or audio recording depicting someone's likeness to promote an event, initiative, ministry or idea, we must have written consent from the person(s) depicted or their parents if a minor. Access the consent forms here.

Cathopic

This is a website containing Catholic photography and fine art availble through the public domain. In order to download photos from this site, you must create a free account. As we do not currently have a Cathopic Pro subscription, you will be limited to the free photos available on the site.

Go to Cathopic

Unsplash

This is a website containing high-quality royalty-free photography. We do not currently have an Unsplash+ subscription so you are limited to just the free photos available on this site.

While there is a rich collection of Catholic photos available through Unsplash, it should be kept in mind that it is a secular company that maintains the photos and as such, there are also more worldly photos included in the larger collection of photos.

Go to Unsplash