Who can submit content, announcements, and updates for communications?

• All Parish Based Entities and School Staff, parish ministries, and regular Immaculate Conception event coordinators (altar society, faith formation, etc.) can submit for any of the following media methods. Approval of Parish Based requests is not guaranteed, though most requests are accepted.
• Non-Parish Based organizations are approved on a case-by-case basis and must be approved by appropriate staff. (Examples include Knights of Columbus, Catholic Daughters, Marriage Encounter, local schools, etc.)

Submissions

All requests should be emailed to the director of communications at [email protected] and your request will be processed.

• Title Email as: Type of Request – Organization Examples: Facebook Post Request – Flocknote Request – Pulpit Announcement Request
• Please include the title of the post or event, date, time, location, description, and contact information in the email.
• No copywriting assistance should be expected, and we reserve the right to edit all submissions for clarity and brevity.

Scheduling Recurring Submissions

• Please explicitly state if your submission needs to be reoccurring and when it terminates
  • Example 1: include weekly until (date) before the event
  • Example 2: please include this reminder for the month of July
• To maximize the impact of your message and the effectiveness of each communication channel, the frequency or number of times a message is published will follow this schedule.
  • Bulletin: one month
  • Bulletin Insert: one week
  • Flocknote: three weeks
  • Facebook: case-by-case basis
  • Website: 60 days for an event
• Pulpit Announcement: two weeks
• Roadside Marquee: case-by-case basis