Thank you to the parishes that updated their lists and have been in contact with Judy Curini. We still need to hear from more parishes! We are resending this email below from last month in the event you cannot find it or missed it. And it is never too late to promote subscriptions to reduce or eliminate the parish assessment!
Dear Fathers,
February is the traditional Catholic Press month in the US. In our diocese, it is Catholic media month because we are promoting all forms of media, including eCatholic websites, Flocknote and our news and event feeds as well as the Catholic Free Press in home delivery and online.
Three points to call to your attention:
1. Time to update the subscriber lists
Contact Judy Curini by emailing circulation@catholicfreepress.org to get a current list to mark up - identify people who have died or moved and add new households you want to receive the paper. see instructions below.
2. Promote subscriptions!
Everyone in your parish who pays the $39 annual home delivery fee will reduce the parish assessment because you keep the money. Even when they subscribe online, if they identify their parish we will forward it to your parish. We have attached a pdf of the subscription form to insert into bulletins - OR you can go to the Flocknote library and copy the Catholic Free Press subscription form to your parish list. Edit as you desire (to include or not include the online donate button) and hit send. Done.
3. Time to update your online tools.
Check your eCatholic website and be sure you have our local news, local events, and other local resources on there which update AUTOMATICALLY as things are posted. Just click on the "shared" tab under Add Content.
Check out all the Lenten resources available from both eCatholic and Flocknote, including Word on Fire. They will help your parishioners on their Lenten Journey even when they are at home and have some free time.
Thank you and we look forward to working with you this Lent and throughout the year as we communicate the Good News and help to build up our parish communities through better communications!
We put all this information into a handy printable letter (below) to make it easy to reference.