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Send Messages to the Web

Regularly posting relevant and timely information to your website is a great way to let visitors know that you are an active and thriving community. Evangelus makes it easy to quickly post messages to your website or any other online location that can display an RSS feed. Follow these simple instructions to get started. NOTE: This is a one time event enabling your Parish or Group messages to be hosted online. Once completed, you can simply post messages to the web along with sending to any other channel.

Don’t have a website that supports RSS feeds? Not sure what an RSS feed even is? No problem! Contact our Customer Care team at 800-994-9817 for help on getting started.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: A word on RSS Feeds

Before you can display Evangelus messages online, you will need a way to display an RSS feeds on your website or other online location. Website platforms such as WordPress have many optional Plugins that will allow you to display an RSS feed on your website. Many mobile apps will allow you to add RSS feeds as buttons in your app. Individuals can use RSS feed readers in their web browser to view RSS feed posts. In all of these case, you simply need to provide the URL link for your Evangelus group’s messages. The process below will tell you how to enable this feature and copy this link to use on your website.

STEP BY STEP – how to get THE RSS LINK

  1. Select Groups from the Evangelus main menu.
  2. Select the Group you want to connect to Twitter: for example “All Members.”
  3. Select the “gear” icon from the center column to access the settings for your group.
  4. Scroll to find the toggle for “Post on website” – enable this toggle.
  5. The RSS feed options will now appear for your group.
  6. A drop-down menu appears first and should be defaulted to “10.” This field allows you to select how many messages you want to appear in the feed. If you choose “10,” only the ten most recent message will appear online. Click the down arrow to change this setting if you like.
  7. Click “View RSS Feed URL” to see the RSS link for your online messages.
  8. Click “Copy URL” to copy this link to the clipboard.
  9. Open the feed reader tool for your website or other online tool and paste this URL link where required.

Congratulations! You can now choose to post your messages online and they will automatically appear in the RSS feed reader you configured.

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Connect myParish App

Push notifications are a great way to instantly connect with parishioners on their phones and land them in fertile soil to help grow their daily faith life. Evangelus makes it easy to quickly send messages as push notifications to myParish App. Follow these simple instructions to get started. NOTE: You only need to connect myParish app to your Parish or Group one time. Once completed, you can simply push messages to myParish app along with sending to any other channel.

Don’t have myParish App at your parish yet? No problem! Contact our Customer Care team at 800-994-9817 to get started.

group integration

myParish app Admins are familiar with the idea of sending a parish-wide push notice or sending a push notification as a discussion topic in a myParish app Group. In Evangelus, you can send parish-wide push notifications using the All Member group. You can also start new discussions in the app by connecting individual Evangelus groups to myParish.

Time saver: When you link an Evangelus group to myParish, Evangelus automatically does all the work for you in myParish app. There is no need to access the myParish app admin portal to make additional changes. Evangelus creates the group and adds your admins as Group Moderators in the app instantly.

AUTOMATIC SYNC

Even better, when your Customer Care Specialist first enables Evangelus to integrate with myParish app, the All Member group will automatically be configured to send messages to the app. In addition, all of your myParish App groups that existed prior to getting started will automatically be added as groups in Evangelus retaining the group type, settings and adding your myParish Group Moderators as Group Admins in Evangelus. Integrating Evangelus with myParish is just that easy.

STEP BY STEP – get connected

  1. Your Evangelus account needs to be enabled to integrate with myParish app before you can connect new groups to myParish. Contact the Customer Care team to enable this feature if needed.
  2. Select Groups from the Evangelus main menu.
  3. Select the Group you want to connect to myParish.
  4. Select the “gear” icon from the center column to access the settings for your group.
  5. Scroll to find the toggle for “Link myParish App Profile” – enable this toggle.
  6. If your Evangelus account has never logged into the myParish App admin portal, you may be prompted to login to myParish. Enter your password and follow the prompts.

Congratulations! You can now send your messages to myParish app.

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Connect Your Twitter Account

Staying present on social media is a great way to reach beyond the walls of the parish into the local community. Follow these simple instructions to get started. NOTE: You only have to connect Twitter to your Parish or Group one time. Once completed, you can simply post messages to your Twitter feed along with sending to any other channel.

Don’t have a Twitter feed set-up yet? No problem! Contact our Customer Care team for help on getting that started.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Before you can connect your Twitter feed you will need to first have the following tasks completed.

  • You must have a Twitter feed for your Parish or Group.
  • You need the username, email or phone number that you use to login to your Twitter account.
  • You will need your Twitter password handy.

Choose your group

Most parishes will have one Twitter feed for the entire parish. Sometimes groups in the parish, such as the women’s group or the youth ministry, will also have their own Twitter feed. Evangelus lets you connect to different feeds for different groups. The process below is the same in each case, however, for the parish, you will want to connect specifically using the “All Members” group.

STEP BY STEP – get connected

  1. Select Groups from the Evangelus main menu.
  2. Select the Group you want to connect to Twitter: for example “All Members.”
  3. Select the “gear” icon from the center column to access the settings for your group.
  4. Scroll to find the toggle for “Link Twitter Profile” – enable this toggle.
  5. A Twitter authentication window will open. Enter your username and password, then follow the prompts.
  6. You will now see your Twitter Profile listed in the group settings.

Congratulations! You can now send your messages to your Twitter feed.

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Connect Your Facebook Account

Evangelus makes it easy to quickly post messages to your parish or group Facebook page. Staying present on social media is a great way to reach beyond the walls of the parish into the local community. Follow these simple instructions to get started. NOTE: This is a one time event to connect Facebook to your Parish or Group. Once completed, you can simply post messages to your Facebook page along with sending to any other channel.

Don’t have a Facebook page set-up yet? No problem! Contact our Customer Care team at 800-994-9817 for help on getting that started.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Before you can connect your Facebook page you will need to first have the follow tasks completed.

  • You must have a Facebook page for your Parish or Group.
  • You must be an Administrator of that Facebook page.
  • You need to login to Facebook using the same browser where you are using Evangelus.
  • You need your Facebook account password handy.

Choose your group

Commonly parishes will have one Facebook page for the entire parish. Sometimes groups in the parish, such as the women’s group or the youth ministry, will also have a Facebook page. Evangelus lets you connect to different pages for different groups. The process below is the same in each case, however, for the parish, you will want to connect specifically using the “All Members” group.

STEP BY STEP – get connected

  1. Select Groups from the Evangelus main menu.
  2. Select the Group you want to connect to Facebook: for example “All Members.”
  3. Select the “gear” icon from the center column to access the settings for your group.
  4. Scroll to find the toggle for “Link Facebook Profile” – enable this toggle.
  5. A Facebook authentication window will open. Enter your password and follow the prompts.
  6. Select one Facebook page that this group will use to post messages.
  7. You will now see your Facebook Profile and Page listed in the group settings.

Congratulations! You can now send your messages to your Facebook page.

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2017 Advent Reflections

Welcome and thank you for joining us on this Advent journey.

Our first reflection will appear on the First Sunday of Advent, December 3.

We pray that God provides abundant growth for you in this great time of expectation and preparation.

From all of us at Diocesan – God Bless.