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For The Parish Secretary

19 pieces and resources across the four pillars, curated for this reader.

01
Template 1 page

How to Submit Something for Parish Communications

A single-page template the curator customises for her parish and hands to each originator (SVP lead, youth minister, music director, catechist, and so on). Pinned above the originator's desk. Referred to every time she has something to submit.

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02
Template 13 pages

Liturgical Communications Calendar

The flagship Pillar 2 download. A printable, fillable planning tool that treats the liturgical year as the primary organising principle for parish communications.

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Template 2 pages (policy + guidance)

Syndicate-Once Policy

A one-page policy template that deaneries, dioceses, or clusters of parishes can adopt (and adapt) to eliminate duplicate content across organisational levels. Names where each content type originates, where it syndicates to, and who owns each.

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Worksheet 4 pages

Parish Communications Audit

A structured worksheet for producing an honest, non-judgmental view of a parish's actual communications output over a specific period. Usually reveals that the output is structurally flat across the liturgical year.

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03
Template 4 pages

Three-Seasons Pacing Guide

A reference document for project sponsors, agencies, and priests responsible for the pace of a parish change. Read at the start of a project and reread at the start of each of the three seasons. Not a one-time read; a working companion.

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04
Template 1 page policy + 1 page guidance

Parish AI Use Policy

A one-page policy template that helps a parish articulate and document its approach to AI in communications. Adapted by the parish from the template; signed by priest, parish secretary, and a PPC member; reviewed annually.

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Template 2 pages protocol + 1 page worked examples

Safeguarding-Aware Communications Protocol

A specific interface document between parish safeguarding and parish communications. Not a safeguarding policy: the parish safeguarding officer has that, following diocesan and bishops' conference guidance. This template closes the gap between…

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