Revival resources, a new Preview button and easy Calendar subscribing

November 27, 2023 by

Katie Clark

What we're excited about: National Eucharistic Revival Modules

As a way to participate in the mission of the National Eucharistic Revival happening in the U.S., we recently announced a new collaboration with the Revival team! While we’re excited to help promote the Revival, we’re even more excited that this new collaboration has resulted in two new and exclusive modules for your eCatholic-powered website, so you can bring Revival resources directly to members through your digital communication efforts.These exclusive Revival modules are now available under the Catholic tab in your site’s content tray. Here’s what each module will offer your site visitors:

• Eucharistic Revival Video module - Displays videos from inspirational speakers like Sr. Alicia Torres, F.E., as she shares relevant Revival news, empowering stories about the Eucharist, and much more.
• Eucharistic Revival Blog module - Provides direct links to blog posts from the Eucharistic Revival website, which feature Revival news and updates, resources for your parish or ministry leaders, members, and more!

Latest Features

There's always something on the horizon! Keep an eye out for this new addition to your page toolbar and other upgrades and features.
 

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Page Preview Button

Much like the proverbial “Rome”, your website was certainly not built in a single day. You’ve likely spent many hours editing, updating, and–most importantly–checking your final results to ensure everything is in working order.

A new Preview button that has been added to your page toolbar and allows you to verify that your page’s edits and updates working correctly before you hit that Publish button! Plus, the button includes one of our favorite power-features - viewing your site in desktop, tablet, or mobile view!

Now, there’s no need to log out of your user account to check on your changes. Simply preview your page as it will appear to your visitors, and you’re done.

This new feature is available for all user roles (Admin, Publisher, and Author), and appears on most of your website pages.

Help article: How to use the Preview button

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New Tool: eCatholic Resource Center

At eCatholic, we always look for new ways to educate, inform and inspire. One recent addition to help fulfill that ambition is the new eCatholic Resource Center!

 

The eCatholic Resource Center is your centralized location for education and updates about your eCatholic products and features. This new tool offers step-by-step teaching guides (which can be specifically helpful for users who are new to the eCatholic ecosystem), a shortcut that provides help articles right at your fingertips, and even includes a spot for announcements and updates about all things eCatholic.

Want to see it in action? The Resource Center is located within the ? icon in your website’s Product Toolbar and is visible to all website users. Log in today to explore it yourself.

Help Article: How to use the eCatholic Resource Center

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Service Spotlight: Giving Success Program

Over the years, we’ve been proud to offer completely integrated online giving tools for your website that make tithing easy for your members and your staff. As we’ve walked this road together, you’ve also taught us that the tools you use are just one important facet of the online giving journey. Sometimes, your members may need a little extra encouragement to actually use those tools too.

So, to help you turn members into more intentional stewards for your mission, we are delighted to introduce the Giving Success program. Giving Success was created to help parishes and ministries increase their members’ participation in online giving, and it’s completely free for eCatholic Online Giving customers.

We recently hosted a webinar all about Giving Success. Check it out to learn more about Giving Success, who can sign up, and how to get started.

Watch Webinar: Pathways to Giving Success
Learn More: Read more about the Giving Success program and what it offers

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Free website themes Vita and Verona

Every year we release a handful of new and beautiful themes that are totally free and ready to be applied to your website. We’re very excited to showcase two of the latest themes added to your Design Studio that are versatile, vivid, and vibrant. Let’s give a round of applause for free themes Vita and Verona!

Learn More: Discover Free Theme Vita
Learn More: Discover Free Theme Verona

Vita was made to “breathe new life” into your website design. Enjoy a polished navigation menu that declutters your digital space, simple section designs with plenty of breathing room, and bright and inviting color options. Your website is truly your canvas with these features.

 

If you thought Verona looked familiar, then you might remember that we first released this theme way back in 2018. Our designers have done their due diligence to revitalize this theme while retaining its timeless elegance. See for yourself!

 

Developer's Updates

We love it when all our technology works together. Here’s a look below at what is now available!

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Subscribe to Calendars and Events in just a few clicks!

Your eCatholic website’s master Calendar and individual events now come with a “sync” feature that lets you add them to your own personal Google calendar (or another calendar app). Any changes made to event details, such as times, days, and even event descriptions, will automatically populate within each synced calendar. Now, your staff and members can all stay on the same page without jumping through all communication hoops.

So whether your members are looking to follow an entire parish calendar, add individual events to their busy schedule, or simply stay up-to-date on a list of events for a particular ministry or committee, this calendar subscription feature is their key to being well-informed and participating more often. Pretty neat!

HELP Article: Subscribe to eCatholic calendars or events

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ChMS: Easier-to-create Mail Labels

The need to generate a PDF mailing label for a singular or group of families may strike at any moment in ministry. In our latest update, we’ve added the ability to generate these PDF labels from multiple locations within the ChMS rather than just your Reports Library. Now, you won’t need to abandon your current view in order to accomplish your administrative tasks. 

Listed under the Actions drop-down menu, find the mailing labels option in Family Explorer, Member Explorer, Committee Explorer, and more. Mail labels are also available to download from individual and family member records. 

Help Article: How to create Mail Labels in the ChMS 

Inside eCatholic

Every once in a while, it's nice to take a pause and reflect on how far we've come. Changes made, updates installed, and even reflecting in gratitude for new hands and minds that collaborate and contribute to making your website technology shine.

New employees join the eCatholic team

Coming from all across America, we've had five new employees join the crew and we're excited to put them in the spotlight.



First up, we've got two more Texans on our hands. Sarah joined forces with our Sales team to bring our products to more people than ever, and Osvaldo comes to us with extensive background in UX design and product development, to help elevate our tools to new heights. Next up, Michael is a database developer from the Buckeye State and Mary joined our support team from Maryland. They both share their expertise to support our ChMS product and clients. Last but not least, John hails from New Jersey, and has also joined our Sales team to keep things rolling as we dive head-first into some new and exciting things to come in 2024.

Want to learn more about these great folks (and the rest of our team)? We've got more over on the Meet the Team page - check it out!