Websites for serving grouped parishes

April 4, 2023 by

 Diane Kern

However a parish grows, a website can reflect its unique new faith community.

Building a church community can have various looks to it. Sometimes growth comes through the joining of multiple parishes. Whether parishes share similar resources and clergy, or are formed from the roots of surrounding churches, your website can be a huge service with this new journey.

The eCatholic team has worked with many joined parish communities in order to recreate (or revitalize!) websites that reflect their new and unique church family. See how it can be an exciting experience creating a website that introduces, invites, and builds a foundation for a new parish life. Here are two ways your website can help parishes joining up.

1

Multiple Parishes with Similar Resources

A single website that builds unity while still allowing the parish life of each location to shine. Your website can allow individual parishes to maintain their own unique identity and ministries while specific tools clearly communicate shared resources such as Mass and liturgy schedules, event calendars, and staff directories. Whether individual or combined, all organization details become clear and understandable.

Need a few examples? Check out some of our favorite mulit-parish websites: 

- Liverpool Catholic community
- Catholic Churches of St. Michael and st. Mary
- Eastside family of parishes

2

One Parish Community with Multiple Locations

A newly formed community created at the joined paths of multiple parishes is a story that can be celebrated on your website. Combined ministry, news, and organization details for the entire parish fills interior pages with places to retell the history of how the community formed, and perfectly position a beautiful new mission and vision. Mass times and other occasions are carefully displayed with specific locations to keep everyone moving in the right direction.

Want to see more? Here are a few for your inspiration:

- Our Lady of Hope Parish
- ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE

See how the eCatholic website platform has the tools necessary to help make a stunning and simple-to-manage digital home for your new church community. Download our community parishes brochure to learn more.