For a scheduled event to be successful, the sponsoring ministry/organization needs to publicize the event for at least three weeks to get the message out to the entire parish community. In this day and time, people are often away on the weekends and thus attend Mass in a different parish community. By using the three-week norm, more people will know about a parish wide event and thus, be more likely to attend.
There are seven major ways to publicize here at St. Ignatius: the bulletin, the website, Flocknotes, MyParishApp, an email blast, the electronic signs and through a pulpit announcement. Each method has particular guidelines.
To submit your request, please use the SILCC Publicity Request Form located to the left. Please follow the directions on the form.
Email articles directly to: bulletin@silcc.org or use the publicity form located to the left under documents.
To ensure that your information is placed in the bulletin in a timely manner, please:Postings on the Website may be done through the approval of the appropriate Commission. If a ministry wishes to post an event on the website, the sponsoring ministry or organization should first seek the approval of the appropriate commission leadership. Then, the information should be submitted to the webmaster at or by using the publicity form located to the left under documents. Please remember that pictures of children must have written consent of the child’s parents or legal guardians before a picture can be posted on the internet. That written consent must be submitted at the time the article is submitted or be on file in the office for the academic year.
To submit a request for a message on the electronic sign(s), please use the publicity form located to the left under documents.
If you have any questions, please contact Ron Svoboda directly or call 281-370-3401.
Email articles directly to your Ministry Staff Liaison or use the publicity form located to the left under documents.
To ensure that your information is placed in the in a timely manner, please:SILCC events are given priority. We reserve the right to shorten the article or rearrange the wording as needed to conform to space limitation.
If you have any questions or problems submitting your request, Please contact the appropriate Staff Member at the parish office 281-370-3401.
What does the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) tell us about announcements at Mass? There are six simple words to be found that give us direction!
D. The Concluding Rites
90. The concluding rites consist of
a. Brief announcements, if they are necessary; ( Chapter II, GIRM 2003)