Catholic Tech Talk

As someone who works full-time in support of helping parishes increase their ability to communicate and engage their parishioners, I am all too often confronted with the lack of familiarity and use of technology by parishes. It is infrequent, even at some of the larger and more financially blessed parishes, that I find a strong [...]

Chances are your church has a Church Management System (CMS) such as ParishSoft, ACS, Logos, or Parish Data System.  A CMS tracks your church’s members, their pledges, donation history, sacramental history, and may help you manage your church’s finances.  It’s probably installed on one computer in the office somewhere and, if your lucky, it’s networked [...]

At some point, every manager wonders if the technology systems currently in use are optimal for the needs of the business. Is it time to upgrade? Should we change our systems? Am I even the right person to be making this decision? Who can I ask?