All Saints Catholic Church

Rather than go to Jesus with our needs, we think that we have to fix ourselves, or sometimes, we deny there’s a need altogether through fear or ignorance! only Jesus’ presence has the genuine power to heal a soul-sickness.

Kristen Rokenbrodt, a graphic designer at LPi for over 5 years, knows a thing or two about bulletin covers. She is on the team that refreshes entire bulletin layouts for churches across the United States. Where does Kristen start? These are her tips:

As individuals, we don’t receive news in the same way. Our personalities, our histories, our weaknesses, and our strengths determine how we interact with information we encounter in the world, both good and bad. The same news can mean completely different things to different people.

There is something immensely intimidating about mysteries of faith. Broaching a subject like the Holy Trinity without falling into heresy is as easy as walking across a just-mopped floor. For a long time, it meant that I avoided reflecting too deeply within myself on the mystery of the Trinity.

We live in a highly visual world — pictures are worth more than just a thousand words. Whether you’re already using visual imagery and photography to communicate your parish message, or you simply don’t know where to start, here are some points to consider.

The Spirit prepares the faithful with a grace that draws them closer to Christ, reveals the Risen Lord to them, and recalls the Word of God — opening their hearts and minds to understand these teachings so they may be embraced, lived, and brought to others.

earth. We want to ascribe some kind of power and significance to the last words they say. In Jesus’ case, every word he ever said had power and significance, but especially those he said before ascending into Heaven: “You will be my witnesses ... to the ends of the earth.”

Social media is a crowded space, but using images is one of the best ways to grab parishioners’ attention. A picture is worth a thousand words, today it’s also worth a thousand views, likes, or comments. Here are some image-driven tips to keep your posts on top of the heap.

The world needs the Good News of the Ascension of Jesus Christ. Pope Francis tells us, “The Ascension does not point to Jesus’ absence, but tells us that he is alive in our midst in a new way. He is now in the Lordship of God, present in every space and time, close to each one of us.”

If you’ve ever worked in any kind of organization, for-profit or not-for-profit, I’m sure you have attended a conference or two. Whatever our expectations going in, I usually find these conferences expose me to communication and problem-solving styles that are different from my own, nudging me into a little unexpected self-discovery.