All articles should be submitted to your staff liaison for review before they will be considered for publication. If your ministry does not have a direct staff liaison the article should be reviewed by the appropriate PPC Commission liaison. (See below.) Since this could involve an extra day to get this approval, please plan ahead to give time for the staff liaison to review your article before the Friday it is due.
All articles should include: who, what, when, where and why information. It is your responsibility to verify all dates and times with what is in the scheduling program.
There are several basic types of articles: solicitation for volunteers, announcement of a specific event, thank- you for recognizing those who volunteered, etc. Full page submissions may have to be edited down in size to make room for other articles. Articles for simple/general meetings can run two or three times before the event. Major parish sponsored events would be considered special circumstances and could run longer.
If your article mentions to “call the parish office for more information” or you expect reservations to be taken by the office staff make sure you get them the appropriate information before the article goes to print. Many people read the bulletin on the website before the weekend.
To avoid monotony, every attempt should be made to change the article somewhat if it is going to run more that two times consecutively. This could include changing the length of the article, font, graphics, etc., while preserving themain message. The first article could be small, building up to a full page rightbefore the event.
Bulletin article submission deadline is Friday for all Parish Ministries. The bulletin is transmitted before NOON on Tuesday. Late entries will be accepted at the discretion of the Bulletin Editor.
You can submit the exact photographs you want to accompany your article. The preferred format is a .jpg file. Or, the pictures can be attached to an email and sent directly to your liaison. Group pictures and action shots that are symbolic of the event are best. The Bulletin Editor will determine the number of pictures that will be used based on space availability. If your pictures contain people, the following policy will be adhered to:
Please submit general parish pictures to smv@maryofvernon.org.
Information comes from the parish Scheduling Program.
Pages will be arranged by the Commissions of the Parish Council in order: Spiritual Life, Education, Parish Life, and Human Concerns. Page one will include the Question of Week and the Save the Date Box. Page 2 will include the article by the parish staff members. Letters from the Cardinal or Archdiocese will go on page one or two. Adjustments will be made for liturgical and large parish events.
Please submit your requests through your staff liaison using the same procedure as bulletin articles.
The web team needs 1 week lead time. If you are submitting photographs they should be in .jpg format to provide the best resolution on the website. If you want your submission to appear exactly as presented you should always use a PDF file. However, this will flatten the pictures.
Permission forms can be put on the website, if requested.