ParishSOFT Connects:   Newsletter for ParishSOFT Diocesan Users & Friends

February 2013 Issue  

ParishSOFT Diocesan enewsletter

Dioceses of Bismarck, Cheyenne, & Pueblo
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Connect Now Church Accounting

We extend a warm welcome to the newest dioceses to make ConnectNow Accounting the standard technology platform for their parishes: 

  • Diocese of Cheyenne 
  • Diocese of Pueblo 
  • Diocese of Bismarck 

In all, 20 dioceses and the Owensboro Catholic Schools have chosen ConnectNow as the best product to support their internal controls, increase transparency, and deliver better reporting. We invite you to learn more about the suite, including the newest module: Accounts Receivable, on www.parishsoft.com/accounting.     

 

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Save the Date: Users' Conference 
October 20 - 23, 2013
Baltimore, Maryland 

 

Conference is an incredible opportunity to learn, network, and energize your parish and diocesan staff (priests, too!) in a uniquely Catholic environment. Early bird registration (opening soon) is just $395

 

Mark your calendar, and join us: October 20-23, 2013 in Baltimore. And be sure to subscribe to our Conference news so we can keep you in the loop. 

Supporting Your Diocese and Your Parishes

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We're pretty passionate about helping dioceses and their parishes. So we're always looking to make improvements in live support, timely callbacks, and self-serve help resources that make it easy to find answers on your own. Here are some fun facts: 

  • In January hundreds of churches used on our new library of step-by-step End-of-Year videos and help articles. 
  • We launched our new Get Support form to give users a better way to send their questions to support 24x7 from our ParishSOFT, CMS, and LOGOS websites.
  • And we got some great feedback, including this "Shout Out" from Lisa VanDeLaarschot at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Carmel, Indiana:   

"I just want to reach out and mention the excellent customer service attention I received from Ann Currie. Last Friday I called with an issue on our year-end contribution statements and talked to Ann. Ann felt that it would take some time to figure how to resolve the issue. I explained that I was required to print the statements that weekend and really needed help resolving this quickly so I could stick to this schedule. I mentioned to her that I was coming in the office on Saturday morning and hoped to work on the statements then, if I could. At midnight on Friday night, Ann had sent me an email. Not only did she send me an email at that time, there was very detailed directions on how to fix this issue so I could print statements that morning. Now that was going way above the call of duty! Just wanted to say a special thank you to Ann and to make sure she got the recognition she deserved for awesome customer service! Thank you!"

 

Technology News 


Technology TrackOur January release of Diocesan Development Manager (DDM), v3.7.44, includes:  

  • Customizable End-of-Year Statements for dioceses and their donors! 
  • Pledge Acknowledgement Import, which lets you to import a file containing your organization's pledge acknowledgement data into DDM. 
  • New reports for Designation Details and Revenue Projections, and more -- see the 3.7.44 Release Notes for detailed instructions and additional updates to Online Giving and corrections in the Goals Setup area of the DDM program.  

We issue Release Notes with each software update, so you can always keep informed about changes and new capabilities in the products you and your parishes already have. Find them on our Support page under User Guides for DiocesesUser Guides for Parish (Desktop) and User Guides for ConnectNow.     

 

Windows8Parish and Diocesan Suites Ready for Windows 8 

Windows 8

Our Parish Family Suite and our Diocesan Suite have received the green light to run on Microsoft® Windows® 8 operating systems. 

 

If your organization is looking to update some or all of your computers, know that your ParishSOFT products will work just fine in this new environment. Our System Requirements have been updated to reflect this change. 

 

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