Event and Service CoordinationPurpose
1. Automate the publishing of Catholic cathedral service bulletins online to streamline workflows for clergy, communication teams, and parishioners.
2. Enable automated, scheduled, or event-driven posting of bulletins for up-to-date event coordination and increased service visibility.
3. Centralize and automate document formatting, storage, and omnichannel distribution, reducing manual data entry and versioning errors.
4. Automatedly ensure compliance with accessibility and content standards across all bulletin publications.
Trigger Conditions
1. Scheduled trigger: automation at set intervals (daily, weekly, specific event days).
2. File upload trigger: automation upon new bulletin file upload to designated folder or CMS.
3. Form submission trigger: automation on finalized bulletin approval from clergy staff.
4. API/event-driven trigger: automation when integrated calendar or planning tool marks bulletin as ready.
Platform Variants
1. WordPress
- Feature: REST API / Post Creation endpoint.
- Setting: automate bulletin publishing with POST to /wp-json/wp/v2/posts.
2. Google Drive
- Feature: Drive API File Upload & Public Sharing.
- Setting: automate upload and share link distribution via files.create with 'anyoneWithLink'.
3. Dropbox
- Feature: Content Upload and Shared Links API.
- Setting: automate file upload then automate sharing via /2/sharing/create_shared_link_with_settings.
4. SharePoint
- Feature: Automated file upload to document libraries via Graph API.
- Setting: automate use of /sites/{site-id}/drive/items/{item-id}/content endpoint.
5. Facebook Pages
- Feature: Graph API Publish.
- Setting: automate writing bulletin post to /{page-id}/feed.
6. Twitter/X
- Feature: POST statuses/update (v1.1 API).
- Setting: automate sharing bulletin summary link on timeline.
7. Mailchimp
- Feature: Campaigns API.
- Setting: automate drafting & sending bulletin summary via /campaigns endpoint.
8. Slack
- Feature: chat.postMessage API.
- Setting: automate message with bulletin info to announcement channels.
9. Microsoft Teams
- Feature: Incoming Webhooks.
- Setting: automate posting to designated channel via webhook URL.
10. Telegram
- Feature: Bot API sendMessage.
- Setting: automate sending bulletin publication update via /bot/sendMessage.
11. Discord
- Feature: Webhook content publisher.
- Setting: automate bulletin post via webhook URL POST.
12. Google Sites
- Feature: Sites API Page Creation.
- Setting: automate create page/post with bulletin info.
13. WhatsApp Business
- Feature: WhatsApp Cloud API Messages.
- Setting: automate sending bulletin updates to subscribed parishioners.
14. Zoom
- Feature: Webinar Invitation API.
- Setting: automate sharing bulletin web link with webinar/event attendees.
15. Notion
- Feature: Notion API Create Page.
- Setting: automate adding new bulletin entries to dedicated workspace.
16. Evernote
- Feature: Note Creation API.
- Setting: automate upload of bulletin file or content snippet.
17. OneDrive
- Feature: Graph API Upload and Share Link.
- Setting: automate /me/drive/items/{item-id}/createLink for bulletins.
18. LinkedIn Pages
- Feature: Shares API.
- Setting: automate posting bulletin highlights via /ugcPosts endpoint.
19. Joomla
- Feature: Content API Article creation.
- Setting: automate posting via JSON API to com_content.
20. Medium
- Feature: Medium API Create Post.
- Setting: automate sharing full bulletin or summary using /v1/users/{userId}/posts.
Benefits
1. Automates tedious manual posting across multiple digital channels for the clergy.
2. Automatedly increases parishioner engagement by guaranteeing timely bulletin access.
3. Improves accuracy and consistency with automation of formatting and publishing.
4. Automates compliance with public posting guidelines and accessibility.
5. Scalable: enables automation for multiple bulletins, special events, or multilingual bulletins.
6. Reduces operational overhead by automating routine communication and content management tasks.