For example, the bishop making his annual visit to the parish is not normally news. Tell us what s newsworthy about the item you have sent near the top of your submission. If a new outreach program has been developed, tell us what it s about, who is involved, the goals of the program, why it is unique to your parish, why it was established. You can include a little about the parish itself so people who may never have visited you will get a sense of who you are. News can be an article, a stand-alone photo with caption, or an article with a photo.
Some contributors send what amounts to a monthly diary of parish life.
Such a detailed record is better suited to a parish newsletter, especially in multi-point pastoral units. Maybe the annual confirmation resulted in a candid photograph of a couple of really cute kids munching on cake. E-mail is the preferred form to receive news as it arrives sooner and there is less room for error as no transcribing is required. Correspondents who are not on-line should type their contributions. Hand-written contributions lead to spelling errors in names.