About
Father’s Tool Box exists to give pastors and parish staff the tools to communicate well, so more time can go to ministry.
At Father’s Tool Box, we specialize in website design, communication strategies in both print and electronic form, and social media strategies tailored specifically for Catholic parishes.
We are committed to rethinking parish communication with fresh approaches and modern technology, and to achieving excellent results for your parish’s communication needs.
Whether you are starting from scratch or refreshing what you already have, we work alongside you to build something your parishioners will actually use.
“Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.”Romans 10:17
In the Church’s tradition
The Church has always used the best means of her day to share the Gospel. Two witnesses shape how we think about our work.
The Council’s decree on the media of social communication takes its name from its opening words, “among the wonderful” inventions of human skill. It asks pastors and the faithful to put these means to work in service of the Gospel.
It also called for an annual World Communications Day, which most dioceses keep on the Sunday before Pentecost.
As a young priest in the Chablais, when few would come to hear him preach, he wrote short leaflets explaining the faith and slipped them under doors.
In 1923 Pope Pius XI named him patron of writers and the Catholic press. We think he would have understood the parish bulletin and the parish website very well.
Services
Three services that work best together, each shaped around the life of your parish.
A clear, welcoming parish website where people can find Mass times, sacraments, ministries and news without hunting for them.
Bulletins, flyers, newsletters and email that carry one consistent message from the pulpit to the pew to the inbox.
A steady, faithful presence online that invites parishioners to engage and helps newcomers find their way to you.
How we work
Assessment, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Each step builds on the one before it, and you are part of every one.
We assess your parish’s communication needs and the wider landscape, then build a strategy tailored to your community.
“Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost…?”Luke 14:28
We put that strategy into action with the right tools to strengthen outreach and engagement across the parish.
“Be doers of the word and not hearers only…”James 1:22
We keep watch on how each channel is performing and adjust as we go, so good ideas get better.
“Take good care of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds…”Proverbs 27:23
After each phase we review the results with you and recommend what to carry forward.
“Test everything; retain what is good.”1 Thessalonians 5:21