After reading website submisison guidelines, you MUST complete all fields (below) AND please submit all prepared fliers, camera ready, in either MS Word or PDF format, to the Ministry Coordintor:

• Maureen Evers at

Your submission is not complete, you must e-mail the Ministry Coordinators with a prepared flyer of your event to

• Maureen Evers at

The website may be used to publish your parish events, ministries, speaker series, Christmas & Lenten missions, plus additional Catholic events, with the following guidelines:

• All events, tranings and items must follow safety guidelines through the Archdiocese of Chicago
• All events, trainings and items for publication must follow the Catholic Faith.
• Typically all events must be within Vicariate I. Exceptions will be considered on a case by case basis.
• Parish reconciliation times, except during Advent and Lent, and mass times are best submitted to your own parish’s website, not the Vicariate website.
• Please submit your request as soon as it is known.  We do need a minimum of 2 business days (excluding weekends and holidays) to move forward in the steps of publication on the website, from submission to review, to approval and publishing.
• Submissions must be sent camera ready, meaning that we will not type, retype, or add missing information. Please submit in Microsoft Word or PDF files.

To speed the process, please verify that your camera ready/publication ready fliers include:

• Event date and start time.
• Attendee cost, if any.  No fundraising please.
• Event location, including full address, location on the parish campus etc.
• Please indicate if registration (RSVP) is required and by when.
• On all fliers, please include the name of a contact person and their contact information.
• If the event involves online registration, state who is designated to receive the e-mail notifications and their e-mail address. Notifications may be sent to either one or two e-mail addresses.
• All events & trainings must be open or based in the Catholic community of Vicariate I.
  • Please specify if it is for all persons in Vicariate I.
    If it is for minors, please contact your parish’s Youth Ministry Coordinators or other appropriate parish staff person. If it is for young adults, please contact your parish’s Young Adult Coordinator or other appropriate staff person.
  • When it is sponsored by the Ministry Commissions, please indicate that fact and include “open to all of Vicariate I” or similar wording.
• Publicity for speaker series, adult faith formation offerings, Lenten missions or similar are all welcomed. However, social events or fundraisers will not be published on the website, apart from Young Adult Ministry events or as deemed by the bishop.
• Please submit all fliers, camera ready, in either MS Word or PDF formats to the Ministry Commission Coordinator: 
• Submit to: Maureen Evers at mevers@archchicago.org - Please do not submit to anyone else.
• No advertising or fundraisers and no advertising for goods or services will be permitted.
• All items submitted will be reviewed before publishing. In the event of a decision to not publish a submission, the sender will be notified by the Ministry Commission coordinator.

 
Thank you for reading and following these guidelines carefully. Doing so will insure that we have a website that will be consistent, informative and embrace our Catholic community in Vicariate 1 of the Archdiocese of Chicago.