Saint Willebrords Catholic Church
209 South Adams Street, Green Bay WI. 54301. 

The Purpose of the St Willebrord Catholic Church Website.
by Randy Kostichka
randy@stwillys.org

Since its foundation in 1864, St Willebrords has not had a website.  So why now?  The biggest reason is "Because we can" and we can at a reasonable cost.  The cost of hosting the site is approximately $150 per year. 

St Willebrord's web site is designed to save $150 or more in operational expenses each year, but don't spend too much time looking at the budget line item looking for the savings cuz you'll never find it.

What you will  find on this web site is an overall strategy to help our parishioners get information that they need in their spiritual life.  Some parish websites are a calendar with mass times and an a button to e-mail us.  While we do have a calendar, we also have much more.  We want to be able to document, communicate and supplement our ministries by making information available and easily accessible.

We hope that you enjoy your experience browsing the content on the site.  Please check back with us often.  We intend to make the experience educational and spiritual ... but we aren't funded to do it all at once.  It will grow and become a richer and richer experience as time goes on.

Sincerely,

Randy
randy@stwillys.org

Purpose of the web site:

- Provide a Library to Document key information.
- Provide Operational Support to Parish Staff
- Communicate with the Parish, Community and the World

OUR LIBRARY

- The library of information does several things at the same time.
It takes information that is presented at the Parish level and makes it available to Parish members for extended periods of time.

- It helps bring new parish members into the St Willebrord Family by helping explain some of the past.

- It provides information to a wider audience than the Parish members.  The Community, the Diocese and the World.

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

- Getting time with a staff member at St Willebrord can sometimes be difficult.  There are many Mass' each weekend, sometimes 1 or 2 weddings.  Religious Education, RCIA, etc. etc. etc.  Frequently asked questions are being place onto the internet site in BOTH languages.  Spanish and English.

- As Parish membership grows, its not possible to grow the staff in a similar manner.  The Web Site allows the staff to actually increase its service level to Parish members while its increasing membership AND keeping staffing levels under control.

- We try to provide the information in Spanish whenever possible.  This allows the Spanish speakers an outlet to get the answer when they can't reach someone that speaks their language.

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY

- St Willebrords is  providing spiritual guidance for many many people in Green Bay.  The work done at the Parish is outstanding and should be shared on a wider level so that ALL can benefit from this Ministry.

- St Willebrords supports a large Spanish population in Green Bay Wisconsin.  We want to make sure that as much of the information that is shared as possible is shared in both languages.

- There are many many traditions that the Hispanic population brings with them to the Green Bay community.  The Web Site allows us to document and share these traditions with the rest of the Community, the Diocese and beyond.

- Utilize the St Willebrords web site where appropriate within the Education programs not only at our parish but for others that want to use our information within their cirriculum.

Key Strategies:
- Grow the website content as information becomes available.  Don't try to produce all of the information up front.  Unfortunately this means we are always under-construction ... but this also means that we are always adding fresh content giving people reason to stop back again and see what's new.
- Link programs that are already happening within the Parish to the Web Site.  There are many many good programs that are already happening to be shared on a wider basis without creating anything new.