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To: All Communiqué Recipients
From: Samantha Smith, Media and Communications Specialist, Office of Communications
Please use the following guidelines and templates for submitting documents to the Archdiocesan Pastoral Communiqué:
• Email your enclosures to: archdiocesanpastoralcommunique@archatl.com.
• Documents must be approved by the Department Head prior to submission.
• The deadline for submission is 11:00 a.m. on Thursdays, at which time the Office of Communications will review documents. You will be contacted if there is anything else needed to publish your request.
• All position vacancies submissions for the Communiqué should be sent to Human Resources via the Post a Job Opening web page.
MEMO TEMPLATE AND INSTRUCTIONS
For Chancery employees, the memo template can be found on the “S” Drive in the Chancery Letterhead folder. A memo sample can be found here.
Please use this template and remember to:
• Use Bookman Old Style font.
• Send the memo as a Word document.
• Send any additional documents that will accompany the memo, such as a
flyer or brochure, separately as a PDF.
Note: Parishes and/or other organizations should use their own template for memos. See sample here.
ANNOUNCEMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Announcements should always list all the following:
• Who is the announcement for?
• The date of the parish bulletin you want the announcement printed in
• Date and time of the event
• Address of where the event will take place
• Who to contact for more information
• The name of the archdiocesan department sending the announcement
Announcements may not be approved without this information. Please review example announcement 1 or example announcement 2.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email ssmith@archatl.com or call 404-920-7346.
Thank you.