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Irresistible Cover Art: Church Bulletins You’ll Want to Read

Every week inside WeCreate, our library of Catholic graphics and content, we provide a selection of different styles of cover art for parishes to use in their bulletins. Each unique style is collected into a series and each series is created by our LPi design team with the liturgical seasons and weekly Mass readings as guides. Including a beautiful and intentional cover image as part of your bulletin design maximizes the reach of a parish’s communications efforts. It can also give first-time readers and visitors that influential, good first impression needed to lend credibility to your organization.

Join us as we explore the many cover series currently available in WeCreate and the best ways to use them in your own weekly publication.

Options, Options, Options:

Each cover series is available in both English and Spanish as well as in three different sizes to fit the unique needs of your parish’s bulletin design. To find each cover image’s size and language options inside WeCreate, select the cover design you are interested in and, once opened, options for each image size and language can be found on the right side of the window, next to the image preview.

Here is an example of full size, square size, and half size formats, that can be found all for the same cover design:

 

Our Weekly Series:

• 2024 Vibrant Series
  

  

  
  The Vibrant series is a popular series that we’ve reimagined for this year’s liturgical calendar! This series features a scripture quote from the weekly Mass readings, the liturgical calendar date or celebration, and an exquisite sacred art piece — all combined together inside a design bursting with color! It’s no wonder we named this series “Vibrant”!
  
  Jump to this series in WeCreate.
• The Immerse Series
  

  

  
  The Immerse cover series is designed to have a macro-focus on the Gospel message heard at Mass each week, paired with beautiful photography specifically selected to reference that week’s readings. These covers often feature images of the Holy Land and other locations specific to each week’s Gospel message. Read an interview we recently published with this series’ designer to learn more.
  
  Jump to this series in WeCreate.
• The 2024 Traditional Series
  

  

  
  Like the Vibrant Series, we reimagined our Traditional Series for 2024 as well! The 2024 Traditional Cover Series features a lithograph-style image alongside a snippet of scripture that directly correlates to that week’s Gospel message. These visually appealing pieces combine traditional and modern aspects of art and design, perfect for a multigenerational parish! We love that the Sunday of the year is incorporated into the halo inside each graphic and that the lithographic part of the image is repeated subtly within the background color. To learn more about these covers and the artist behind them, check out this article.
  
  Jump to this series in WeCreate.
• Gospel Illustrations Series
  

  

  

  
  This stunning cover series is a little different from the others in that it is only available in a square format. Each illustration is carefully hand drawn to reflect each week’s Gospel message. These pieces incorporate incredible colors and, often, a perspective that invites the viewer directly into the story as either an observer or direct participant. For example, in fourth image from the left, the perspective is that of someone standing in line to be baptized by John the Baptist, possibly witnessing the Baptism of Jesus! To learn more about the creation of this series, meet the illustrator here.
  
  Jump to this series in WeCreate.

But wait, there’s more:

The following series were completed in past years but are still available every week inside WeCreate!

• The Saint Series
  

  

  
  This series features quotes from Catholic saints alongside photos or illustrations of those saints, words briefly describing who they were, and a small focus image that helps tell the story of each individual.
  
  Jump to this series in WeCreate.
• Past Vibrant Covers
  

  

  
  Our Vibrant Covers used to have a totally different look! We keep the old covers available to our WeCreate subscribers because their combination of traditional art with a splash of modern design continues to make this a popular series.
  
  Jump to this series in WeCreate.
• Past Traditional Covers
  

  

  
  Before their redesign, our Traditional Cover Series looked like this. This series incorporates historical art with a clean design and shares a longer-form selection of scripture from each week’s Gospel message.
  
  Jump to this series in WeCreate.

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Do you need access to WeCreate so that your parish can make use of these incredible bulletin cover series? Learn more about WeCreate here.

Parishes who already partner with LPi for their bulletin services already receive free access to WeCreate! If you need help navigating the resources inside WeCreate, check out our short online tutorial video series or reach out to us!

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Bring Your Church Bulletin to LIFE with Stock Photos

In the realm of parish communications, visuals play a pivotal role in conveying messages effectively. Whether it's crafting church bulletins, engaging social media posts, or promoting upcoming events, the right imagery amplifies the impact of your message. Integrating stock images into your strategy, especially when you might not already have a library of professionally taken images of your parish members, events, and celebrations, is a smart and valuable way to save time while simultaneously ensuring that your efforts stand out and capture your desired audience.

The Value:

First and foremost, imagine a poster for a parish event that contains images of people in prayer or participating in an event like the one being advertised. Consider how much more inviting and effective that poster might be than a poster for the same event that only features words and no images. Flyers and other communications with images of people in them help your audience see themselves inside the event or the community being advertised. This advertising strategy is effective across digital and print communications!

Stock images offer a vast reservoir of high-quality visuals catering to a myriad of themes and occasions. From serene landscapes to diverse communities in prayer, stock libraries provide an extensive array of images suitable for various Catholic contexts. Accessibility to a Catholic stock photo library allows parishes to find imagery that resonates with their congregation's values and the message they aim to convey, enhancing the overall effectiveness of their communications.

Moreover, utilizing stock images ensures professionalism and consistency across different communication channels. Whether it's updating the church bulletin, posting on social media platforms, or creating event advertisements, cohesive visuals aid in a parish’s efforts to create a unified brand identity for their church. Consistency like this fosters trust and recognition among parishioners, reinforcing their sense of community and belonging.

Practical Benefits:

In addition to aesthetic appeal, stock images also offer practical benefits such as cost-effectiveness and time efficiency. Unlike commissioning custom photography, which can be expensive and time-consuming, access to a library of Catholic stock images provides a budget-friendly alternative without compromising quality. This allows parishes to allocate resources more efficiently, directing funds towards other essential aspects of ministry and outreach.

By leveraging the power of stock imagery, parishes can enhance their outreach efforts, strengthen engagement, and ultimately nurture a deeper sense of belonging among their members.

Find Catholic Stock Photos Now:

WeCreate is a digital library dedicated to providing high-quality, liturgically accurate Catholic content that can be used across your communications platform: bulletin, web, social media feeds, and more! Parish staff and volunteers with access can find an extensive and ever-growing selection of Catholic stock imagery inside as well as pre-designed graphics and written content for every liturgical celebration and Church-specific event imaginable. Find content ready to be dropped directly into your communications for holidays, sacraments, faith formation, Catholic education, prayers, parish events like yard sales and parish picnics, announcements, office needs, Catholic humor, and more!

If you want to learn more about the stock photography options inside WeCreate and dive deeper into how to leverage stock photography for your parish, read our article “7 Ways to Use Stock Photography in Your Church’s Communications.”

For more visual parish communications inspiration, visit the “Art and Design” section of our blog.

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Introducing Catholic Bilingual Graphics for Parishes

Guided by customer feedback, LPi has introduced new graphic images into WeCreate, our library of Catholic content, which incorporate both Spanish and English in the same piece.

LPi’s incredible digital content library for Catholic parishes, WeCreate, is already an excellent resource for Spanish content, iLPi’s incredible digital content library for Catholic parishes, WeCreate, is already an excellent resource for Spanish content, incorporating thousands of options for Spanish imagery and text. This content is ready to be dropped directly into parish communications. Parishes looking for Spanish content for their communities can curreLPi’s incredible digital content library for Catholic parishes, WeCreate, is already an excellent resource for Spanish content, incorporating thousands of options for Spanish imagery and text. This content is ready to be dropped directly into parish communications. Parishes looking for Spanish content for their communities can currently find Spanish options for:

• Reflections
• Saint Biographies
• Holiday Images
• Catholic Q&A’s
• Social Media Images

• Quote Images
• Flyers & Templates
• Weekly Readings
• Bulletin Cover Art
• All sorts of other graphic images

Alongside these Spanish-specific resources, however, we have begun incorporating a new kind of digital image into our monthly new releases to WeCreate — graphics with BOTH English and Spanish incorporated into the design.

To be fair, we were already doing this with some of our cover series. Covers like the Saints series, Vibrant Diamond series, and Nature Series all have options with both English and Spanish text all in the same image. Now, however, we’ve expanded this practice into other graphics for parishes to use across all types of communication needs.

 

Why?

Many parishes have both English and Spanish speaking communities, and in their bulletin, website, and even social media profiles, it is helpful to have imagery that isn’t just one language or the other but, instead, incorporates both! This saves space in a parish’s communications but also communicates to parishioners that there is unity among different populations at the parish.

Find These Graphics!

The simplest way to search for the combined English and Spanish graphics inside of WeCreate is to type “bilingual” into the search bar. Every new graphic that includes both languages inside the design can be found under this unique tag. New bilingual graphics are being created and uploaded every month for use in your bulletin, social media, website, flyers, and however else your parish needs them.

If you aren’t already getting our WeCreate monthly new releases emailed directly to you, make sure you are on our Catholic Art & Content email list!

Need access to WeCreate and these new bilingual pieces for your own parish’s communications? Head over to our website to learn more.

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