website design

Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington

Vermont’s Roman Catholic Diocese, Serving 110,000 Catholics Statewide.

Established in 1853, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington has a long history of community engagement with a network of churches in Burlington and beyond. They serve as a home base for the Catholic community in Burlington, offering information and programs to help all types of people.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington homepage on laptop

Project Details

SERVICES USED
- WORDPRESS DEVELOPMENT

TECHNOLOGIES USED
- WordPress
- MapPress Pro Plugin
- Events Calendar Plugin
- Gravity Forms Plugin

KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Interactive Map & Directory Allows Users to Search for Churches & Mass Times
- Searchable Resource Library by Keyword & Tag
- Searchable Staff Directory by Name, Department, & Church

The Challenge

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington wanted a new website that would connect Vermont Catholics with religious services, events, information, and resources in an effective and engaging manner. This new website would also need to provide a seamless online user experience spanning the Diocese’s different programs, publications, and social media presences. In addition to serving individual Vermont Catholics, this new website would ideally act as a resource library for parish use as well. All in all, the final product needed to meet the needs of many different types of users.

Our Approach

We needed to build a website that organized a wide range of information available on multiple web properties into a single, easy-to-use site. We found that by unifying the existing templates, a clear visual association between the different web properties was made, and cross-linking content made it easier for users to access related materials by topic or interest. Tying the blog in with the email newsletter also created a more efficient and effective communication tool for the Diocese. Finally, the new interactive map more clearly shows where Catholic churches and schools can be found in and around Vermont.