ParishSoft MOC

My Own Church - Help & Tips

Your parish relies on accurate parishioner and sacramental records for all your ministries. The My Own Church software package is specifically designed for Catholic parishes. It keeps track of every family, parishioner, and sacramental detail using the only browser-based system specifically designed for Catholic parishes.

This web page will help guide you through the many features in the My Own Church website.  These features include; Login, family and individual records, your offering, PSR/CCD registration, and actions taken on change requests.

Login into My Own Church 

  1. In your web browser, enter the URL for ConnectNow.

https://birmingham.parishsoftfamilysuite.com/

The ConnectNow Welcome page is displayed:
ParishSoft MOC home

Do one of the following:

  1. If you are a new user, you must create a new account.
  2. If you have a user name and password, type them in the "Username" and "Password" fields. Then, select "Login".

After you log in to your account, your personal Home page is displayed as shown below.  

MOC home

Our parish, Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, Birmingham is indicated in the upper right with your user name,  The only item under Quick Links is My Family.

Main Tabs.

You can access the main areas of the My Own Church interface by selecting any one of these tabs:

  • Home: Returns you to the Home page.
  • My Family: Allows you access to your family records and member records.
  • My Offering: Allows you access to your giving history records. 
  • Parish School of Religion:Allows you to view religious education classes.  

My Family.

View and Update Your Family Record.

The tab, Family Details, shows the current information in a family record.  The figure below displays an example of family information contained in Family Details.  The record is in read-only mode.

Family Details

It is important to keep the information in your family record current. You can update your record if information has changed since you first created your profile.  To update your record, switch to edit mode by selecting the Edit Details button at the bottom of the window.

Note: Your changes are not immediately applied to your record. They are held in suspend mode pending review and approval by your church administrator.  The paragraph at the end of this page describes, in more detail, this suspend mode called Suspend Activity on your Home page.

The system maintains a log of every change request you make to your record. You can access this log to view your change history and activity.

View and Update A Family Member's Record.

  1. Select the My Family tab.
  2. Select Family Detail. 
  3. Select the family member.

    Each family member has a tab containing his or her details.  In the example show below, there are three family members.  The name Robert was selected from the Member Details list.

member detail

If you want to update a family member record:

  1. Select the tab for the member whose details you want to update.  The record is in read-only mode. 
  1. Select the Edit Details button at the bottom of the window to switch to edit mode. 
  1. Perform any of the following:
    • Add or delete the member's photo.
    • Update the member's personal information on the form.
  2. When done, do one of the following:
  • Select the Save button to save your changes and keep your family record open. The record is displayed again in read-only mode.
  • Select Save & Close to save your changes and close your family record. 
  • Select Cancel to discard your changes and exit your family record without saving them
  • Select Close to exit.

 

 

My Offering.

My Offering Tab

Giving History.

If you want to know how much you have given to your church in a given year or when you made your last gift and how much it was, you can find out by looking at your giving history.

 Key elements of the Giving History page are identified in the below figure.  This information includes both the gifts from your envelops and the gifts given via Online Giving.

Note:  If you are only using the Online Giving portal and not envelopes, there is a delay in updating the records on this page because the data are periodically transferred manually from the Online Giving portal to My Own Church. 

Suspense Activity.

The My Own Church software package keeps track of all changes you make to your record on the Suspense Activity page. This topic shows you how to view details associated with your requests, including who reviewed the request and the final action taken.

  1. Select the Home tab to view your personal Home page as shown in the following figure.
  2. Under Suspense Activity, select the View Activity link.

The My Suspense Activity page is displayed showing a history of all of the change requests you or a family member made to your record.  

Note. All changes you make to your record are automatically sent to a church administrator for review.   To view the administrative action taken on a particular change request, select  View Notes. The Suspense Notes window opens to show you the type of change requested and if the change was approved or denied.