Archdiocesan Web site offers visitors
chance to help plan new site

By Brandon A. Evans

More new areas have recently been added to the archdiocesan Web site, including a site for information about annulments and a page devoted to surveying readers about an upcoming redesign.

Any visitor to the archdiocese’s main site at www.archindy.org can click on the special link for a redesign survey to share their thoughts.

The Archdiocese of Indianapolis is in the middle of a total redesign of its site, and archdiocesan officials hope to hear from as many people as possible about what they like on the current site, what they dislike and what they want to see on a new site.

While the archdiocese can’t implement every suggestion, they will all be considered as part of the overall consultation process.

The goal is to launch the new site later this year—probably sometime in the fall.

In anticipation of the new design, the Web site as a whole has been slightly modified to make it easier to navigate. A search engine, site map and drop-down menus have all been added to help visitors find what they’re looking for more quickly.

Also new to the archdiocesan Web site is the new online home for the Metropolitan Tribunal—the office that works primarily with annulments.

The site, www.archindy.org/tribunal, features a variety of information, including how to begin the annulment process. There is plenty of contact information as well as links of interest for those with more detailed questions.

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein has written several columns on annulments and the work of the Tribunal, and those articles have been included on the page.

Catholic Charities Tell City has added a Web site dedicated to spreading the message about what they are doing in southern Indiana, including a “wish list” of items they need donated and information on how to volunteer.

Visitors can log on to the site through a navigation menu on the home page or by going to www.archindy.org/cc/tellcity.

A soon-to-be launched Web site on the archdiocesan server will be devoted to the Ecclesial Lay Ministry Formation Program operated by Saint Meinrad School of Theology.

The site, to be found at www.archindy.org/layministry, will feature information about the program, and a schedule and downloadable forms for those interested in signing up.

Like last year, The Criterion Online Edition, www.CriterionOnline.com, currently features a listing of all the parish festivals, accessible from a link on the newspaper’s home page.

The newspaper has also continued to bring its reporters in each week to read some of their stories for the online edition. Those audio files are posted along with the story or can be downloaded via a podcast (see the link off our home page). †