205 Sites Analyzed

AOP Parish Website Audit

Out of 218 active parishes, 210 have websites. 205 were successfully crawled; 5 were down, expired, or shared a domain.

Platform Distribution

WordPress
92 (45%)
eCatholic
42 (20%)
Wix
20 (10%)
Other/Unknown
19 (9%)
Squarespace
14 (7%)
Weebly
5 (2%)
Joomla
5 (2%)
GoDaddy Builder
3 (1%)
FrontPage
1 (0%)
ParishSoft
1 (0%)
Astro
1 (0%)
Ghost
1 (0%)
SilverStripe
1 (0%)

Discovered Content Categories

Categories discovered by analyzing page titles, URLs, nav text, and headings across all sites.

Staff & Contact
86%
About & Information
81%
Sacraments & Worship
77%
Faith & Education
76%
Parish Life & Ministries
74%
Mass & Liturgy
66%
Bulletin & News
59%
Registration & Forms
53%
Community Organizations
51%
Giving & Stewardship
49%
Events & Calendar
47%
Gallery & Media
32%
Funerals & Bereavement
27%
Weddings & Marriage Prep
7%
Spanish / Multi-language
3%
School & Academy
3%
Uncategorized
9%

Category Details

Staff & Contact

86%
staff 66%
contact us 51%
directions 16%
office hours 3%
connect 3%
pastoral care 3%
parish office 2%
parish pastoral plan 2%
from the pastor 2%
pastor's corner 1%
meet our clergy 1%
from our pastor 1%
our priests 1%
location 1%

About & Information

81%
about 40%
parish history 32%
our parish 14%
mission statement 12%
catholic links 11%
welcome 10%
our mission 6%
our patron saint 5%
i'm new 5%
our history 4%
faqs 4%
visit us 2%
synod 2%
newcomers 2%
church history 2%
who we are 2%
vocations 2%
archdiocese of philadelphia 2%
useful links 2%
new parishioners 2%

Sacraments & Worship

77%
sacraments 54%
baptism 42%
confirmation 32%
anointing of the sick 24%
holy orders 22%
reconciliation 22%
ocia 21%
marriage 18%
holy eucharist 17%
matrimony 14%
rcia 14%
eucharistic adoration 12%
holy communion 10%
confession times 7%
christian initiation 6%
becoming catholic 6%
penance 5%
pre-jordan 3%
sacramental information 2%
sacrament of the sick 2%

Faith & Education

76%
prep 44%
adult faith formation 25%
religious education 22%
formed 11%
vacation bible school 7%
youth group 6%
bible study 6%
walking with purpose 5%
parish information 5%
young adults 5%
p.r.e.p. 3%
spiritual growth 3%
family catechesis 2%
r.c.i.a. 2%
our faith 2%
become a catholic 2%
ccd 2%
general information 2%
returning catholics 2%
godparents/sponsor information 1%

Parish Life & Ministries

74%
ministries 48%
music ministry 17%
service 15%
altar servers 12%
organizations 8%
youth ministry 8%
get involved 5%
parish life 5%
lectors 5%
hospitality 4%
children's choir 4%
volunteers 3%
ushers 3%
altar server community 3%
parish groups 3%
augustinians 2%
ministry and volunteer opportunities 2%
getting involved 2%
committees 2%
fellowship 2%

Mass & Liturgy

66%
prayer 24%
mass times 24%
liturgy 16%
mass schedule 13%
liturgical 11%
lent 10%
worship 8%
devotions 8%
livestream 7%
rosary 7%
mass intentions 6%
live stream 5%
schedules 3%
stations of the cross 3%
mass cards 2%
holy days 2%
adoration chapel 2%
online mass 2%
podcast 1%
live-streamed masses 1%

Bulletin & News

59%
bulletins 36%
news 29%
bulletin archive 4%
weekly bulletin 3%
parish bulletin 3%
announcements 2%

Registration & Forms

53%
resources 19%
safe environment 18%
parish registration 17%
register 8%
join the parish 5%
parish forms 3%
join us 2%
registration forms 1%

Community Organizations

51%
pastoral council 17%
cyo 16%
knights of columbus 8%
finance council 8%
outreach 7%
leadership 6%
respect life 6%
parish council 5%
evangelization 4%
legion of mary 4%
food pantry 3%
next generation parish 3%
scouts 2%
finance committee 2%
food cupboard 2%
caring for friends 2%
parish partnership 1%

Giving & Stewardship

49%
parish giving 22%
scrip 10%
stewardship 7%
give 6%
donate 6%
online giving 6%
financial report 2%
our supporters 2%
capital campaign 2%
planned giving 2%
appeal 1%
electronic giving 1%
thanksgiving 1%

Events & Calendar

47%
calendar 35%
events 19%
christmas bazaar 4%
annual italian festival 1%

Gallery & Media

32%
photos 9%
photo gallery 9%
photo albums 7%
videos 4%
media 4%
virtual tour 2%
video series 1%

Funerals & Bereavement

27%
funerals 13%
cemetery 6%
bereavement 5%
funeral planning 4%
cemeteries 1%
funeral guidelines 1%

Weddings & Marriage Prep

7%
weddings 5%
pre-cana 2%

Spanish / Multi-language

3%
español 3%

School & Academy

3%
alumni 1%
catholic education 1%

Feature Adoption

A feature is counted if ANY page on a site has it.

Bulletin
98%
Sacrament info
97%
Staff/clergy directory
97%
Social media links
97%
Online giving/donations
96%
Event calendar
96%
School
95%
RCIA/OCIA
95%
Parish registration
94%
Online forms / Documents
94%
Mass times display
90%
Multi-language
89%
Parish history
86%
Search
84%
Photo/video gallery
82%
Volunteer
81%
Contact form
76%
Adoration
75%
Food pantry / Outreach
72%
Newsletter signup
67%
CYO
58%
Knights of Columbus
55%
Livestream
50%
Flocknote
48%
Podcast / Homilies
43%
Prayer requests
35%

Site Complexity Tiers

Minimal 1–8 pages

37 sites
Avg pages 4.5
Avg features 14.8
Avg nav items 9

Standard 9–25 pages

65 sites
Avg pages 17.0
Avg features 20.0
Avg nav items 21

Large 26+ pages

103 sites
Avg pages 37.3
Avg features 22.8
Avg nav items 53

Most Common Page Headings

Counted per-site (not per-page) to avoid sidebar/footer inflation. Showing headings on 10+ sites.

contact us
91
baptism
79
sacraments
73
confirmation
63
mass times
62
anointing of the sick
56
altar servers
54
holy orders
49
reconciliation
45
ministries
43
music ministry
42
lectors
39
marriage
39
confession times
35
bulletin
34
mission statement
33
religious education
33
pastoral council
32
links
31
about us
31
directions
29
knights of columbus
28
calendar
28
matrimony
27
mass schedule
27
our staff
27
upcoming events
25
adult faith formation
25
photo albums
25
eucharistic adoration
25
our mission
25
staff
24
formed
23
events
23
extraordinary ministers of holy communion
23
liturgical ministries
23
eucharist
22
confession
22
prep
22
faith formation
21
ushers
21
history
20
finance council
20
safe environment
19
welcome
19
about
19
legion of mary
18
children's liturgy of the word
17
contact
17
funerals
17
adoration
17
office hours
17
frequently asked questions
17
where to find us
17
our history
16
finance committee
16
holy eucharist
16
resources
16
adoration times
16
bulletins
15

Block Library Specification

Tier 1: Core Blocks 60%+ of sites

Staff & Contact 176 Sites (86%)
About & Information 167 Sites (81%)
Sacraments & Worship 157 Sites (77%)
Faith & Education 156 Sites (76%)
Parish Life & Ministries 151 Sites (74%)
Mass & Liturgy 135 Sites (66%)

Tier 2: Extended Blocks 30-60% of sites

Bulletin & News 121 Sites (59%)
Registration & Forms 108 Sites (53%)
Community Organizations 105 Sites (51%)
Giving & Stewardship 101 Sites (49%)
Events & Calendar 96 Sites (47%)
Gallery & Media 65 Sites (32%)

Tier 3: Optional Blocks <30% of sites

Funerals & Bereavement 55 Sites (27%)
Weddings & Marriage Prep 14 Sites (7%)
Spanish / Multi-language 7 Sites (3%)
School & Academy 6 Sites (3%)

Recommendations

Standard Information Architecture

Based on the data, a standard AOP parish website should include:

  1. Staff & Contact — 86% of sites
  2. About & Information — 81% of sites
  3. Sacraments & Worship — 77% of sites
  4. Faith & Education — 76% of sites
  5. Parish Life & Ministries — 74% of sites
  6. Mass & Liturgy — 66% of sites
  7. Bulletin & News — 59% of sites
  8. Registration & Forms — 53% of sites

Implementation Priority

  1. Start with Tier 1 blocks — core content that 60%+ of sites have
  2. Add Tier 2 blocks based on parish needs — most parishes will use 3-5 of these
  3. Tier 3 blocks are specialized — build on demand
  4. Target 26 pages as the standard site size (current median)
  5. Universal features (Sacrament info, Staff/clergy directory, Social media links, School, Online giving/donations, RCIA/OCIA, Bulletin, Parish registration, Event calendar, Online forms / Documents) should be built into every template