The Gulf Pine Catholic wants to focus on personal stories and actions. What better way to share our faith than through testimonials and faith stories! For example, we’re shifting to a special interest piece on a person or family involved or benefiting from a ministry rather than an event or a parish ministry. Instead of “Ways to prepare for Lent,” we’d focus on some ways a specific family observes Lent in their home.
Once a story is submitted, it becomes the property of Gulf Pine Catholic. Gulf Pine Catholic is not liable to compensate the author. Articles will be published at the Editor’s discretion. All articles submitted are subject to editing by the editor for content and style. We may contact you for more information.
Story Submission Criteria
- Stories should demonstrate on the person or persons their faith has positively impacted their lives and/or the lives of those around them or specific faith-related actions people can take to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ
- We do not publish Letters to the Editor
- As we only publish bi-weekly, the article should not be time sensitive.
- Articles should be 400 to 600 words and original work.
- Always identify your source or interviewee by their full name (First name, Last name) followed by who they are. (i.e. Father Ryan McCoy, Pastor, St. James Parish)
- Please fact-check your articles before submitting. Ask: Are the names spelled correctly? Is all the information accurate?
- Upload the article as a Word document
- High resolution pictures can be submitted with each article (maximum of three photos may be submitted). See Photo Submission below for more details.
News Briefs from around the Diocese
- News Briefs must be related to a parish, school, or a Catholic organization that has permission to function in the Diocese of Biloxi and furthers the mission and vision of the Diocese of Biloxi.
- The new brief no more than 300 words
- New brief who, what, when, where, and why
- Always identify your source or interviewee by their full name (First name, Last name) followed by who they are. (i.e. Father Ryan McCoy, pastor, St. James Parish)
- Please fact-check your articles before submitting. Ask: Are the names spelled correctly? Is all the information accurate?
- Upload the article as a Word document
- High resolution pictures can be submitted with each article (maximum of three photos may be submitted). See Photo Submission below for more details.
- News briefs will be published at the Editor’s discretion. All articles submitted are subject to editing by the editor for content and style.
Photos
We are always seeking photos from parishes and ministries around the Diocese to collect in our SmugMug digital albums for use in articles, materials, and social media. Bear in mind that photos of large groups are less likely to be used, since faces are hard to distinguish. Photos depicting activity are more likely to be used than posed photos of people standing in a line.
Photo Criteria
- send in JPEG or PNG format
- must be at least 300dpi – In order to ensure the photograph meets this requirement, set the camera to the largest image file setting available (usually labeled “L” for large).
- include a caption:
- identify people in the photo by name (from left to right: L-R)
- include information about what is going on in the image
- the date of the photo
- who took the photo
- Signed photo release for those identifiable in the photo (where applicable)
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