Member Guide

Please check out the Church of the Annunciation’s new system for updating family information and providing you with records of your giving history. Using My Own Church is easy, but here are some steps to follow and things look for—just in case!

New Accounts

1. Go to galveston.parishsoftfamilysuite.com
2. Click the “New User?” link and create your account 
3. After an administrator approves your account, you’ll receive an email with a link to log in to My Own Church.

Note: You’ll always be able to access My Own Church via Annunciation's website, but you may want to bookmark the sign-in page for your own convenience.

Why Should I Update My Records?

• Letters of Good Standing
• Sacramental Certificates
• Sacramental Preparation
• Funeral Planning & Arrangements
• Pastoral Appointments
• Anointing of the Sick
• Etc

Tax statements and giving history

Download your tax statement electronically without waiting for the mail or the parish office. View your family giving history anytime you like—no need to ask for a statement. It’s all right at your fingertips behind a secure login. 

A record of trackable giving history through cash envelopes, checks, and online giving (tied to an account), gives us proof that you exist and attend Mass here frequently.

Sacramental Certificate & Preparation

Sacrament Preparation includes requesting Baptism, First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, Confirmation, Becoming Catholic / Order of Christian Initiation for Adults (OCIA), and Holy Matrimony.

It's important to have accurate records on hand for our parish office, Father Felix, those ministering the sacrament, and/or communicating with the Archdiocese and other parishes.

Not having accurate records can result in a delay in sacrament preparation!

Pastoral Appointments

Upload photos to help Father Felix - To help Fr. Felix connect names to faces, sometimes we request selfies of those requesting appointments. Uploading photos directly to My Own Church helps streamline this process! Privacy settings are available.

You may contact office@acchtx.org for assistance.

What You Can Do in My Own Church

• View Giving History
• Generate Contribution Statements
• Update Family Information
• Set Privacy Settings

View Giving History

You can view your giving history by clicking on the Giving History button.

Notice that you can view giving history for the whole family or look at giving by member.

Generating Contribution Statements

Go to Home > Giving History > Download Electronic Statement

Update Family Information

Under the My Family tab, you’ll find information about your family and each family member. Please make sure that contact information (address, emails, phone numbers, etc. are up-to-date). You can add a family member if needed.

Don’t forget to upload a family photo as well as individual member photos—these will benefit Father Felix by helping him connect names and faces. Set privacy features so it's not available to other families.

Privacy Settings

Set your Publish preferences using the checkboxes provided to specify what general family information you wish to make visible to other Annunciation families using the online pictorial directory.

Publish options are available for:

• Address
• Primary Phone
• Primary Email
• Family Photo

My Own Church does not publish your information to the general public, and individual member information is not published.

Note: Before any changes you made will take effect, they must be approved by a church administrator. So if you don’t see changes take place immediately, don’t worry—we’ll approve your changes soon!

FAQs

Is my Giving History confidential in My Own Church?
Yes. Your account permits you to see the giving history only for your family and the family members in your household. You cannot see anyone else’s giving history, and they cannot see yours.

How do I keep my information private?
Your church’s pictorial directory and member lists are available only to other church families that have authorized accounts. The pictorial directory and member lists are not available publicly on the Internet.
If you wish to keep your information private from other church members, use the Publish checkboxes in your Family Detail record to set your phone, email, photo, and address as unlisted.

I made some changes to my information. Why aren’t they showing up in My Own Church?
All updates must be reviewed by our staff administrator. Once we accept your changes, you’ll see them in My Own Church, and your record in our main church database will be updated for all church ministries.

I recently created an account…why can’t I log in?
If your account is new (i.e., created within the last day or two), your church administrator may not have authorized your username and password yet.

I forgot my account login…what do I do?
Visit the site and click the Lost Password link, located just below the Username and Password fields. Enter your information to receive a reminder at the authenticated email address you provided when you first set up your account.

I got a “Registration Failed!” message…why?
The system could not find your email address in the church database. We’re sorry about that. Just contact the church office and we’ll help get you set up (and, if needed, registered).

My Own Church isn’t working in my browser. What’s the trouble?
For security reasons, My Own Church works in Internet Explorer 8.0+, Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+ and Chrome 2.0+.

Do I ever need to use My Own Church again or is this a one-time deal?
Please save your account information. Your giving history is handy to have online, and if you move, get a new email, or change phone numbers, we’d like you to log in and update your record. Plus, as our software provider adds functionality to the system, we’ll have new and convenient ways to help keep you connected with parish life through the My Own Church portal.

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