How to add a sacrament record
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Go into Family Directory → Sacraments.
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Select Add/Edit Sacraments.
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Before you can add a sacrament record, you must conduct a search to determine that a record does not currently exist for this member.
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Click the Create New Record button.
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The Member Search window displays. Search for a families, or single members by last name:
- Select Create New Baptism Record and select the Member. Click Accept:
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Select the member for whom you want to add a sacrament record. Then, click Accept. The Create Sacrament Record window is displayed. For example:
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Complete the fields on the form.
- For the Parish field, click
to display the Organization Search window. Select the organization that conferred the sacrament and then click Accept to add the name to the Parish field.
- Note: To select your parish, you'll want to search by your Organization ID (as opposed to name, city or zip) and then select the parish that corresponds to that Organization ID.
- If you do not know the Organization ID of the parish, enter JUST the zip code to the search fields. That will show you any parishes in that zip code. You can choose one by clicking in the bubble and clicking on Accept.
- If you do not know the name of the celebrant, select the "blank" option.
- For the Sponsors and Witnesses fields, you can click
to display the Member Search window. Locate the individual's name and then click Accept to add the name to the field. If the sponsors or witnesses are not in your Family Directory, you can just type the name in the field.
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After you complete the form, click Add. The sacrament record is added to your database.
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