Sacramental Record Field Information
These are some of the actions you can take on sacramental records in the registers.
- Rebuild Names
- Compare the sacramental register and the member record, and update the sacrament record with the member record information. This only applies to those with sacraments marked with a status and marked as Perf. Here in the Addl field on the member's sacrament tab. Note that this is different from Rebuild Sacramental Registers located on the Sacramental Register Options tab in the Sacrament Tab Names window.CAUTION: We recommend only using Rebuild Names if you're just beginning to use the register and want to start over. If you refresh and click Yes to update names, any manual changes you made throughout the register will be overwritten with the names entered on the member sacrament.
- Print Certificate
- You can print any of the member sacrament certificates from the sacramental registers. Select the report to print, then click Next to proceed through the report process.
Some certificates may have additional options. For example, if you select the Confirmation certificate, you can choose whether to print the Confirmation Name or the Member Name. (This can be helpful if you use Saint Names but want to print the person's name on the certificate.)
You can also print sacramental certificates for non-parishioners. For example, someone may have received special permission to be baptized at your parish, or maybe they were a parishioner a long time ago and you need to make a certificate for them. PDS provides "fill in the blank" certificates for that purpose. You can find these under .
- Print Certificate Back
- Information entered in the Notations text box displays in the Notations section of the certificate. If you select Mark as Invalid for Marriage, then the statement "Not Valid for Marriage" displays on the back page of the certificate.
- Print Index
- Print an index view (single-line entries) of the register for the current sacrament.
- Print Register
- Print a detailed report of the register for the current sacrament.