Sunday, June 1, was World Communications Day. In his message for the day (published in January, 2014), Pope Francis focused on the possibilities that the Internet provides for encounter and solidarity. One of the popular quotes from his message is that the “Internet….is a gift…
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Re-Thinking the Mission of the Parish Website
Parish websites are evolving. We are re-thinking their mission. We are becoming much more attuned to our audiences and our messages. We are thinking more and more about the evangelizing potential of the parish website.
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Young Adults ARE on Facebook
Statistics tell us that about 24% of adult Catholics attend Sunday Mass and we see with our eyes that fewer and fewer among these are young adults. Many dioceses and a few parishes have outreach efforts to young adults, but these mostly reach a percentage…
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Hashtags Bring Attention to Social Causes
Last week our national and sports news programs were reporting and responding to the racist remarks the owner of the LA Clippers, Donald Sterling, made to his girlfriend. The remarks were truly offensive and reflected a reality that we are not proud of in America—racism…
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Vatican Tells Story of #2POPESAINTS
As of April 27, we have two new canonized saints in the Catholic Church and it seems that the Vatican pulled out all of the stops to tell the story to the world. The Vatican Communications Office effectively used the traditional media as well as…
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5 Characteristics of an Online Presence that is Ministry
Last week, I asked whether we as a Church in the U.S. are taking advantage of the web (now 25 years old) for evangelization and catechesis. Some of us are, some of us are not. I also pointed out that not every Catholic presence online…