As we begin the Christmas Novena that ushers in our celebration of the Nativity of Lord and then begin counting the days until the New Year begins, we look back to a year of surprises in our Church. On February 28, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI…
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Use a Facebook Page for Ministry, Not Your Personal Profile
Many parish ministers who are on Facebook receive friend requests from not only friends and family, but parishioners as well. They accept those requests and in time come to think of their personal profile as their parish ministry profile more than their personal profile. But…
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Pope Francis Defines a New Phase of Evangelization
In his recently published Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (Joy of the Gospel), Pope Francis reflects on the work of the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which took place October 7-28, 2012, and expresses his own “concerns about this particular chapter of…
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Pope Francis, the Secular Media and Social Media
Pope Francis has been Pope since March 19, 2013, and already has captured the attention of the secular media big time. He is often in the national news. Reporters cannot get enough of him. Sometimes, their interpretation of what he says can be slightly off,…
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Pastors Discuss the New Evangelization and Web Presence
Last week I had the pleasure of facilitating a focus group set up by my pastor with five other pastors from the Diocese of Cleveland. They are committed to the New Evangelization and want to see how their parish web presence can support that mission.…
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The Vatican’s Social Media Intiatives, Insights and Reflections
Monsignor Paul Tighe, the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, was the keynote speaker at the Catholic New Media Conference in Boston on October 19, 2013. Since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, Monsignor Tighe has been involved in all the…