Today’s Post is a reprint of an article by Craig Berry: “10 Suggestions for Using Social Social Media at Catholic Organizations”. The links alone are great resources. The suggestions are practical and doable. Craig was kind enough to allow me to reprint it for the readers of Catholic Web Solutions. Here is how Craig begins: “This is not an attempt to convince you that ‘Social Media’ is a worthwhile endeavor.…
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The Internet Needs High Quality Catholic Content
Catholics (and the Gospel in general) are a feeble voice in the hurricane of media messages generated by a rather out-of-control culture. Many Catholic voices on the Internet seem as poorly informed as they are vocal… This comment from a respondent to my Getting Started Survey has some truth to it. Not everything that is online and tagged as “catholic” represents the best of the Catholic Church. More importantly, the…
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Focus on Mission and Technology Will Follow
In a survey that I put out a few days ago, I invited respondents to submit any questions they have about technology and mission. The majority of these respondents, like you, are already sold on using technology for mission. Many of them asked the question that I hear again and again “How can we get [fill in the blank] to see the importance of having a web presence, (using email…
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Church Ministry and the Digital Age Part II
The Catholic Church has always been in the forefront of using communications media for mission and ministry. Pope Paul VI wrote in On Evangelization in the Modern World, “The Church would feel guilty before the Lord if she did not use these powerful means [of social communication] that human skill is daily rendering more perfect. It is through them that she proclaims “from the housetops” the message of which she…
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Church Ministry and the Digital Age Part I
We all know that the world has changed with the coming of the digital age, but when it comes to Church ministry in the U.S. (I am talking about national Catholic organizations, religious communities, dioceses, and parishes), that reality has not registered with everyone. Some ministry leaders will say “We have a website. What else do we need?” A response might include a reference to Pope Benedict XVI’s message on…