The recent announcement of the proposed merger of AT&T and Time Warner is generating conversations in the media about the growth of mobile usage, the growing amount of video content being produced and consumed, and the importance of addressing the preferences of the millennials (born from 1981 to 1997) who have now surpassed the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964) as the largest living generation. FYI: GenXers are the “middle” generation and…
Category: Digital Age
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Digital Communication Technologies Are Integral to Church Ministry
An important step was taken last week in the effort to bring pastoral leaders into the 21st century when it comes to understanding and using electronic media channels and social media as part of their ministry. The Institute for Pastoral Studies at Loyola of Chicago held a launch event and panel presentation to celebrate their new Masters of Arts in Pastoral Studies (MAPS) degree that has a concentration in Digital…
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2014 World Communications Day: Encounter and Solidarity
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 from God.”
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Are We Old-Fashioned When It Comes to the Internet?
Most of us in the Church have moved on from rotary phones, but we know people who who resist, even oppose, using the Web for ministry. We have heard the reasons: no time, no interest, technically challenged, playing it safe, and so on. We can listen respectfully to their reasons. There is no point in trying to convince them to think otherwise, but the world is moving on and leaving…
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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 major new media initiatives of the Vatican. His presentation was excellent and you can view it below. Please share your thoughts in the comments. Feel…
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Pope Francis on the Purpose of Social Communications
On Saturday, September 21, Pope Francis addressed the participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in Rome. He offered three points in his reflections.