Yesterday, July 25, pilgrims from all over the world arrived in Krakow, Poland for World Youth Day which opens today and concludes with a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on Sunday, July 31. More than 30,000 pilgrims along with 85 bishops from the U.S. are there.
Category: Jubilee of Mercy
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A Blessed Holy Week to You
Dear Readers, As we enter into the experience of Holy Week during this Jubilee of Mercy Year, we pause to remember that all that we do and all that we are have special meaning because of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We find hope and confidence, courage and wisdom in our Savior. We find compassion and forgiveness in the merciful love of God.
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Growing Your Online Ministry in 2016
A new year needs new ideas. I started to blog at Catholic Web Solutions in August 2010 to help people in ministry create websites and use social media to carry out their ministries more effectively. The expectations of people who come to our websites and read our social media posts have grown over the past five years. The question is whether our websites and social media usage have kept pace.
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What Are Your Ash Wednesday Social Media Plans?
There are 46 days between Christmas and Ash Wednesday this year-a little more than 6 weeks. The liturgists and the adult faith formation directors among us have undoubtedly started and even finalized their preparations for Lent. But what about those of us responsible for websites and social media? Have we finalized our plans for Lent?
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Jubilee of Mercy Begins Today
On December 8, 2015, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the 50th Anniversary of the close of the 2nd Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pope Francis opens the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. The Pope’s devotion to Mary is well known. The connection to the Council is also very important to him. In “Face of Mercy” Pope Francis wrote that the Council ushered in a new phase…
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The Jubilee of Mercy Highlights the Goodness and Tenderness of God
On December 8, Pope Francis will open the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy will begin. In Face of Mercy, the Holy Father’s Bull of Indiction for the Jubilee, Pope Francis writes that this is a “special time for the Church, a time when the witness of believers might grow stronger and more effective.” It is a special time where we are…