Fr. Robert Barron is one of the most well-known, respected and articulate advocates of the New Evangelization. On March 15, 2014 he spoke at the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress on “Hope to Set the World Afire.” In his talk he offered 7 keys to implementing the New Evangelization.
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Parish Lenten Outreach Video
Video is an excellent platform to get our message to large groups of people. Last week the Paulist Center in Boston released this video as part of their Lenten outreach.
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Using Facebook to Encourage Ash Wednesday Attendance
Recently Facebook changed the rules regarding what can be on the Cover Photo of Pages. Previously, Facebook Cover Photos could not include text promotions or calls to action. Now we can include them as long as the text is not more than 20% of the Cover. This gives us the opportunity to use the Cover Photo for outreach and other ministry messages. Ash Wednesday is one of those days when…
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A Parish Attentive to Its Audiences
Often parishes limit the audiences that they address on their websites to the active members of the parish community–the insiders. They forget that visitors, new comers and inactive Catholics also visit the site and may not get any further than the home page depending on what they find. There are two questions we need to ask when we want to create or recreate some aspect of our web presence (website,…
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Diocesan Technology Day–A Sign of Hope
Congratulations to the Diocese of Youngstown for their day-long conference focused on Technology for the New Evangelization. The event took place on Thursday, January 16, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 at St. Michael Family Life Center in Canfield, Ohio. It was co-sponsored by the Diocese of Youngstown IT Department, Office of Religious Education, Council for Catechesis and Our Sunday Visitor Offertory Solutions. Bishop George Murry, the Bishop of Youngstown,…
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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 what happens when the minister moves, gets transferred or retires? Who will communicate parish news then? Should people who want to follow the parish need…