According to a recent study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) “One in four adult Catholics (26 percent) have at least one social network profile (e.g., Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace) where they self-identify their religion. A similar percentage, 24 percent, has one or more profiles but does not specify their religion on any of these.” (Catholic Media Use in the United States, 2011 by Mark M. Gray,…
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The Church and New Media
Brandon Vogt’s new book, “The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops who Tweet”, released in August 2011 by Our Sunday Visitor is getting good reviews for good reasons. The twelve contributors are all pioneers in the use of social media for sharing our Catholic faith. They share what they have learned and how they want to move forward in using new media for good. Their contributions…
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World Youth Day 2011 and Social Media
World Youth Day 2011 takes places in Madrid, Spain from August 16-21. An anticipated one million plus people will be there to celebrate our universal Catholic faith with exuberance and joy. Pope Benedict XVI will be with them from the 18th to the 21st. According to the official WYD Madrid website, this is the first WYD completely connected to social networks.
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Sisters Learn Social Media Tools for Communication and Ministry
One of the things I love most about being a woman religious and more specifically a Sister of Notre Dame is all of the wonderful women with whom I share that vocation. From my earliest recollection of sisters through my years of formation and ministry —I have been constantly amazed at the courage, imagination and ingenuity of sisters in forging new paths and using new methods to proclaim the Good…
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The Good and Bad News of Catholic Organizations on the Web
On June 28, 2011, Benedict XVI sent his first tweet to announce the launch of the new Vatican website news.va. This was the first tweet made by a pope and it was made in English on an iPad 2. For Catholics on the Internet, this is good news.
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Six Reasons to Poll Your Readers
Writing a blog is a commitment. For some writers, finding new material to write about and post is easy, but for many of us—it can be a challenge. Another challenge is that readers over time can become complacent and just take in the weekly/daily posts and not really engage with them. They don’t comment or respond. Good comments encourage bloggers and are interesting to other readers. What can a blogger…