The second challenge that comes to Pastoral Ministry in this digital age according to Antonio Spardaro, SJ in his book, Friending God: Social Media, Spirituality and Community is: Pastoral ministry in the digital age is [needs to be] “a ministry centered around people rather than…
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Questions Not Answers: Pastoral Ministry in the Digital Communications Age Part 1
In June, I wrote a book review of “Friending God: Social Media, Spirituality and Community” by Antonio Spadaro, SJ. I promised to follow up with a discussion of some of the insights offered in the book. That discussion starts today with this blog. Please engage…
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Welcome back from your summer activities. I hope that they were refreshing and re-energizing for you. My own summer was very special as I celebrated my Golden Jubilee of Religious Profession as a Sister of Notre Dame with friends, family, colleagues and community. These fifty…
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Two Free Sunday Facebook Posts
What can you do if you do not have the time and resources to create Sunday Facebook Posts every week? Until now there was not much you could do. But I have an offer to make. For the past several years, I have been creating…
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Sunday Facebook Posts
The mission of every Christian activity, including a parish Facebook Page, is to proclaim the message of Jesus Christ. If the proclamation is genuine, it is done consistently. Any number of methodologies can be used including sharing faith-based posts by various Catholic ministries, the USCCB,…
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Friending God-Book Review
“We the people of the 21st century are creatures of the World Wide Web, always online, always connected, always communicating. And we—like all others throughout history—have created this technology in our own image, which gives this creation of ours a spiritual dimension as well.” With…