Today is the day we have all been waiting for! At 4:00 PM Eastern, Pope Francis will land at Andrews Air Force Base to begin his five-day, three-city visit to the United States. His visit will be filled with amazing highlights: speaking to a joint…
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Web Presence as Ministry
During the weeks since my last blog I had two very enjoyable opportunities to share my passion for an evangelizing use of websites and social media with others. I am writing about them today
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Pastoral Ministers for Parish Facebook Pages
Parishes that are using Facebook and other social media platforms for mission are responding to the needs of the times.
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Using Social Media as Ministry
Social media use in parishes is in its very early stages. The person or people managing social media in a parish may not have an evangelizing mindset and/or may not be experienced in using social media for ministry. This explains why many parish social media…
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Set Your Facebook News Feed Preferences
When Facebook started using an algorithm to filter the posts that we see in our News Feeds, many people were unhappy. They weren’t always seeing the posts they wanted to see first or at all. Facebook listened and now provides users with a way to…
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Image Size Matters on Social Media
If you are posting to social media sites for your parish, religious community, organization or ministry, you know that posts with visuals are the most impactful. You also know that it is not enough to take, create or acquire a photo, graphic or video, you…