Being Online is An Option for Service
Web presence is a communication tool. If you have good information, good products or good services that people need or want which can be delivered effectively online, being online will be a plus for...
View ArticleTop Ten List for Using Social Media for Ministry
A few weeks ago, I started a discussion thread with the LinkedIn group Association of Catholics Exploring Social Media. I asked for ideas on what I should tell seminarians about social media ministry....
View ArticleThe Internet is a Mission Field. Let’s Be There
Producer Judy Zarick from Franciscan Media Productions interviewed me a few weeks ago on Catholic Web Solutions ministry and my goals to help Catholic organizations, religious communities and parishes...
View ArticleVatican Tells Story of #2POPESAINTS
As of April 27, we have two new canonized saints in the Catholic Church and it seems that the Vatican pulled out all of the stops to tell the story to the world. The Vatican Communications Office...
View ArticleYoung Adults ARE on Facebook
Statistics tell us that about 24% of adult Catholics attend Sunday Mass and we see with our eyes that fewer and fewer among these are young adults. Many dioceses and a few parishes have outreach...
View ArticleWhere Does Your Ministry Go Next on the Internet?
One of the most exciting and also frustrating things about the Internet and social media is that it is constantly changing. New platforms keep emerging, new devices are challenging our intelligence,...
View Article3 Ways to Maximize the Impact of Videos on Facebook
If you have your own animated ministry videos, you can use them to increase your sphere of influence, gain new Likes on your Facebook ministry Page and drive new traffic to your website. More...
View ArticleOnline for Holy Week
Holy Week is the most intense and dramatic week of the Church year. The liturgies are rich and meaningful. The week begins triumphantly with Palm Sunday and for the next three days before the Triduum...
View ArticleWhy Bother with Facebook?
If you manage a Facebook Page for your ministry or organization, you may consider it a tedious task, an annoying responsibility you wish you could pass on to someone else, or just a waste of time. But...
View ArticleWeb 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 FaceTime...
View ArticleOur Social Media Response to Violence and Tragedies
I have used the hashtags #NoMoreViolence #PrayforPeace too many times in the past few weeks. It seems we cannot go more than a few days before we are confronted with another terrorist attack, killings...
View ArticleFacebook Content Matters
One of my first assignments as a Director of Religious Education many, many years ago took me to a parish where the pastor informed me that I would not have to worry about the high school religious...
View ArticleMust Have Ministry Photos
One of the best things you can do for your website and social media ministry is to take and save good photos all year round. You will be amazed how many times those photos will allow you to create a...
View ArticleQuestions Not Answers: Pastoral Ministry in the Digital Communications Age...
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...
View ArticleBilly Graham and Technology
With the passing of Billy Graham, the great Christian evangelist, we look in awe at the many people he brought to Christ. Chris Heaslip, Co-founder of PushPay, a software service that allows mobile...
View ArticleOur Social Media Response to Violence and Tragedies
I have used the hashtags #NoMoreViolence #PrayforPeace too many times in the past few weeks. It seems we cannot go more than a few days before we are confronted with another terrorist attack, killings...
View ArticleFacebook Content Matters
One of my first assignments as a Director of Religious Education many, many years ago took me to a parish where the pastor informed me that I would not have to worry about the high school religious...
View ArticleMust Have Ministry Photos
One of the best things you can do for your website and social media ministry is to take and save good photos all year round. You will be amazed how many times those photos will allow you to create a...
View ArticleQuestions Not Answers: Pastoral Ministry in the Digital Communications Age...
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...
View ArticleBilly Graham and Technology
With the passing of Billy Graham, the great Christian evangelist, we look in awe at the many people he brought to Christ. Chris Heaslip, Co-founder of PushPay, a software service that allows mobile...
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