Catholic Media Journal

Short Form Video: “What’s Inside a Catholic Church”

Jim Coyle — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:15:39 +0000

As part of its multimedia publishing, Faith Magazine’s website features a growing series of videos about the Catholic Church, videos that share different aspects of the Church and her practices. One of the series is a 4-part explanation of the different things inside a Catholic church and their role in liturgy and practice. Fr. Charles Irvin is our guide in this series which informs Catholics and non-Catholic alike.

This is a good example of using short videos to answer questions people might not ask but which can enhance their understanding of the Church and add meaning to worship.

Faith Magazine’s home is the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan. Since establishing the Diocese of Lansing’s publication in 1999, Faith Catholic has become a national publisher, now publishing magazines and other resources for a growing number of dioceses, archdioceses and Catholic organizations.

Faith Catholic publishes magazines and other Catholic resources for dioceses and Church organizations throughout the United States.

Jim Coyle

Church and New Media Resources

Jim Coyle — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:52:41 +0000

On the companion website for his book, The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet, Brandon Vogt has an excellent collection of links to resources for effective Church communication through new media. There’s a wealth of information here for persons interested in Church communication at all levels.

Jim Coyle

How to Explain “Social Media”

Jim Coyle — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:35:17 +0000

Facebook alone, the largest social networking website, has over 800 million active users. Most of us use social media as part of our professional and personal lives. But even though people use Facebook, etc., not everyone understands their potential for reaching the community. If you need to encourage an organization to use social media as part of their communication process, you might consider using this or other videos from CommonCraft to explain new media.

I’m posting this and a few other videos not as promotion for specific services but to share some of the resources we might use to enhance Church communications. Jim Coyle

Church and New Media Communication – Global and Local

Jim Coyle — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:06:28 +0000

Matthew Warner responded to the call for the Church to use all forms of media – including interactive new media – to evangelize and strengthen ministry and communication among God’s people. As an example of people creating new communication resources for the Church, Matt developed Flocknote, a service that can increase the effectiveness of communication in a parish among its members, especially people using the Web.

Matt is one example of the many people using their talents and passions to serve the Church through media, especially new media.

The Church and New Media: Snapshot, Road Map and Call

Jim Coyle — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:27:18 +0000

In his new book, The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet, Brandon Vogt has created an excellent blend of Church teaching and Papal documents about Communications with stories by people who are applying these principles in real-life through new media creation and distribution in a variety of settings. Brandon and the contributors to the book have captured our unique moment in the history of Communications in the Catholic Church and offer not only methods we can use – but even more importantly, inspiration and motivation for us to reach out to all the world and bring God’s message to people in dynamic, personal ways by using the new media tools God has given us. From worldwide evangelization to sharing God’s life and love in the local parish, we have new opportunities and resources at our disposal – and a call to use them.

Visit The Church and New Media website to learn not only about the author and the book, but the ministry that will be supported by sales of the book.

Jim Coyle

Catholic New Media: Catholiconexpo August 26-28, 2011

Jim Coyle — Sun, 22 May 2011 17:44:44 +0000

CATHOLICON EXPO is a three day event to be held at The Houston Intercontinental Hotel in Houston, Texas. Hosted by THE CATHOLIC UNDERGROUND, INC., this expo style event brings together people from around the United States focused on all the ways that the CATHOLIC CHURCH communicates the Gospel of JESUS CHRIST. There will be beautiful liturgies with Gregorian Chant. Workshops for beginners and media professionals will be offered during the faith and technology themed CLARECAMP event at the expo. FATHER JOHN ZUHLSDORF of “WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY?” blog (WDTPRS.COM) will be the keynote speaker and the Annual CATHOLIC NEW MEDIA AWARDS will be announced at this event.

For additional information, www.catholiconexpo.com.

CATHOLICON EXPO is August 26 through 28, 2011 at THE HOUSTON INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL in Houston, Texas, USA.

Future of the e-Book is Now

Jim Coyle — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:12:25 +0000

This new iPad app for Al Gore’s “book” raises the bar for what we should be doing in Church communications, catechesis and evangelization. Whatever your opinions are of Mr. Gore’s message, take a close look at the tool he’s using.

Al Gore’s Our Choice Guided Tour from Push Pop Press on Vimeo.

What’s our next step?

Jim Coyle

Social Media Revolution 2

Jim Coyle — Tue, 11 May 2010 02:49:20 +0000

While many people think of Social Media as a fad, those of us involved in religious communication – evangelization – and education have a critical mission to bring the Truth to people wherever they are. We need to be out in the marketplace, the town square. Here’s where we’ll find our people:

Are we out there?

Jim Coyle

Reaching Individuals in a Social Media Age

Jim Coyle — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:24:04 +0000

As Church, we have the same problem today as the disciples did nearly 2000 years ago: How do we reach people with our Message?

This is an essential question that the Church must repeatedly ask – and answer – as her mission of evangelization continues while people and societies adopt different methods of communication and culture. It’s the question Angela Santana posed and responded to in a presentation she gave earlier this week. She makes her points very well in the slides she’s shared online, critical points for the Church in our modern age:

Reaching Individuals in a Social Media Age: A Resource for the Catholic Church

View more presentations from Angela Santana.

You can follow and interact with Angela on Twitter @inspiredangela.

Jim Coyle

The Lesson from a Communicator

Jim Coyle — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:19:02 +0000

This is an amazing video by Francis Gardler, a graduate student at Ohio University, which is meaningful on many levels, for all of us involved in communications and education. More than other media sources, the Church has the call and responsibility to share the human condition and respond to the very real needs in our world today. I need to watch this video again – and the other videos Gardler has produced – ponder and respond. This captures what we should be doing.

Dave LaBelle | The Lesson from Francis Gardler on Vimeo.

Jim Coyle