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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
