by Kevin Banet | Jan 19, 2018 | marketing vocations
The hardest part of Catholic vocation marketing is also the simplest to solve. Yesterday I had lunch with a friend of mine from the old neighborhood, as they say around here. Both of us have founded and have run our own businesses. Only his is much larger than mine,...
by Kevin Banet | Jan 18, 2018 | marketing vocations, New media
Catholic leaders wonder where potential Catholic vocations are Many of those in Catholic ministry ask themselves, “where are Catholic vocations nowadays?” In the old days, vocations to the priesthood, religious and consecrated life would be found in...
by Kevin Banet | Jan 17, 2018 | Catholic leaders, IRL
Unexpected chastisement from EWTN founder-to-be I was one of several hundred people gathered in a church hall in the late 1970s to hear a short Poor Clare nun give a talk on Christian life. The speaker was Mother Angelica, who would later found EWTN, the largest...
by Kevin Banet | Jan 16, 2018 | Come & See Program, Getting publicity
Many Church workers, as well as Catholic laity wonder, what are the best ideas to promote Catholic vocations? There is much that you can do! This article will deal with what various members of the Church can do, and then what religious communities themselves can do....
by Kevin Banet | Jan 15, 2018 | Religious habit
Is the religious habit outdated? Long ago, when I was living in a residence for men, I saw a young man leaving our building early on a Sunday morning. He must be going to church, I thought. But he was black and neatly dressed in a jacket and tie. So I figured he...