by Kevin Banet | Nov 11, 2017 | Candidates, Using video
How can you reach many vocation candidates in a short amount of time? How about using a vocation video of one of your novices? The video that I talk about below is a recent one of theĀ Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. They have a video of a few minutes...
by Kevin Banet | Nov 3, 2017 | IRL, religious life
I’m going to depart from my usual article on promoting religious life to talk about something that I think is very important – authentic religious life. This is a topic central to the renewal and strengthening of every religious community. Years ago the...
by Kevin Banet | Oct 27, 2017 | Come & See Program, Software
Just recently I showed one of our vocation directors how to use the newsletter service Mailchimp to keep up with her vocation candidates. In other words, how to see and add useful information for her candidates. Sister was surprised to find how well Mailchimp worked...
by Kevin Banet | Oct 26, 2017 | Ad programs, Facebook
I’ve been struggling with making a good ad for one of our communities, the Society of Our Mother of Peace in High Ridge, MO. They are a unique community of men and women who live a deeply contemplative life, yet have an apostolic outreach as well. When I made an...
by Kevin Banet | Oct 26, 2017 | News in general
We know of a priest who came from a family with five boys who became priests. That’s a story worth telling. An encouragement to others eager to hear good news in the Church. The Institute on Religious Life in Mundelein, IL is looking for someone who knows of a...