by Kevin Banet | Mar 14, 2011 | Attracting vocations, New media
The Austin, TX diocese has some good points on finding candidates for religious life and the priesthood. Here are a few that they take from the National Religious Vocations Conference: Membership in the Catholic Church Generally good health Adequate intellectual...
by Kevin Banet | Mar 1, 2011 | New media, Pope and Vatican
It’s pretty clear that the Pope and Vatican want the Church to do all that it can to use the internet to promote the Gospel. The Vatican announced yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI spoke to the Pontifical Council on Social Communications, which is meeting to...
by Kevin Banet | Feb 24, 2011 | Formation, Pope and Vatican
Today’s secular society, which denies absolute truth and wholesome models of conduct, has prompted a short course in Rome to help seminary formation directors instill Christian virtues into candidates. The five-day course, called “Personal Spiritual...