“Social media doesn’t reflect our religious community”
Does social media jive with religious communities? When a religious superior rejects our service, I take note. We at Vocation Promotion work hard to attract good vocation candidates to religious communities with social media. If this method doesn’t work, or is...Where are Catholic vocations?
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...Catholic nonprofits missing online opportunities, study says
Half of Catholic websites make no use of social media, says a study that looked at websites of both Catholic nonprofit organizations and parishes. The study, Use of Social Media by Catholic Organizations, by Karl Bridges, says, It seems equally clear that the majority...Don’t redesign your vocation website
You might think we’ve gone mad, but just today we suggested to one of our religious communities that they not redesign their website. They were thinking of redoing their site to a new format that would allow them to make web changes on their own, and to allow...Is the Church running to win the race?
In 1 Corinthians 9, St. Paul speaks of the race, and how the Christian must run to obtain the prize. According to Angela Santana, Honors student at St. Mary’s University, the Catholic Church has fallen behind in the race of media and technology. In a world which...Free Ebook!
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