Tailwind blog has some new insights on using hashtags on Instagram. We can always use a new angle to increase viewers....
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A Fun and Informative Way to Take Notes
Molly Burhans, principal of the GoodLand project, took some startling notes at the recent symposium on Street Homeless...
Three Days at #CSTHomeless* on Twitter
*Symposium on Street Homelessness and Catholic Social Teaching, convened by The Institute for Global Homelessness,...
A Little on Best Practices for Instagram
Are there best practices for Instagram that we should be using as a Family? .famvin is on Instagram as social.famvin and we've adopted some. Instagram is a free application for iPhone or Android that lets people take photos, apply filters to change the look of the...
Greetings from the Superior General to the Daughters of Charity
Newly elected Superior General, Fr. Tomaž Mavrič CM greets Daughters of Charity in the world. The message is delivered in six official languages of the Company. Dear sisters! It is with great joy and thankfulness that I would like to extend my warmest greetings to all...
Thinking of a new design for your Web Site?
Design matters now more than ever before. Because it's all about your users. Your site needs to be attractive, easy to navigate, and nice to look at! You want users to be able to share input, and to communicate with one another. You want to promote "community." Here...
DoCat: the Catechism of the Catholic Social Teaching, for Youth
A new book and mobile app, DoCat —the Catechism of the Catholic social teaching, especially aimed at young people— was introduced on Tuesday July 26 in Krakow, at the beginning of the World Youth Day. The Cardinal Tagle introduced the book saying that "the Pope wants...
#famvin400 Praying with a Broken Heart
When people say they have a broken heart, they have entered a deep poverty. They pray, and sometimes there's no answer. Vincentians are called to serve body and spirit. Listen to this Sarah Hart song. https://youtu.be/WBecGxKmEKM [box type="tick" size="large"...
Are you Connected?
Are you connected? If you haven't downloaded it yet, the World Youth Day App -- Called Pilgrim -- is available for download. Don't miss out! Direct links for Android and Apple below.... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app_wyd.layout&hl=en...
Participating in WYD via a modern miracle
It has been referred to as a "Catholic Woodstock" and a 21st-century version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Whatever the description, the expectation is that more than one million youth will make a pilgrimage to Krakow, Poland June 26-31 for World Youth Day. The...
Getting Social Media Right: a “Now on Social” Note
At .famvin, we use a host of social media options. We like to tailor our content to each medium. We don't always follow our own directions ? -- as volunteers sometimes we have to rely on automated options -- but if you want social media to work for you, .famvin...
Now on Social: Gotta Get Organized
Being organized for an event is now an intensely "social media" process. In the run-up to World Youth Day with Pope Francis in Krakow, young Catholics from across England and Wales signed up for a Social Media Masterclass on Mercy. Organized by the Catholic Bishops'...
