by John Freund, CM | Dec 4, 2011 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi breaks off from his rounds at the Vatican at least once a day to whip out his smartphone and shoot off a note to his followers: “Good morning, good people!” he tweets. The Vatican’s top culture man,...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 11, 2011 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
Will new media engage Millennials in eccelsial community? The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate tested some assumptions in a just released study. CARA writes “Many in the Church assume that the way to connect with this emergent generation of...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2011 | Church, Evangelization
Archbishop Rino Fisichella says the Church Must Learn Language of Youth. To evangelize young people, the Church must understand their culture, in which liberty and science are dominant values, says the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2011 | Church, Evangelization
Something to think about… I want a church that includes fussy kids, old liturgy, bad sound, weird congregants and—brace yourself—painfully amateur “special music” now and then. Why? Well, for one thing, when the Gospel story is accompanied by a fog machine and...
by John Freund, CM | May 7, 2011 | Church, Evangelization
(Zenit.org).- Evangelization in a world of communications technology is the biggest challenge the Vatican is facing today, according to Archbishop Celli, the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. “We should ask ourselves to what degree...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 12, 2010 | Evangelization, Vincentian Family
BEACONS OF LIGHT 2010, spotlighting the work of the Vincent de Paul Society (Baton Rouge) , Program 5 will focus on the value “small talk” as a means to bringing people to Christ. SVDP member Harold Miller shares his insights. “Who brought you to...
