Sr. Anne Flanagan

This presentation was given at the 2011 Catholic New Media Conference . Below are my notes on the presentation:

"Go teach the gospel. We have all been commissioned. What is the next step?" (Sister's introductory haiku).

Blessed James Alberione

• Has so much to teach us about being evangelizers in a culture of media.
• He was constantly connecting media ministry with vows in the orders he founded.

Looking at media apostolate in the light of the Angelus

"And she conceived

by Pat Gohn

This presentation was given at the 2011 Catholic New Media Conference . Below are my notes on the presentation:

Introduction

• What's most important is what God's going to say to you tonight—especially as you visit the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.
• The heart of the New Evangelization is an actual, beating heart—the heart of Jesus, beating with love for us.
• JPII: An essential characteristic of the New Evangelization is an intimate relationship with Christ.
• First

Lisa Hendey

This presentation was given at the 2011 Catholic New Media Conference . Below are my notes on the presentation:

Why Bother?

• Educate about the Church
• Provide parish information
• Outreach to interest groups
• Build community

10 Best Practices for Parish Websites

From Craig Berry:

1. Useful contact us page
2. About Us/History Page
3. Prominent use of Social Media
4. Online Map/Directions
5. Calendar of Events
6. Weekly Bulletins
7. Blog
8. Site Map
9. Mass Times
10. Donate Online

What Parishioners Want (from online polling)

1. Priestly presence (this can be easy or hard)

My full presentation was recorded, but I don't have the video yet. However, I do have all the slides, and tons of links, over on the presentation page here on Life is a Prayer.com .

by Matthew Warner

This presentation was given at the 2011 Catholic New Media Conference . Below are my notes on the presentation:

Introduction

• Being 'present' isn't enough.
• Social media is about engaging people in a dialog; talking with them, listening to them, and RELATING.
• Don't get caught up in monetizing your blog/site.
• Don't get caught up in analytics and followers.
• Focus on the PEOPLE involved in your Network.
• "If you shoot for quantity at the expense of

Dustin Faber, formerly known as the 16-bit Catholic who posted awesome articles about gaming from the perspective of a Catholic about-to-be-married on dustinfaber.com , and now posts awesome articles about marriage (and maybe how it's like gaming, except way harder?) with his wife on The Catholic Lovebirds  (wow, is this sentance long, or what?), has honored Life is a Prayer with the esteemed title of Best Catholic Blog to read on the Toilet .

This page contains information and resources pertaining to my 2011 presentation at the Catholic New Media Celebration entitled " The Continuity of the Eternal Word in New Media ". After that presentation is posted online, I will post a link to the full video and any other appropriate resources here.

Download this Presentation

You can download a PDF file with all the slides from the presentation here: The Continuity of the Eternal Word in New Media [750KB PDF].

We communicate an Eternal Word

"In the beginning

This page contains information and resources pertaining to my 2011 presentation at the Catholic New Media Celebration entitled " Gadgets & Gizmos: Sanctifying Mobile Technology ".

Download this Presentation

You can download a PDF file with all the slides from the presentation here: Sanctifying Mobile Technology [3.1 MB PDF].

Guiding Principles: Worship and Devotions

More information will be posted here after the presentation.

Recommended Devotional Apps:

• iRosary - an iPhone rosary app with pictures and the text of prayer, which can help a beginner or

Starting today, I'm going to be slowly working on:

1. Upgrading some of my older sites to a newer version of Drupal.
2. Rethinking where I post about certain things.

With regard to the latter point, I'm going to start focusing more on life, religion, philosophy, and such things on this particular blog, while I will focus more on technology (and web development in particular) on my Midwestern Mac, LLC site .

I've hit a point where I think I'll start putting

Since I've started working full-time as a web developer a few years ago, I've probably spent more than 8 hours every workday (and a few hours most weekends) sitting perfectly still at a desk, moving only my fingers, and occasionally my arms, to type, move a mouse, and drink something here and there.

With reports that working standing up isn't really all it's made out to be (you still need to move around, and you're moving pressure