Posts in the "Media & communications" category

Articles on the presence of Christians and the Christian tradition in mass media and communications.

2010 communications day invites priests to use digital media

For World Communications Day 2010, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen the theme “The priest and pastoral ministry in a digital world: New media at the service of the Word.” As the church celebrates the Year for Priests, the pope also wanted to invite the world’s priests to consider ways they could use digital media in [...]

Umbert

After Dilbert the most valuable office employee, there is Umbert, the unborn. As his website says, “the world’s most loveable baby hasn’t yet been born” The Unborn Child Finally Has a Voice of His Own! Meet Umbert the Unborn, the pre-natal comic strip character that is winning the hearts and minds of people throughout the [...]

Peggy Noonan captures JP2 and B16

Here is a quick line from an article by Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal, an article definitely worth the read: Oh, you miss that old man when you are here! You feel the presence of his absence. The souvenir shops know. They sell framed pictures and ceramic plates of the pope: John Paul. [...]

The Star Quest Production Network

“SQPN : Leading the Way in Catholic New Media“. SQPN is the website host of– among other things– That Catholic Show. A lot of good stuff there, including quality podcasts.

Catholics Come Home

You just HAVE to see this top notch site on Catholicism called Catholics Come Home, with high level ads plus tons of resources of all kinds. Whatever you do, make sure you watch TV Ad 1. These ads are very high quality, much higher than I’ve seen in most Catholic media. As one blogger put [...]

The Day Humanity Became Cheap

Some of you may remember January 28th 1988: it was that awful day in which the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment on the Morgentaler Case, thereby removing the abortion provision from the criminal code. I was working on my Masters back then, and I was sure the judgment wouldn’t last. Well it’s been [...]

Preventative Repentance

It has been said that there are certain anniversaries that nobody likes celebrating. While here in Canada some mused about changing the abortion law (or lack of it), the debate is heating up in the UK, especially since this past Saturday October 27th was the 40th anniversary of the law on abortion in England. The [...]

DVD review: Prophets of Peace, by MasterWorks Productions

Prophets of peace is the second DVD that was sent to me by MasterWorks Productions for review (the first being McLuhan Way). It is actually two videos in one, each telling the story of a man with a disability: John, who has Down’s Syndrome, and Michael, who was born with cerebral palsy. And the stories [...]

GodTube

You know YouTube. Now, there’s GodTube – for all your Christian video needs. Here’s one I uploaded (my ordination to the diaconate): Go and upload ’till your Christian heart’s content! We need strong Catholic witnessing on that site!

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