Today I did something I haven’t done any time in recent memory: I turned on my email autoresponder. Why? I’m getting ready for my upcoming trip to Rwanda. I shared back in July that — much to my amazement and great joy — I had been selected as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services Egan Fellowship. Today, I am in Seattle on a short trip with my husband Greg for a conference he is attending. From here, I will depart... Read more
Carol Zimmermann of Catholic News Service recently wrote a great article which gave an overview of this year’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate report to Catholic press on the current state of communications efforts in the Catholic Church: Most U.S. Catholics are not looking for spirituality online, in fact, half of them are unaware the church even has an online presence, according to researchers at Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. The most widely used... Read more
You have to love holy Sisters who “get” using technology and the latest media tools in the New Evangelization. And such is the case with the Daughters of St. Paul — they are constantly raising the bar for new and innovative ways to share the Good News of the Gospel. So that’s why we need to support them in the “Journey of Discovery Webathon” that they began hosting today. Here’s the idea: Welcome to the Journey of Discovery Novena Webathon.... Read more
News out from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles that Fr. Robert Barron will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Religious Education Congress in Anaheim: The 2014 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress is only five months away! Our Congress Keynote has been announced: Rev. Robert Barron will present “Hope to Set the World Afire” on Saturday, March 15. With Father Barron speaking on Saturday and Dr. Carolyn Woo of Catholic Relief Services keynoting on Sunday, this year’s event is lining up... Read more
Announced recently is a terrific career opportunity with the Catholic organization ENDOW: We are excited to announce a new job opening for a Director of Philanthropy at Endow. Below is a description of the position. If you know any good candidates please forward this email to them. Director of Philanthropy The Director of Philanthropy (DOP) personally represents Endow and ignites benefactors and potential benefactors to passion and action in support of our work. The DOP cultivates major gifts to allow... Read more
Out from The Telegraph this weekend, news that Pope Francis intends to donate his recently received Harley Davidson motorcycle to benefit a Caritas-run soup kitchen: The motorbike presented to the Pope will be auctioned to raise money for refurbishment at the hostel and soup kitchen run by charity Caritas near Rome’s Termini station. Caritas Roma has more information on their website: The motorcycle, which the Pontiff received by the motorcycle during the gathering of bikers for the 110th anniversary of... Read more
Plenty of my fellow blog readers enjoy using Google products and Google Plus, so I thought I’d share the warning that is making its way around the Internet about Google’s latest policy change to use our likeness in “shared endorsements”. This means that when you — as a Google user — +1 anything (the equivalent of “liking” it on Facebook), your name and profile picture can be used for advertising purposes. To disable this feature, go to https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements?hl=en and unclick the box... Read more
If I’m looking to get stuff done quickly that involves crowdsourcing, I turn first and foremost to Twitter. In under five minutes, I can typically get my hands on great information and have fun doing it. This happened yesterday, when I received a tweet from Kevin Cotter of FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students: @LisaHendey Anyone you know who should be nominated for FOCUS’ 30 under 30?: http://t.co/TYCpf67zld — Kevin Cotter (@KevinRCotter) October 10, 2013 Kevin and the... Read more
Thanks to John Clem, the Director and Media Minister at Catholic Web Services (http://catholicws.com/), we’ve got a full recap of all of this week’s most important action both online and around the world. Papal Tweet: “The secret of Christian living is love. Only love fills the empty spaces caused by evil.” (Pope Francis Oct. 8th) Pope’s Homily for solemn mass in Assisi (Vatican Radio) http://ow.ly/puqoh Video: The ‘wounds of Jesus’ in Assisi (CNS) http://youtu.be/sudJH2dG5xA Video: Fr. Robert Barron’s Word On Fire –... Read more
I was saddened yesterday to learn of the sudden passing of Bob Hentzen, one of the co-founders and the president of CFCA, the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging. While I’ve obviously never met Bob in person, his vision and example of saying “Yes” to God’s call to serve the poor will leave a lasting legacy. Please join me in praying for the repose of Bob’s soul, and for comfort for his wife Cristina, his family and loved ones. KANSAS... Read more
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