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Ascension Press creates new online video channel to reach Millennials with a Catholic perspective<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

AscensionPresents.com provides free online inspiration and catechesis
\nwith high quality video content<\/em><\/p>\n

West Chester, PA, July 16, 2015<\/strong> \u2013 Millennials, America\u2019s largest living generation<\/a>, spend a staggering 18 hours per day consuming media<\/a>. To reach this media- soaked, vast population with the message of Christ, Ascension Press debuted a new, free online video channel called AscensionPresents.com that\u2019s loaded with videos designed to engage, evangelize and catechize.<\/p>\n

Maria Mitchell, the producer of Ascension Presents, says the Church has a great responsibility to reach young people through media. \u201cMy generation spends enormous amounts of time on our phones and tablets. It\u2019s where we engage, it\u2019s where we share, it\u2019s where we learn, and like it or not it\u2019s where we are\u00a0formed,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

Ascension Presents<\/a> features video content that will bring entertaining, faith-filled, and dynamic Catholic presenters to social media feeds and email inboxes. Using high-end video production quality and significant, relevant topics, Mitchell hopes the videos will be an opportunity for young people to encounter the Gospel message throughout the week.<\/p>\n

\u201cVideo\u00a0content is so dominant right now. It\u2019s the most alluring, it\u2019s the easiest to consume and is a unique opportunity to present\u00a0beauty, truth and goodness in truly powerful way,\u201d Mitchell said.<\/p>\n

Featuring four unique channels continually updated with new video content, Ascension Presents covers an endless variety of topics. Just this spring, upcoming segments will range from urban Catholic missions and West Coast fashion designers to exclusive interviews with Catholic rapper and teen evangelist Bob Lesnefsky and Cardinal Raymond Burke.<\/p>\n

Father Mike Schmitz, nationally known speaker and Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Diocese of Duluth, hosts his own channel on Ascension Presents. His weekly commentary on news, pop culture and conversations about the joy and challenges of living the faith will especially resonate with young adults.<\/p>\n

Saint John Paul II once said, \u201cThe question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope Ascension Presents will do just that,\u201d said Mitchell.<\/p>\n

Ascension Presents is an extension of Ascension Press<\/strong><\/a> whose mission is to provide the Church with effective and engaging Catholic faith formation resources.<\/p>\n

Father Michael Schmitz and Maria Mitchell are available for interviews. To request an interview, contact Carrie Kline at <\/strong>Carrie@KennedyBrownrigg.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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