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Casting Our Nets into Digital Waters O f f i c e o f T r a i n i n g
D i o c e s e o f S t. P e te r s b u r g
F r i d a y , S e p te m b e r 1 9 , 2 0 1 4
Evangelizing in Our Digital Culture
Digital Immigrant
Founder of Interactive Connections
Master of Arts in Educational Technology and Religious Studies
D.Min. in Parish Revitalization
Educator in secondary education for 4 Years
Pastoral Associate for 2 Years
Diocesan Service for 16 Years
Congregational Leadership for 4 Years
Publishing Industry Electronic Media for 4 Years
University Academic Technology and Campus Ministry for 7 Years
New Media Formation since 1983 (30+ Years)
Learner Leader
Let’s explore a few questions…
• What is Evangelization? New Evangelization?
• Is there a Digital Culture?
• How do I evangelize in a Digital Culture?
• Can I be like the Samaritan Woman at the Well in this Digital Culture?
What will we do this morning?
Evangelization
New Evangelization
What is Evangelization?
Pope Paul VI in Evangelii Nuntiandi
“evangelization is in fact the face and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity. She exists to evangelize
USCCB : Go and Make Disciples
http://old.usccb.org/evangelization/goandmake/eng.shtml
What is Evangelization?
Bringing the Good News of Jesus into every human situation and seeking to convert individuals and society by divine power of the Gospel itself.
Goals for Evangelization - USCCB
• To bring about in all Catholics such an enthusiasm for their faith that, in living their faith in Jesus they freely share it with others
• To invite all people in the US whatever the social or cultural background to hear the message of salvation in Jesus Christ so that they may come to join us in the fullness of the Catholic faith
• To in our society promoting the dignity and the common good of our society, so that our nation may continue to be transformed by the saving power of Jesus
Goals for Evangelization
• Steeped in Prayer
• Focus on everyday life
• Evangelize Church goers with a deeper faith
An Evangelizer Must be Joyful
What is Good News?
Loving God that is intimately involved with us
Intermediary is Jesus
Salvation through Jesus’ sacrifice
God is with us still (Jesuit Spirituality – Finding God in all things!)
Good News of New Evangelization
Evangelization is the deepest part of our CATHOLIC IDENTITY:
•ENFLAME those who are already connected to Christ
•INVITE others to join us – in doing so
•TRANSFORM the world
Ask yourself: As you reflect and ponder on the recent documents, what do they mean for you?
To be one who evangelizes it is important that:
• I take the time to deepen my faith • The Gospel is an important part of
my life • I am moved to share this Good News
with others
Reaching the Lost
The majority of Catholics
today in the United States
are “lost” from the Church
to some extent
(infrequent, inactive, or
ex-Catholics).
Pg. 34. Transforming Parish Communications
What does evangelization or new evangelization mean for you?
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Is there a Digital Culture?
(Pairs) In ONE MINUTE list some of the things we do not do anymore. . .
For example…
• Communicate with family using FB
• Banking, etc.
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Is refusal an option today?
Is there a Digital Culture?
And it is NOT going away!
It is NOT a fad!
Promoted new media evangelization
Pope John Paul I: “Do not be afraid of new technologies!” These rank ‘among the marvelous things’ – inter mirifica – which God has placed at our disposal to discover, to use, and to make known the truth about our dignity and about our destiny as his children, heirs of the Eternal Kingdom. (The Rapid Development, Apostolic Letter on Media and Communication, #14).
At what level?
…to use Facebook or any other social media tool?
Weird Things All Couples Fight About
http://on.fb.me/1qBs9vy
At what level?
Was this your learning system?
Today’s Learning System
Evangelization & Faith Formation
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As we share our story. . .
Put simply: to our modern
world, the most
compelling evidence for
God is a life well-lived by
those who claim God.
(Paul Moser)
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How would you begin a conversation?
Background:
• Her Birth Family, Lutheran;
Husband’s Birth Family Catholic
• Married, and Mormon
• 60+ years old
• Nurse
• Friend of someone you know
• Lives in Boardman, Ohio http://bit.ly/1ByuBGQ
(LOST) ● LISTEN ● CONVERSE ● INVITE/ENCOURAGE ● SHARE/BRING HOPE
Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has been stressing that the most urgent reform in the Church is a missionary metamorphosis capable of reaching those in the “existential peripheries.”
“I dream of a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything,” he wrote in his programmatic apostolic exhortation The Joy of the Gospel, “so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures, can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than her self-preservation.”
One of the important parts of that missionary transformation is getting the Church at all levels to take advantage of the new social communications media to share the Gospel.
A New Resource
Book: http://bit.ly/1xLzyh4 Kindle: http://bit.ly/1tzfQP3
http://slidesha.re/1nRmrRA
Personal branding has
become so important
nowadays- it is crucial to build
an online brand, no matter
who you are! Great work and
thanks for sharing!
Response by: National Association of Distinguished
Professionals
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Caroline Cerveny, SSJ-TOSF
Website/blog: http://acyberpilgrim.org
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Digital Catechesis:
http://digitalcatechesis.ning.com
Email: c.cerveny@verizon.net
Digital Discipleship Boot Camp :
http://ddbcformation.org