The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:51:15 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Zaia leads us to the online light /item/36854-zaia-leads-us-to-the-online-light /item/36854-zaia-leads-us-to-the-online-light

With Christians being one of the more excluded communities worldwide, Zaia Ventures is working to develop a space that looks to change that for good.

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lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:56:30 -0400
Hallow app users taken by Liam NeesonƵapp voice /features/christmas/item/36262-hallow-app-users-taken-by-liam-neeson-s-voice /features/christmas/item/36262-hallow-app-users-taken-by-liam-neeson-s-voice

Pope Francis, in his Dec. 10 Angelus address, advised the faithful that disconnecting from media and social media, “the pollution of vain words and chatter,” has become not just a fioretti, a little spiritual sacrifice, but an essential element of the modern, Christian life.

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afarrow@catholicregister.org (Anna Farrow) Christmas Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0500
Streaming service brings faith to life /item/35880-streaming-service-brings-faith-to-life /item/35880-streaming-service-brings-faith-to-life

Binge-watching is taking on new meaning at parishes across the Archdiocese of Vancouver as the FORMED Catholic streaming service transforms the way ministries access content for catechesis and sacramental preparation.

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Canada Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0400
Sacred in cyberspace /item/35049-sacred-in-cyberspace /item/35049-sacred-in-cyberspace

In a new media age, sacredness can only be a click away. Or can it?

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Canada Fri, 09 Dec 2022 10:38:21 -0500
U.S. millennials more engaged in digital religion /item/34734-u-s-millennials-more-engaged-in-digital-religion /item/34734-u-s-millennials-more-engaged-in-digital-religion

Canadian millennials engage less in digital religion practices compared to their U.S. counterparts, a new study authored by Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, an associate professor of sociology and legal studies at the University of Waterloo, has found.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 06 Sep 2022 09:36:58 -0400
Virtual is RCIAƵapp reality again this year /item/34019-virtual-is-rcia-s-reality-again-this-year /item/34019-virtual-is-rcia-s-reality-again-this-year

There was a fleeting moment near the end of last year when Sandy Marshall thought restarting in-person Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) meetings would be possible in 2022.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 10 Feb 2022 08:40:46 -0500
Video series picks up where religious ed left off /item/33629-video-series-picks-up-where-religious-ed-left-off /item/33629-video-series-picks-up-where-religious-ed-left-off

A Pew Research poll claiming only one-third of U.S. Catholics believed in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist two years ago sent shockwaves through the Church. Could so many Catholics really have missed such a fundamental teaching of their faith?

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Canada Fri, 22 Oct 2021 09:01:24 -0400
Online evangelization bears fruit for NET Ministries /item/33110-online-evangelization-bears-fruit-for-net-ministries /item/33110-online-evangelization-bears-fruit-for-net-ministries

National Evangelization Teams (NET) missionaries are not barnstorming across the country to make face-to-face presentations as in years past.

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Youth Speak News Wed, 19 May 2021 10:02:54 -0400
Movie nights help cure the isolation for Catholic youth in the GTA /item/32891-movie-nights-help-cure-the-isolation-for-catholic-youth-in-the-gta /item/32891-movie-nights-help-cure-the-isolation-for-catholic-youth-in-the-gta

With few options for things to do on a Saturday night during a pandemic, some Catholic youth are still finding ways to go to the movies together.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 27 Mar 2021 14:00:00 -0400
New show takes liturgy to kids /item/32732-new-show-takes-liturgy-to-kids /item/32732-new-show-takes-liturgy-to-kids

If going to Sunday morning Mass seems tantalizingly near and yet far as you watch your parish struggle to produce a weekly liturgy on Facebook or YouTube, imagine what it has been like for kids to be told to sit quietly and watch a TV Mass.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:00:00 -0500