Articles
- 5 Things Every Catholic Should Know About How Search Engines Work
- A Digital Strategy for American Catholic Dioceses
- How Priests Can Use the Internet to Evangelize (7-part series)
- New Media, New Evangelization – Honors thesis by Angela Santana.
Presentations
- Catechizing Digital Natives (Jonathan Sullivan)
- Reaching Individuals in a Social Media Age (Angela Santana)
Videos
- Pope Benedict XVI: New Technologies are a Resource for the Faith
- Why should Catholics use New Media (and flockNote)?
Articles
- 5 Ways Parishes Can Use QR Codes
- The 7 Deadly Sins of the Parish Website
- 10 Tips for a Better Parish Website
- 10 Tips for a Hassle-Free Parish Website
- Creating Excellent Catholic Parish Websites
- How Parish Websites Can Better Connect With Catholics
- How to Choose the Right Web Host
- How to Create a Social Media Policy for Your Church
- The Ultimate Guide to Building a Church Website
- What Makes a Good Parish Website?
- Why Every Church Needs an Online Ministry
Examples
- Arizona State Newman Center
- Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle (Washington, DC)
- Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit (Perdido Key, FL)
- Church of the Good Shepherd (Beverly Hills, CA)
- Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Community (Wayzata, Minnesota)
- Queen of the Rosary Catholic Parish (Elk Grove, IL)
- St. Mary’s Catholic Center (Texas A&M University)
- St. Mary’s Catholic Church (Fredericksburg, TX)
- St. Charles Borromeo Parish (Kansas City, MO)
- St. Thomas Aquinas Parish (Philadelphia)
- The 5 Best Diocesan Websites
Presentations
- The Parish Website: An Essential Tool for Ministry (Carson Weber)
Catholic Website Designers
- Carson Weber
- CatholicWebsiteDesign.com
- eCatholic
- Kickstart Media
- MyCatholicSite.com
- MyParishWebsite.com
- Parish Geeks
- Parish Web Assistant
- Our Sunday Visitor Radius Web Tools
- Solutio Software
Articles
- How to Blog: Blogging Tips for Beginners
- How to Start a Blog
- 10 Types of Blog Comments
- 14 Do’s and Don’ts for Blog Commenting
- How to Find Great Photos for Your Blog
- Where to Find Free and Legal Stock Photos
- Why Your Parish Should Have a Blog
Videos
Free Blogging Services
Articles
- 7 Helpful Stats on Social Media and the Church
- 8 Social Media Tips for Increasing the Turnout at Your Church Event
- 16 Social Media Insights for Catholics
- 12 More Social Media Insights for Catholics
- How Churchs Can Use Social Media
- Kickstart Your Parish Presence in Social Media
- Sample Social Media Policies
- So, What’s Social Media?
- Social Media For Your Parish and School
- Today’s Parish: Social Media Resources
- USCCB Social Media Guidelines
- USCCB Social Media Response Chart
- Why should parishes use social networking?
Presentations
- Digital Ministry and Social Media (Lisa Hendey)
- 9 1/2 Social Media Strategies for the Church (Jonathan Sullivan)
- Social Networking: A Primer for Catholic Teachers and Catechists (Jonathan Sullivan)
Videos
Articles
- 21 Resources for Effective Facebook Fan Pages
- Creating a parish Facebook page
- Facebook: Group or Page?
- How to Boost Engagement on Your Church’s Facebook Page
- How to Create a Facebook Page and Landing Page
- Two Things Not to Do With Your Facebook Page
Presentations
- Reaching Parishioners With Facebook (Jonathan Sullivan)
Articles
- 7 Reasons Christians Should Use Twitter
- How to Cath-Tweet
- How Twitter Can Make Life More Contemplative
- Parish Twitter Ideas
- The Art of Writing Great Twitter Headlines
- The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter
- Tweeting Catholics
- Tweeting Institutionally
- Using Twitter for Ministry
- Why Some People Don’t Get Twitter
Videos
Articles
- How to Upload Videos to YouTube
- How to Create a Short, Compelling Movie
- How to Upload a Video to YouTube
- Make Sure YouTube Doesn’t Recommend Undesirable Content
- YouTube Basics
- YouTube for Teachers
Videos
Articles
- Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting
- Free or Cheap Resources for Royalty-Free Stock Video
- How To Podcast Homilies
- How-To-Podcast Tutorial
- Microphone Guide for iPhone Recording
- Learn How to Podcast 101
- List of Podcasting Resources
- Podcasting for Beginners
- Podcasting Tutorial
Presentations
- Podcasting in the Diocese (Angela Santana)
- Vidcasting in the Diocese (Angela Santana)
Articles
- 12 Top Notch Online Presentation Tools
- 13 Online Presentation Applications
- Creating and Distributing Presentations On the Web
- How Online Presentations Work
Articles
- iPads and Clergy: A Perfect Match
- Catholic apps for the iPhone
- The Mobile Church
- Top 10 Catholic iPhone Applications
Articles and Resources
- 28 Creative Ideas for Teaching with Twitter
- 50 Reasons to Invite Facebook Into Your Classroom
- Catechizing Digital Natives Resources
- Catholic Religious Education Links
- Children and Media: A Challenge for Education (Pope Benedict XVI)
- Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants (PDF)
- Five Reasons to Put Technology in the Classroom
- How School Can Use Facebook to Build an Online Community
- How to Download and Use YouTube Videos in the Catholic Classroom
- Sacraments 101 (great YouTube video series from BustedHalo)
- Straight from the DoE: Dispelling Myths About Blocked Sites
- The 7 Golden Rules of Using Technology in Schools
- To Kill A Mockingbird Meets the 21st Century
- Resources on Podcasting in the Classroom
- What Is a Wiki?
- YouTube for Teachers
Books
- Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (John Palfrey)
- Catechesis in a Multi-Media World: Connecting to Today’s Students (Mary Hoffmann)
- The Church and New Media (Brandon Vogt)
- Faith Formation 2020: Designing the Future of Faith Formation (John Roberto)
- Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World (Don Tapscott)
- Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media (Dr. Eugene Gan)
- Rewired: Understanding the iGeneration and the Way They Learn (Larry Rosen)
- Teaching Digital Natives: Partnering for Real Learning (Marc Prensky)
Presentations
- Catechizing Digital Natives (Jonathan Sullivan)
- Digital Ministry and Social Media (Lisa Hendey)
- Sailing the Digital Continent (Brandon Vogt)
- Social Networking: A Primer for Catholic Teachers and Catechists (Jonathan Sullivan)
- Technology Tips for Religious Educators (Jared Dees)
Website and Blogs
- Audacity–Open-source sound editor, great for editing podcasts and other audio.
- Inkscape – Graphics editor, free alternative to Adobe Illustrator.
- GIMP – Image editor, free alternative to Adobe Photoshop.
- Jing – Allows you to easily take screenshots or record screen-capture video.
- Catholic Media Guild Blog — New Media tips and articles for Catholics.
- Catholic New Media Celebration – The largest annual Catholic New Media gathering.
- Catholic New Media Library – Digital library of Church teachings related to New Media.
- Catholic Tech Talk – An online community for Catholics interested in technology.
- Catholic Web Services – Website offering design and support for Catholic webmasters.
- Mobile Catholics – Catholic resources for smart phones and other mobile devices.
- Open Source Catholic – The go-to site for Catholic techies and web developers.
- Prayer Tools for Netizens – A comprehensive list of online prayer resources.
- Teach Parents Tech – A Google-run site that uses short videos to answer many typical tech-related questions.
- TweetCatholic.com – A list of different Catholics on Twitter.
- Screen Saved: Peril and Promise of Media in Ministry (Dan Andriacco)
- The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains (Nicholas Carr)
- The Next Story: Life and Faith After the Digital Explosion (Tim Challies)
- Infinite Bandwidth: Encountering Christ in the Media (Eugene Gan)
- The Word Made Fresh (Meredith Gould)
- Flickering Pixels: How Technology Shapes Your Faith (Shane Hipps)
- The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture (Shane Hipps)
- Prayer in the Digital Age (Matt Swaim)
- The Church and New Media (Brandon Vogt)
- The Connected Church (Brad West)
