Utilizing digital media to draw people into relationships while prayerfully protecting yourself against social media addiction and comparison.
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What Is Twitch And How Are Catholics Using It To Evangelize? JONATHAN BLEVINS EXPLORES TWITCH
The University of St. Thomas-Houston MAX Studios, in partnership with the Word on Fire Institute, launched an innovative video series to demonstrate how to bring the light of the Gospel to the digital world. Harnessing the expertise of major Catholic influencers who...
Leah Darrow: What Are You Going To Say To Your Facebook Followers?
The University of St. Thomas-Houston MAX Studios, in partnership with the Word on Fire Institute, launched an innovative video series to demonstrate how to bring the light of the Gospel to the digital world. Harnessing the expertise of major Catholic influencers who...
The 4 Mindsets That Are Deeply Hurting Catholic Communities All Around The World
Over the past year, my team and I made it a priority to truly understand the concerns and pain points of Catholic communities around the country. After hundreds of conversations with bishops, priests, communications directors, parishioners, and ministry group leaders,...
Using Social Media As A Catholic
This past weekend I watched The Social Dilemma with my husband, and I have since removed all social media apps from my phone (and totally deleted others). Now, don't panic, this is not an article trying to convince you to abandon social media, we at Catholic-Link very...
Spread A Message Of #HopeDuringCOVID19! Are You Up For The Challenge?
We find ourselves in uncharted territory with the COVID-19 crisis. In addition to the medical aspect of the crisis, the economy is in flux, universities have sent their students home, many in the service industry have lost their livelihoods, businesses have had to...
7 Important Tips For Catholics To Remember When Using Social Media
The Catholic Christian presence on the internet is so important nowadays. Years ago TV and radio were the massive means of communication, but today it’s clear that they’ve all come together in one: the Internet. Pope Benedict XVI said, “Dear Brothers and Sisters, I...
How To Argue On Social Media According To Matt Fradd
We're so excited that Matt Fradd is on the Ascension Presents YouTube channel. Matt is a Catholic author, speaker, and podcaster. He also works with Covenant Eyes, an organization that helps others heal from pornography addiction. Drawing from his personal...
TXTMAS: What If The Angel Gabriel Sent His Messages Via Text?!
TXT Stories has created this cute video that imagines how things would have gone if the Angel Gabriel had communicated via text message. Of course, this isn't accurate, but it is funny, and it might be just the thing some of us need to take our minds off of Christmas...
A Comprehensive List of Social Media Priests Bishops, Archbishops, and Cardinals to Follow
Though many point out the evil and harm of social media, we all have the choice to use social media for our own personal gratification or to use it as a tool to bring glory to God. We can choose to use social media for good! An easy way to do that is to carefully...
How a Moby Video Accurately Describes the Problem With Today’s World
Quite often I’ll come across an article about the dangers of screen-time and social media, and the egocentric, Me-First world that it exacerbates. I’ve read a lot of them, and I’m a little done with them. I know they’re right, and I’ll agree with them, but then I’ll...
In The Beginning Was the Word: Human Communication & Learning How To Talk Again
I picked up a hitchhiker the other day, he was standing on the side of the road and as I was driving towards him I realized that we were both heading in the same direction. So I pulled over and signaled for him to get in. He jumped in the car, a man in his fifties,...
What We Can Learn When A Teenage Social Media Star Calls It Quits For Good
It has probably not escaped your notice in the last few days that a highly popular teenage internet personality has decided to quit social media and this has been a big deal. If this is news to you, here’s the lowdown. Essena O’Neill is an nineteen year old from...
“Look Up”: Is Real Life Passing Us By In The Virtual World?
Here at Catholic-Link, we are obviously big fans of the internet, social media, social networking; we are present on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest. Those of us in the international Catholic-Link team have met, collaborated and even become friends online. Two...
Does Your Media Use Make You More Fully Alive?
We live in a world of instant gratification— we are so connected through technology, we are disconnected from reality. Prince Ea says, “I'm so tired of performing in the pageantry of vanity, and conforming to this accepted form of digital insanity”. But how do we...
What’s the Difference Between 4G Connection and 3D Living?
hat do having a baby, getting run over by a train and catching your fingers in a mouse trap have in common? What if I throw footballing guinea pigs into the mix? Obviously there are videos of all these available on the internet. (Warning: if you...
5 Videos that Will Surely Make You Want to Spend More Hours of Your Life in Front of a Screen
et's start with a simple question: "How many hours do you spend looking at a screen?". Be honest, be clear. Count'em up. Next question, why do you do it? There will be a lot of reasons, but at the bottom it's because you are looking for happiness,...
Why Do We Ban Suffering on Facebook?
Today's video illustrates an all too common reality. To the question, "What's on your mind?" so few really answer with the truth. Losers are unpopular. Suffering doesn't fetch “likes." So why not just lie? What's the use in sharing these things if no one wants to hear...
In a World So Connected, Why Do I Feel So Alone? A video on social media and loneliness
Today's video is one of the most impressive and comprehensive videos that I have been able to find on today's greatest ailment: loneliness. It is the elephant in the room that no one speaks of... because they are all texting. We plug ourselves more and more into the...
Cyber Bullying: Another risk to bear in mind
Catholic-link.com - Here, are a few videos that shed a little light on the reality of online bullying. Facebook, Twitter, Mail, Whatsapp, Digg, a blog, messenger, and others are incredible means of communication. This means that both the good and bad reach more...