Another good video resource is Speak Life, an organisation based in Eastbourne who focus on providing resources to preach the Gospel using technological solutions. One in particular is their 321 The Story of God, the World and You!, led by Glen Scrivener, which is a short 5 minute video, supplemented with a three-part video series […]
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Family Resources
Living out the ‘Domestic Church’ The reality of the corona virus for many families is that there is an increased focus on the parents to provide faith formation and opportunities to experience faith at home, since we don’t have the usual routines, such as going to weekly Mass or daily prayer in school. The Diocese […]
How to Live Stream Mass
There are not many resources out there that focus on how to live stream Mass, and I thought it might be useful to share some of the resources I have found on this topic. Fr Ian VanHeusen and Timothy Robbins discuss the technology that they are using while they live stream Mass in North Carolina […]
Who are we trying to reach?
When we are considering our approach, it’s easy to consider the people we know, the people who come to the Sunday service, week by week. However, there is a rising number of ‘nones’ in the religious landscape. This refers to people who choose ‘no religion’, ‘none of the above’ or ‘nothing in particular’ when faced […]
Opportunities in Lockdown
Daniel Wang, in his recent post “Engaging Seekers and Reaching the Unchurched“, talks about the opportunities that have arisen during this lockdown and encourages others to do the same. As Fr James shared during this week’s webinar, some parishes are rising to the current crisis and have done extraordinary things, shifting their ministries and approaches […]
The Search
An Alternative to Alpha A new resource has recently been launched, called “The Search“. This 7-part video series has a similar format to Alpha but is created in a Catholic context. It has been produced by the Augustine Institute, which already provides a wide range of resources and tools for people who are looking to […]
Lockdown Conversations
Another great idea for supporting others and reaching out in a very natural way, a priest in New Zealand is offering people the opportunity to have a conversation with a priest. Although he would do this normally in his ministry, the current situation means that he has fewer opportunities to interact in person, so he […]
Hope- Pete Greig
Pete Greig talks about how ‘Something is stirring in the UK.’ In this post, Greig says that prays are being answered; ones that had long been forgotten, and ones that are truly needed in this time of isolation. He speaks of a prayer surge, where, according to research commissioned by Tearfund and released in May […]
FOCUS online
FOCUS, the fellowship of Catholic university students in the US, recently discussed in Crux how they had moved a lot of their activities online in order to continue to support their students during this period of lockdown. Examples included online Bible study groups, using a video platform to lead the Divine Mercy Chaplet every day […]