• I am going to facilitate a digital video production workshop later this month. Part of the preparation I am doing is hopping from one videosharing site to another to find videos that I could use to inspire participants to create entertaining yet insightful productions. The following are five music videos that I found to be extremely creative, entertaining and meaningful. I am sure they will keep the creative juices of the workshop participants flowing. SOUR (Hibi no Neiro) L'homme 100... more »
  • The following are homilies, images, clipart, videos, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus tells a parable of a man who has two sons. The younger son demands his share of his inheritance and goes off to squander all his money to the point that he has to take work as a swineherd. When he comes to his senses he decides to return home. Upon his arrival, his father greets him with open arms. REA... more »
  • The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Third Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus told a parable about a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard. Seeing that it hasn't borne fruit, the owner said to the gardener to cut the tree down. But the gardener asked the owner to leave the tree for a year and give it a chance to bear fruit. READINGS FIRST READING: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 PSAL... more »
  • The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Second Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While Jesus was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. And a voice from the cloud said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” READINGS FIRST READING: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 PSALM: Ps 27:1, 7-8, 8-9, 1... more »
  • Spiritual retreats are moments for reflection, meditation and prayer. While it is ideal to make a spiritual retreat with a spiritual director in a retreat house, it is possible to make one online. Online retreats are designed to facilitate busy people to experience God's grace in the midst of their hectic lives. The following is a list of online retreats made especially for the Season of Lent. All you need to do is to follow the guides and resources provide for each day/week. You also need to... more »
  • The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the First Sunday of Lent (Year C). In this Sunday's Gospel, Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights in the wilderness. Then the devil appeared to Jesus and tempted him. Jesus refused each temptation and once the temptations were over, the devil departed. READINGS FIRST READING: Dt 26:4-10 PSALM: Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 SECOND READING: Rom 10:8-13 GOSPEL: Lk ... more »
  • Today is Ash Wednesday and today is the start of the forty-day Season of Lent. As I have said in my previous post, Lent is about radical conversion – leaving behind our old ways of being and doing in order to become like Christ. Here are forty practical suggestions on how to make a radical conversion this Season - by doing a loving act each day of Lent. 1. Forgive someone who has hurt you deeply. 2. Say thanks to a tricycle/jeepney/bus driver. 3. Read the Bible. 4. Write a love lette... more »
  • I gave the following presentation last Saturday at the St. Scholastica's College in Manila. The audience were mostly parents of high school students. The main premise of the talk is that online social networks, such as Facebook, Multiply and Twitter, have their advantages and usefullness but porn and other inappropriate content are also lurking on the world wide web. Thus young people do not only need to be safe and smart online but also have to develop a greater sense of responsibility in their... more »
  • The music video begins with these words: "There's a little black spot on your head today. I guess it must mean today is Ash Wednesday. And we enter a time when we will give things up. For some it's so easy but for me it's tough." The title of the video is "This Time of Forty Days" and it is a funny take on Ash Wednesday in particular and on Lent in general. Its upbeat melody is borrowed from The Police's "King of Pain". According to its uploader, the video aims "to inject some mu... more »
  • Gloria.tv aims to be "a Catholic pulpit on the internet." Aside from the usual news and entertainment clips, the site also offers videos on catechesis, mission, liturgy, vocations, pilgrimages, Mary, the saints and other content of particular interest to Catholics. Gloria.tv encourages Catholics worldwide to upload parish events, homilies and other Catholic content to its site. Like other popular videosharing sites, Gloria.tv allows the embedding of its videos on other people's websites. ... more »
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Fr. Stephen Cuyos is a Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) priest, who blogs about his faith and ministry, about the use of new technologies and social media for evangelization, as well as his advocacy for Linux and Free/Open Source Software.

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