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Theological Hour at Loyola School of Theology

by on 3 August 2011 in Journeys, Social Media, Technology

This morning I gave a talk during the “Theological Hour” at the Loyola School of Theology in Quezon City. The title of my talk was “Trending: #TheWord” and it was about how to effectively utilize social media for evangelization. The main aim of my hour-long presentation was to broaden the participants’ understanding of social media [...]

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6 Must-Have iPad Apps for Catholics

by on 21 June 2011 in Evangelization, Social Media, Technology

Read books. Watch a movie. Play games. Compose music. What you can do with your iPad is almost limitless. According to the iPad’s official page, there are now more 65,000 apps for the 9.7-inch iOS device. As if that’s not enough, developers from all over the world submit more apps every single day. The more [...]

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Film and Sacraments

by on 14 April 2011 in Evangelization, Social Media, Technology

Today I facilitated a workshop on “Film and Sacraments.” The main purpose of the day-long workshop was to teach participants how to use films to teach the seven Sacraments. As instructional tools, films help to focus on the nature, meaning and purpose of each of the seven Sacraments as well as provide pertinent points for [...]

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Featured Short Film, Website and Pages

by on 25 June 2010 in Evangelization, Social Issues, Technology

This week’s roundup includes the announcement of an app which will allow priests to celebrate Mass with an iPad instead of the printed Roman Missal. Another story of note is the endeavor to translate the Bible into 6,909 languages by 2025. The newly-elected president of the Philippines has named a religious brother as his administration’s [...]

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Featured Short Film, Website and Pages

by on 18 June 2010 in Christian Video, Linux & Free Software, Technology

In this week’s roundup, we’ll see why Pope Benedict XVI considers priests as a gift for the church and for the world. If you are a Linux newbie you’ll surely find the next link useful as it shows you 5 things new users of the free operating system should know. Would you like to know [...]

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This Week’s Featured Video and Links

by on 4 June 2010 in Blogs & Books, Christian Video, Social Media, Technology

Starting today and henceforth, every Friday, I will feature videos and links that I think will be of interest to regular readers of my blog. And I encourage you to email me (stephencuyos@gmail.com) videos, links and whatnots that you think others might benefit from. In this week’s roundup, we’ll find out what CBCP Cinema has [...]

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A Webinar on New Media for Evangelization

by on 26 April 2010 in Evangelization, Social Media, Technology

About a month ago I facilitated a webinar (online seminar) for Singaporean youth communicators. The title of my presentation was “Church 2.0 – New Media at the Service of the Word”. The main objective of the one-hour presentation was to teach participants how to take advantage of new media in proclaiming the Word of God. [...]

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10 Nuns to Follow on Twitter

by on 15 December 2009 in Social Media, Technology

Last week I posted a list of ten priests who tweet. This time let’s follow these ten consecrated sisters on Twitter. The ten tech-savvy sisters use Twitter to draw people to God and to communicate His Word through the popular micro-blogging platform. These nuns represent the growing number of priests, religious and lay faithful who [...]

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Can the Real-Time Web Bring Real World Change? Can Social Networks Solve Social Problems?

by on 12 December 2009 in Social Media, Technology

Can the real-time web bring real world change? Thus asked Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as she delivered her keynote address during the Le Web tech conference a few days ago in Paris, France. She pointed out that poverty, disease and education are the big challenges facing today’s [...]

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Priests Who Tweet

by on 10 December 2009 in Social Media, Technology

Following priests on Twitter can be a stimulating experience. While their main goal is to spread God’s Word, they also tweet about their everyday experiences, their opinion on issues that affect all of us, and about other things that engage and excite their attention and curiosity. There are those who tweet their prayers. Others talk [...]

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