I have worked as a Vocations Director for over a year and I have seen some truly creative ways of promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life. But never have I thought that someone would actually use dolls as vocations promotion tools. I think using huggable dolls to foster vocations among the young is [...]
Archive | Technology
RSS feed for this section
Free Software: Minitube
The coolest thing about Minitube is it allows you to stream YouTube videos endlessly, without requiring you to install a Flash Player. Just type a keyword and then you can sit back and relax as you watch your favorite YouTube videos hassle-free. I discovered Minitube while I was browsing the newly-renovated GetDeb.net. According to its [...]
Weekend Roundup: Stunning Photos and Wallpapers, Ubuntu 9.10, Dan Brown Wanting to Meet the Pope and other Stories Worth Talking About
In this weekend’s roundup we’ll take a look at stunning photographs, heed the Pope’s call to use digital technologies to spread God’s Word, find a good reason to install Ubuntu 9.10, rule the internet with Firefox add-ons, pray for the faithful departed, discuss Dan Brown’s desire to meet the Pope and download awesome Christian wallpapers.
MSC Priests and Formands Undergo Training for Pastoral Ministry in the Digital World
From 12 until 15 October I facilitated a training for pastoral ministry in the digital world at the Communication Foundation for Asia (CFA) in Sta. Mesa, Manila. The participants were 13 MSC priests from Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. The workshops included in the four-day event were Blogging, Podcasting and Photography. Then [...]
Free Rosary Apps for Your iPhone
Can’t memorize the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary or the Apostle’s Creed or the Hail Holy Queen? Don’t have a rosary with you? Want to know how to recite the Rosary? If you are an iPhone or iPod Touch user, consider the following apps a blessing. These free apps are designed to encourage non-devotees to [...]
WEBSITE: Google for Catholics
Cathoogle is a search engine which utilizes Google’s “safe search” technology and targets Catholic users and all those who want to know more about Catholicism. It’s aim is to “provide an easy to use resource to anyone wanting to learn more about Catholicism and provide a safer way for good Catholics to search and surf [...]
How to connect to SmartBro Prepaid in Ubuntu Jaunty
A friend of mine recently bought a SmartBro Prepaid USB stick (Huawei E156C). She asked me to help her set it up. You might think that you need to be a Linux geek to configure the mobile broadband to work in Linux. It is so easy anyone who knows how to use a mouse and [...]
5 iPhone Apps for the Holy Week
If you plan to make good use of your iPhone or iPod Touch this Holy Week, you might want to install these applications: 1. Way of the Cross – contains colorful images and the traditional text of the fourteen Stations of the Cross. 2. Via Crucis – similar to the the application above, except that [...]
Follow Fr. Stephen, MSC
- Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
- Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B)
- Feast of the Sto. Niño (Year B)
- The Epiphany of the Lord (Year B)
- Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Year B)
