Saying mass, helping the needy, bringing hope to the heartbroken, inspiring others to be true to their commitments – these are but some of the many facets of a priest’s daily life shown in a video called “Fisher’s of Men”. The award-winning video is based on Jesus’ call to his first Apostles, “I will make [...]
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Finally, A Catholic Video Sharing Site
Finally, a Catholic YouTube-like video sharing site is launched today. It is called lovetobecatholic.com and its goal is to “provide a safe and entertaining place for people to access Catholic content on demand, 24/7.” It has always been a challenge to do a ministry that is both cool and relevant to those the Catholic Church [...]
The Filipino Bishops’ Video Blog
Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna. Im watching Jesus Christ Superstar for the nth time while I am writing this. I can’t help but hum that song. But there is another reason why I’m singing Hosanna – it’s the launch of CBCP’s video blog.
Yes, I’m referring to the Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines. The CBCP Media Office has recently launched its own YouTube page: www.youtube.com/cbcp. What does it offer? The Easter greeting and homily of His Eminence Cardinal Rosales. There is also a series of videos about Holy Week liturgies, customs and practices. It also offers various links to videos from other Catholic sources from the Philippines and from around the globe.
The video blog is the CBCP’s response to the Pope’s call “to make the internet as a new forum for proclaiming the Gospel.” This is a very positive move from CBCP and I hope that they will upload more videos that appeal to young people, the bulk of YouTube regulars.
If you want to download the videos and save them as .avi files so you can watch them with your favorite media player, here is how:
1. Copy the unique URL of the video. For example, the URL of the Easter Vigil homily of Cardinal Rosales is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCrVPy2FTkw
2. Go to www.vixy.net and paste the URL of the video on the blank space provided for it.
3. Choose the file format of the output. You have four choices, but I suggest you opt for the .avi format because almost all digital media players can read it.
4. After your file is converted it will prompt you to save the file in your harddisk.
Happy viewing.
I’m a PC. I’m a Mac. I’m a Linux.
You must have seen the “I’m a PC, I’m a Mac” ads. I think they are witty, well-made, and worth watching. It has become so popular that quite a number of people made parodies of the ads. A few Christian evangelists even made spoofs of the videos in GodTube too.
Linux guys are no exception. There is now what can be called the “I’m a Linux” ad campaigns. When I got wind of the news about the ads last week the first question that came to mind was “how should Linux look like or sound like?” The PC guy looks fortysomething, the Mac guy looks ten years younger. What about Linux? When I finally watched the videos, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the image they use for Linux is… you have to watch the videos to find out.
Okay, it’s a beautiful woman. The choice of a woman to portray Linux is smart as a whip. No, I am not saying that the feminine gender represents the bulk of linux users, but that the woman symbolizes the idea that Linux is unique, fresh, beautiful, and cool at the same time.
The Greatest Poverty Today
Mother Teresa says that the greatest poverty today is not material poverty. Material poverty can easily be satisfied with material things, she stresses. Being unwanted, unloved, uncared, forgotten, and lonely is a much greater poverty. Thus for her, the greatest suffering and poverty today is the torture of being unwanted and rejected.
The challenge is for us to give our attention and care to people who may feel lonely and abandoned. We can start in our own homes or in our own workplaces. It doesn’t have to be overly dramatic, it can be as simple as “hi, would you like to have coffee with me this afternoon?” There is always that somebody who needs our our time, our smile, our understanding heart. Be the reason for somebody to feel good about him/herself today.
This video is courtesy of GodTube.
GodTube
When Jesus commanded his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations, he did not restrict them to one medium of evangelization. The first apostles preached in public places or dialogued with individual persons in their private homes. Many missionaries still do that today, but hey it’s the 21st century and video-sharing is the [...]
The YouTube Archdiocese
In order to meet the needs of modern times, bishops must preach frequently and constantly, make use of the media and bear public witness to the Gospel. All this requires that bishops have firm faith, steadfast loyalty to Christ, and… YouTube accounts. Cardinal Justin Rigali has one. YouTube allows registered users to upload, view and [...]
Go Open
There are people I know who have always wanted to know more about Open Source but don’t like to read printed and online explanations. Well my friends, I have found an online video series for you. It’s called Go Open Source, a South-African 13 part tv series dedicated solely to, what else, free and open [...]
Video Seminar for Diocesan Media Directors
Twenty-six diocesan media directors from all over the Philippines came to CFA last week to attend a six-day (06-11 March) seminar on digital video production. The seminar was designed to give diocesan media directors an introduction to both the technical and artistic concepts and issues in digital video.
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