From the National Catholic Register:
The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists and Bishops Who Tweet has an implicit message that reminds me of the comment sometimes attributed to James Joyce — that the Catholic Church means “Here comes everybody.” Not just the Vatican, not just the bishops, not just the parish council, but everyone — for better and for worse.
And the blogosphere, increasingly, is everybody, too. Like nothing that I can think of in Church history, the blogosphere allows faithful Catholics to find each other for reciprocal inspiration, support, exchange and development of thought, sheer fellowship and for who knows what other purpose added in the last 24 hours.
As The Church and the New Media’s editor, Brandon Vogt, puts it, “a primary, defining characteristic of all new media is dialogue,” in sharp contract to the top-down format of print and film and, to a much lesser degree, radio.
One of the most compelling contributions in this book comes from Father Robert Barron (who we’ve interviewed for the Register; we have also featured his essays in print and online), who uses his website to podcast well-reasoned defenses of Catholicism. His chapter outlines the main anti-Catholic and anti-Christian arguments he encounters and could serve as a stand-alone primer in apologetics.
Father Robert Barron Appointed Rector of Mundelein Seminary today by the Archbishop of Chicago
From: Word on Fire
Fr. Robert Barron
The Archbishop of Chicago, Francis Cardinal George, announced today Father Robert Barron has been appointed Rector-President of Mundelein Seminary/University of St. Mary of the Lake. Father Barron will assume this role in July at the seminary located outside Chicago.
Full article here: https://www.wordonfire.org/WoF-Blog/WoF-Blog/May-2012/News-Father-Robert-Barron-Appointed-Rector-of-Mun.aspx