My radio guest this week was Brian Barcaro from 4Marks and CatholicMatch.com. Brian is the co-founder of Acolyte, LLC an Internet software development and Management Company. Through is work with Acolyte Brian was also involved with the co-founding of 4marks.com a social networking platform for Catholics as well as CatholicMatch.com the largest online singles community for Catholics.Our topic was Catholics and Social Networking. We looked at popular websites like Facebook and MySpace, spoke of the advantages and disadvantages of this technology, and also cited Church documents on the use of the internet as a powerful and positive tool for humanity. Brian is available to talk to families and large groups on the pros and cons of today’s technology through the 4Marks website on topics like...
"Understanding a MySpace Culture"
"The Internet & the Church "
"Real Teachers in a Virtual World"
"Does love exist online?"
RESOURCES TO FIND AT 4MARKS.COMIf you are interested in having Brian speak, please contact Dan Flaherty at 888.605.3977x6 or dan@goacolyte.com
CHURCH SOURCES WE CITED
"The Internet causes billions of images to appear on millions of computer monitors around the planet. From this galaxy of sight and sound will the face of Christ emerge and the voice of Christ be heard? For it is only when his face is seen and his voice heard that the world will know the glad tidings of our redemption. This is the purpose of evangelization. And this is what will make the Internet a genuinely human space, for if there is no room for Christ, there is no room for man." - Pope John Paul II, Message for the 36th World Communications Day
“Man’s genius has with God’s help produced marvelous technical inventions from creation, especially in our times. The Church, our mother, is particularly interested in those which directly touch man’s spirit and which have opened up new avenues of easy communication of all kinds of news, of ideas and orientations.” - Pope Paul VI, Inter Mirifica
OTHER SOURCES
The Church and the Internet
Ethics in the Internet, 2002
2 comments:
Hey Bill-
Going to be talking about the 4 marks of the church on Sunday with our new RCIA group. It promises to be a good year!
Peace!
Wendy
Like the four winds and the four gospels! The four marks are like four legs on which the altar of God stands! Blessings on the newbies as they enter into the Mystery. I know they'll find a worthy guide in you, Wendy!
Peace,
Bill
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