In face growing claims that Catholic education has become outdated and has failed to adopt more appealing methods to attract the youth to Christianity, many in the Catholic church are calling for innovative and modern solutions youngsters can relate to. Catholic education begins at an early age so it is vital to keep up with the times and adapt Catholic education to what they know and love.
Jerusalem.com has recently launched its new iPad app, an accuartley sacled 3D virtual tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem - Where many millions believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. With advanced graphics and emphasis on ambiance and music, it is engaging and moving - It’s like actually being there, only better!
"By utilizing and configuring 3D gaming technology, we've produced an unparalleled never before seen endeavour - the possibility to feel, freely walk around and learn about Jerusalem and its holy Christian sites, from anywhere in the world" says Igal Lichtman, a long time entrepreneur with many successful investments (see ‘InternetDominion.com’ for details).
The 3D virtual tour uses the extremely popular 3D gaming environment to create an absorbing way for the younger generation to learn about the story of the last days of Jesus in Jerusalem. It is a true to life 3D world which conveys the atmosphere of the site, without the noise and confusion of the crowds.
Fully narrated with HD video, HD photographs, explanations and information on its history and story that lies behind the Holy Sepulchre Church – Jesus’ destiny and sacrifice in the Holy city. The 3D tour is suitable and enjoyable for all ages and everyone can find the Jerusalem closest to their hearts.
Jerusalem.com is the initiative of a team of young artists, developers and researchers who live and understand this modern world of global technology. Jerusalem.com was founded in 2012 by Igal and Michal Lichtman, who appointed Segev Shilton as CEO. With the objective of bringing Jerusalem to everyone in the world, transcending geographical, political and religious boundaries, Jerusalem.com is dedicated to use this $1,500,000 USD investment to fuse technology and faith and bring something new, unique and positive to the world.
Sisters of St. Joseph Tweet Daily Connecting Life and Faith
Faith doesn't stop when Catholics leave Mass every Sunday. They live it every day by participating in social justice work in their community, praying at home, and sharing their faith in small Christian communities.
This treasury of prayers, now released on Kindle, will help you go to the Lord with courage and pray to receive God's grace.
Sometimes, the Pope said of prayers and devotions, one goes to the Lord "to ask something for someone;" one asks for a favor and then goes away. "But that," he warned, "is not prayer," because if "you want the Lord to bestow a grace, you have to go with courage and do what Abraham did, with that sort of tenacity."
This comprehensive treasury of Catholic prayer includes everyday prayers, devotionals, how to pray the rosary, litanies, the Stations of the Cross, Eucharistic prayers, prayers to prepare for confession, prayers to the saints, Marian prayers, family prayers, and more.
Always doing the work of Church and faith, the two Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Joan Mitchell and Therese Sherlock, who publish Sunday by Sunday, SPIRIT for Teens are social.
Every day at 10:15 Catholic homeschoolers and religious education workers tune into Twitter for #OurCatholicFaith—a daily series of teen-friendly Catholic doctrine and questions about faith. The SPIRIT4Teens.com blog addresses the big issues raised in each week's gospel and relates them to a teenager's daily life. The SPIRIT Xtra YouTube playlist features popular music videos that relate faith to real life.
Sister Joan also Tweets daily at noon excerpts from her Sunday by Sunday gospel reflection and blogs about faith and social justice at KeepingFaithToday.com. For the more visually faithful, Good Ground Press created a beautiful set of Pinterest boards that feature books by all the http://csjstpaul.org/ and their art embodied in religious greeting cards.
Pope Benedict XVI joined Twitter June 29, 2011 saying "Dear Friends, I just launched www.news.va. Praised be our Lord Jesus Christ! With my prayers and blessings, Benedictus XVI." Sister Joan joins Pope Benedict XVI in Tweeting daily about Lent by suggesting simple activities to live faith during this holy season, "Today for #Lent: Visit a shut-in" and "Today for #Lent: Visit a church you pass regularly."
While Catholics are not avid readers of online religious materials per CARA, Good Ground Press hopes to catch the attention of people surfing on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest in hopes of sparking their interest in faith sharing.
An advocate of faith sharing in small groups, Sister Joan's new book, Mark's Gospel, the Whole Story is for individuals, bible study groups, and small Christian communities that want to use its simple tools, become active bible readers and explore the revealing patterns of the whole gospel. For Catholics and other faiths who follow the common lectionary cycle, the year 2012 is the year of Mark, Cycle B, in the Church's cycles of scripture readings. Mark's gospel is first to be written and the closest to oral traditions.
Good Ground Press publishes gospel-centered Catholic resources to draw people in to reflecting together, opening their faith lives to nourish one another, and sustaining one another in their commitments to the gospel work of mercy and justice.
This treasury of prayers, now released on Kindle, will help you go to the Lord with courage and pray to receive God's grace.
Sometimes, the Pope said of prayers and devotions, one goes to the Lord "to ask something for someone;" one asks for a favor and then goes away. "But that," he warned, "is not prayer," because if "you want the Lord to bestow a grace, you have to go with courage and do what Abraham did, with that sort of tenacity."
This comprehensive treasury of Catholic prayer includes everyday prayers, devotionals, how to pray the rosary, litanies, the Stations of the Cross, Eucharistic prayers, prayers to prepare for confession, prayers to the saints, Marian prayers, family prayers, and more.
Rosary Multi-Touch iPad E-Book
UpWord Studios Launches The Rosary Multi-Touch eBook on iTunes, Bringing Together Catholic Teachings and New Media Functionality
One of the first multi-touch ebooks available on iTunes, the inaugural project of non-profit UpWord Studios offers a fresh example of how digital technology is being applied to serve the Catholic community
One of the first multi-touch ebooks available on iTunes, the inaugural project of non-profit UpWord Studios offers a fresh example of how digital technology is being applied to serve the Catholic community
UpWord Studios (http://www.upwordstudios.org), a non-profit organization that supports and funds the creation of Catholic new media, today launched The Rosary multi-touch ebook on iTunes. As one of the first interactive digital books available on iTunes, this inaugural project by UpWord Studios demonstrates how digital technology can enhance religious teachings and practice in the Catholic Church and other religious denominations.
Working with content licensed from ACTA Publications, Loyola Press, and Carrick Ministries, The Rosary was designed to serve as a participative praying and teaching aid for the iPad. It can be utilized by everyone from ministers and educators to laypeople and non-Catholic seekers to learn how to fully experience praying the rosary, which is one of the most popular of all Catholic devotions.
The Rosary multi-touch ebook features:
Interactive content, including embedded graphics, video, and audio
Animations and dynamic diagrams that change with touch gestures
Flash cards and glossary
Interactive quizzes
This Multi-Touch ebook also leverages the iPad feature set, including landscape and portrait modes, pinch-to-zoom, color highlight and annotation, and digital notes.
“Today’s technologies like the iPad’s digital books enable people to learn about, participate in, and share Catholic teachings with greater involvement and effectiveness,” said Fred Fosnacht, founder of UpWord Studios. “We’re pleased to work with ACTA, Loyola Press and Carrick Ministries to deliver The Rosary as our first Catholic new media project, and to bring an innovative and important new tool to the experience of learning about and praying the rosary.”
UpWord Studios’ project pipeline includes work with a variety of collaborators on Catholic new media initiatives, including:
iPhone and iPad apps
Interactive games
Webcasts and live video streaming
Podcasts and videocasts
Virtual event experiences
Online communities
Pricing and Availability
The Rosary multi-touch ebook is now available for download on the iTunes store for US$14.99.
Catholic Summer Reading Program Underway
Local owned and nationally recognized Catholic bookstore Aquinas and
More Catholic Goods (www.aquinasandmore.com) has announced the winners
of its annual Catholic Summer Reading Program.
The program officially launched June 15, and held two weeks of voting for Catholic readers to choose their favorite titles in two categories of books, Adult and Teen.
“The purpose of our Catholic Summer Reading Program is to keep Catholics reading and engaged with their faith during the summer vacation season, to expose them to new titles in all genres, and also to the Catholic novel – something that is becoming a rarity”, said Ian Rutherford, President of Aquinas and More.
The program features downloadable discussion guides for the winners, flyers that Catholic retailers can download and use in their stores, and much more. Parishes can even can use them to start up summer reading groups. There is also a suggested reading list for kids, complete with coloring pages.
This years' winners from the Adult Category include: “At the Heart of the Gospel”, a non-fiction work by Christopher West, who is an expert on John Paul II's Theology of the Body; “Christopher”, a novel about a potential convert by David Athey, and “The Power and the Glory” by Graham Greene, which is
especially timely considering the release of the movie “For Greater Glory.”
Teen Category winners include perennial favorites: “The Screwtape Letters”, by C.S. Lewis, “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien, and “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen.
“Our program is a reminder that summer reading can actually be a fortifier for your soul instead of just a distraction for your mind. Many Catholics will find what we offer to be more accessible than some other alternatives which can be more time and commitment intensive.”, said Rutherford.
You can find all the information you need to get started at (www.catholicsummerreading.com). There is also a forum available for Catholics to discuss the books at (www.catholicbookdiscussion.com).
Aquinas and More Catholic Goods is the largest Catholic store on-line and was the first Catholic on-line store to offer digital media for sale and the first to offer its own line of e-books.
The program officially launched June 15, and held two weeks of voting for Catholic readers to choose their favorite titles in two categories of books, Adult and Teen.
“The purpose of our Catholic Summer Reading Program is to keep Catholics reading and engaged with their faith during the summer vacation season, to expose them to new titles in all genres, and also to the Catholic novel – something that is becoming a rarity”, said Ian Rutherford, President of Aquinas and More.
The program features downloadable discussion guides for the winners, flyers that Catholic retailers can download and use in their stores, and much more. Parishes can even can use them to start up summer reading groups. There is also a suggested reading list for kids, complete with coloring pages.
This years' winners from the Adult Category include: “At the Heart of the Gospel”, a non-fiction work by Christopher West, who is an expert on John Paul II's Theology of the Body; “Christopher”, a novel about a potential convert by David Athey, and “The Power and the Glory” by Graham Greene, which is
especially timely considering the release of the movie “For Greater Glory.”
Teen Category winners include perennial favorites: “The Screwtape Letters”, by C.S. Lewis, “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien, and “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen.
“Our program is a reminder that summer reading can actually be a fortifier for your soul instead of just a distraction for your mind. Many Catholics will find what we offer to be more accessible than some other alternatives which can be more time and commitment intensive.”, said Rutherford.
You can find all the information you need to get started at (www.catholicsummerreading.com). There is also a forum available for Catholics to discuss the books at (www.catholicbookdiscussion.com).
Aquinas and More Catholic Goods is the largest Catholic store on-line and was the first Catholic on-line store to offer digital media for sale and the first to offer its own line of e-books.
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