Here is an interesting article about how Roman Catholic communities are using Facebook, blogs, websites, MySpace, YouTube, podcasts, etc. to attract young people who are potentially interested in becoming priests or nuns.
I found the conclusion to the article particularly interesting:
As always, personal contact — particularly with an admired religious role model at school or church — seems to be the clincher. “The Internet is a helpful resource, but it just doesn’t replace the one-on-one, face-to-face interaction,” Alvarez said.
So along with her Facebook presence, Sister Tracey has started a monthly coffeehouse night with local bands and an open-poetry mike at her community’s bookstore in Sweetwater.
“As great as technology is, there’s still this thirst for human connection,” she said. “It’s not about having the best Web site; it’s about what that Web site can facilitate.”
I believe that the internet provides today's church with a historic opportunity .... to tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love in ways which could only have been imagined in times past. The objective of this website is to explore the various ways in which today's technology can be used to spread the gospel around the world.
