What’s our story? A Handbook for all who works in the Catholic Media

by | Apr 23, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Evangelization, Francis de Sales, Publications

23 April 2021 This is a spiritual handbook, aimed at providing guidance and spiritual nourishment for all those who find the Catholic media to be their vocation. The handbook, which features the patron saint of Journalists, St Francis De Sales on the front cover, seeks to explain to everyone who works in the Catholic media the dignity of their vocation and their own special spirituality. It helps share some of the background of the patrons of Catholic Media and includes suitable prayers relevant to this profession and gives a special emphasis to the patron saint of publishers & editors, Don Bosco. Another key inclusion is the chapter wherein words of encouragement from several authors who have had rich journalistic careers working as members of the Catholic Media, as well as explaining their passion for their vocation. These authors are from around the Australasian region and feature a piece written by Fr Frank Freeman SDB, the author, as well as Fr Ambrose Pereira SDB, a prolific writer and avid formator of Salesian Media projects from the Papua New Guinea & Solomon Islands province. Fr Frank Freeman SDB, Editor of the Australian Salesian Bulletin, has spent the past 15 years investigating...

Way of Light – good idea for our Easter journey

by | Apr 20, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Evangelization, FREE Catholic resources, Hope

The Way of the Cross has already spread around the Catholic Church throughout the world for centuries and become ‘a must’ even for any small out-station, mission station in the bush. But there is also the 33-year-old ‘Way of Light’ – one of the finest visible fruits of the Salesian Charism. It originated in one of the lay groups of the Salesian Family – ‘The Witnesses of the Risen Lord’ (TR) – in 1988, on the occasion of Don Bosco’s 100th anniversary of his death and the first art-pieces of the 14 stations can be found in the Catacombs of St Callixtus (Rome) or at Colle Don Bosco (Becchi, Italy).        The Via Lucis (Way of Light) has already spread around the Salesian Family in all continents, but we don’t find many ‘life size’ presentations of its stations that help us to pray this wonderful ‘devotion’. Former provincial of Southern Africa (AFM – South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini), Fr Francois Dufour) is among the enthusiastic advocates of ‘Via Lucis’. After he published the ‘African version’ in 1998 (Johannesburg), they found their way to other African provinces even beyond the Salesian family. And now you may it find...

Understanding the “Nones” and How to Reach Them – Word on Fire Institute

by | Mar 26, 2021 | a current event, Accompaniment, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Evangelization, Events / Calendar, Online Course

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Bullivant’s new 7-week course on the sociology of religious unaffiliation called Understanding the “Nones” and How to Reach Them is starting on Monday, March 22, 2021! Understanding the “Nones” and How to Reach Them A brand new 7-week video course on the sociology of religious unaffiliation by Dr. Stephen Bullivant We are pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Bullivant’s new 7-week course on the sociology of religious unaffiliation called Understanding the “Nones” and How to Reach Them just started inside the Word on Fire Institute! Join Bishop Barron, Dr. Stephen Bullivant, and more than 17,000 evangelists from around the world at https://wordonfire.institute.  START COURSE  Login WordOnFire.org  |  WordOnFire.Institute  |  Privacy  |  Contact Copyright © 2021 – Word on Fire Catholic...