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Using Facebook, Twitter and the future of Fallible Blogma

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Happy new year, everyone! I want to announce a few changes to how I’ll be using FallibleBlogma.com, Facebook and Twitter this new year. I’ve been a bit busy this last week sorting some of this out, which is why it’s been so quiet.

First, I think I will be posting less “Blogma” to my personal Facebook wall. Facebook has been a valuable and effective tool for meeting so many new, wonderful and inspiring people. And it’s been a blessing to share our faith daily over a current Catholic headline, controversy or commentary. The experience has been both edifying and educational. So I thank you for that. And that will continue in many ways. However, now that so many of my close family and friends are also on Facebook and using it regularly, I want to make my relationships with them the priority that they are. [Keep Reading]

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Quote: How is your desire for ‘virtual connectedness’ these days?

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“If the desire for virtual connectedness becomes obsessive, it may in fact function to isolate individuals from real social interaction while also disrupting the patterns of rest, silence and reflection that are necessary for healthy human development.” – Pope Benedict XVI (Message for 43rd World Communications Day)

Profoundly insightful on two fronts: [Keep Reading]

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Is Social Media technology helping or hurting real-world relationships?

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There is no doubt social media has fundamentally changed how the world communicates and interacts with one another. Some welcome it as a gift from God to more effectively communicate. Others are more cautious. Still others are doing everything to resist it.
But one thing is for seemingly certain: It’s here to stay. [...]

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Catholic New Media Awards

Fallible Blogma has been nominated for a number of categories in the Catholic New Media Awards this year including:

People’s Choice Blog
Best Blog by a Man
Best Written Blog
Most Informative Blog
Most Entertaining Blog

So if you think it is any of those things…please go vote!  I would really appreciate it!  (you have to login real quick, but it’s [...]

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Seminar for Catholic Leaders: The web and social media

I am teaming up with Josh Simmons, of eCatholicChurches, to do a tour of FREE eMinistry Seminars.  If you or your parish, diocese, school or organization are interested in learning about how to best leverage the web and social media within the Church, this seminar will be helpful.
Whether you are totally new to the web [...]

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