Slides used for the 2012 Diocese Of Youngstown's Office of Religious Education Evangelization and Catechesis conference day at St. Michael in Canfield -- similar to the 2012 Women's Spirituality Day workshop "Prayer: There's An App for That!"

1. Evangelization and Catechesis Conference 2012
Workshop CL2012001
Cindee Case
Diocese of Youngstown, Director,
Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry

2. • Workshop Description:
• Are you aware of the numerous websites,
applications and resources available to
deepen YOUR spirituality with technology?
Share some of your favorites as we explore
new options. Discover how the web can help
become a spiritual companion. Find resources
to use in your classroom, youth ministry
sessions, retreats and non-gathered ministries.
Catholic Social Networking? There’s an App
for that! (Sound good?)

3. SUGGESTED AGENDA
• Starting points
• Opening Prayer
• Ways to pray
• Sharing apps/websites that help with prayer
• Share online-retreat sites
• Share websites that help with daily
reminders, guiding thoughts (Prayer
Prompts)
• Share smart phone apps
• Other ideas
• Closing Prayer

4. WHY use online prayer tools?
(i.e. why this workshop?)
• Morning Prayer/ Night Prayer
• Lunchtime mini-retreats
• Daily Scripture
• Utilize time for prayer while waiting for the
cashier, DMV staff, waiting for a plane/bus,
etc.
• Use to start a class, YM gathering, meeting
• Post on website, FB, Tweet
• (Share other ideas…)

5. OPENING PRAYER – YOUTUBE VIDEO
• Open “Be Still” --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=C01lLxEo3xM&feature=related

7. • What are we working with here?

8. How do YOU like to pray?
• Music
• Meditation
• Traditional Forms
• Spiritual Reading
• We can find an app/site/resource for that.

9. Daily Readings for Mass – www.usccb.org
Responsorial Psalm Ps 8:2-3ab, 4-5, 6-7
R. (7) You have given your Son rule over the works of your hands.
O LORD, our LORD,
how glorious is your name over all the earth!
You have exalted your majesty above the heavens.
Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
you have fashioned praise because of your foes. R.
When I behold your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which you set in place?
What is man that you should be mindful of him,
or the son of man that you should care for him? R.
You have made him little less than the angels,
and crowned him with glory and honor.
You have given him rule over the works of your hands,
putting all things under his feet. R.

10. SCRIPTURAL REFLECTIONS
The Center for Liturgy at St. Louis University
http://liturgy.slu.edu/
Pick a Sunday, then check out the resources:
Praying Toward Sunday
Reading I: Isaiah 53:10-11Responsorial Psalm: 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
Reading II: Hebrews 4:14-16
Gospel: Mark 10:35-45 or 10:42-45
I ask the grace to see God's infinite love.
Spirituality for Sunday
Get to know the Readings
Music of Sunday’s Mass

11. SACRED SPACE -
HTTP://WWW.SACREDSPACE.IE/
Daily Prayer online produced by the Irish Jesuits:
• “We invite you to make a 'Sacred Space' in your
day, and spend ten minutes, praying here and
now, as you sit at your computer, with the help of
on-screen guidance and scripture chosen
specially every day.”
• Prayer, scripture, reflection questions, intercessions
– click through screen by screen as you are
ready.

12. CAN EVEN USE FOR MEETINGS
• If you are part of any Church group in which you
may need to lead prayer….some of these online
resources are perfect…let’s try using one of the
Loyola 3-minute retreats here as a group…
• Loyola 3 Minutes Retreats (I have emailed)
• http://www.loyolapress.com/3-Minute-Retreat-making-room.htm?
updatedate=10/17/2012%206:30:06%20AM&utm_campaign=3-
minute-retreat-daily-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=3min-
linkenglish

13. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
RESOURCES
HTTP://WWW.CREIGHTON.EDU/COLLABORATIVEMINISTRY/ONLINE.HTML
• Online Ignatian Retreat
• Daily reflections from/for college
students
• Stations of the Cross
• Audio retreats

14. THE ROSARY
• Online Rosary from the Cathedral of Mary Our
Queen
The pictures you'll see in this online Rosary are scenes
from the stained glass windows of the Cathedral of Mary
Our Queen (CMOQ) in Baltimore.
http://cathedralofmary.org/parish/spiritual/Marian/Rosary
• Scriptural Rosary Online
http://www.scripturalrosary.org/BeginningPrayers.html

15. PRAYER CARDS
• Don’t want to carry and pull
out traditional prayer cards?
Then use the online version at
the University of Notre Dame
•
http://pray.nd.edu/assets/11440/irishprayer.pdf
• Designed to print out, but you
do not have to!
• Example on next slide…

16. Irish Prayer
May the strength of God pilot us.
May the power of God preserve us.
May the wisdom of God instruct us.
May the hand of God protect us.
May the way of God direct us.
May the shield of God defend us.
Saint Patrick

17. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Daily Advent Reading, December 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Merton's Voice: For all God's gifts there must be in us a response of
thanksgiving and happiness and joy: but here we thank Him less by
words than by the serene happiness of silent acceptance.
Thomas Merton. Seeds of Contemplation. (Norfolk, CT: New Directions Books, 1949) p. 150
Prayer: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love
endures forever! (NRSV Psalm: 118: 1.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living
mertoninstitute.org

18. THE WORD AMONG US
• JUST added this year– online Lenten Bible Study –
• six sessions, one for each week of Lent, on PRAYER.
• Kevin Perrotta, an award-winning Catholic writer and editor,
will be leading the online discussion.
• Each session will have a five-minute video,
• and there will be a question or topic for discussion for each
day of the week.
• All materials (videos, questions, and online discussion) will be
available for free our Facebook page
facebook.com/lentbiblestudy.
• “Join us this Lent as we journey together as an online
community of Scripture readers. To find out more information
go to wau.org/lentbiblestudy “

19. LITURGY OF THE HOURS
• Liturgy of the Hours Apostolate
• http://www.liturgyhours.org/ (skip)
• This website offers daily Liturgy of the Hours Night Prayer in various
languages. The prayers are offered in Adobe Acrobat formats that print as
booklets, display on PCs and mobile devices, and 'Read Out Loud' on PCs.
• Also subscriptions services to be automatically sent to your phone.
• English language prayers:
 www.ebreviary.com offers daily Morning, Daytime, Evening
and Night Prayer, plus the Office of Readings.

20. MORE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
http://www.universalis.com/cgi-
bin/display/-600/index.htm
• Universalis Publishing was started in 1995 with the
aim of harnessing computer technology to help in
enriching the spiritual life of Christians, specifically
by making the liturgical and devotional resources of
the Catholic Church available on the new
electronic media.

21. HTTP://WWW.SHRINESF.ORG/PRAYER_MENU.HTM
• The Angelus
• The Chaplet of The Divine
• MercyThe Chaplet of Saint Rita
• The Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
• Franciscan Prayers
• Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis)
• Vespers (Evening Prayer)

22. PRAYING WITH THE SAINTS
• St. Anthony Messenger offers history, a quote, and
helpful information about the saint of each day.
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saintof
Day/default.aspx
• uCatholic offers usually a longer history on the
saint’s feast day.
http://www.ucatholic.com/category/saints/

23. PRAYING WITH IMAGES, MUSIC
• Not all prayer is “left brained”
needing to think and reflect
logically…. We also need to be in
touch with God through art,
senses and images
• Use online images
• Icons: Online catalogs – enlarge one
of the images
• Sacred Art – on sites for museums,
Cathedrals, Shrines
• ND Vision Bonus features – Models of
Faith - B&W images
(http://vision.nd.edu/Welcome_to_N
otre_Dame_Vision/Models_of_Faith.ht
ml)

24. • Picturing God – another feature on the Loyola
Press website
• http://picturinggod.ignatianspirituality.com/

25. • Praying with Music
• iTunes (search by artist)
• CatholicMusicNetwork.com ($.99)
• SpiritandSong.com (some free)
• MyCatholicVoice.com
• Videos that incorporate images and music
• YouTube (as we started this session)
• World Library Publications channel --
http://www.youtube.com/wlpjsp
• BTW – you know the Vatican is on YouTube, right?
• http://www.youtube.com/user/vatican
• As is USCCB http://www.youtube.com/user/usccb

26. Here are just a few of the top Catholic Apps for
iPhones, Androids, and Blackberries:
iPhones-
1. Catholic Calendar Universalis (free version)
The free version gives you a great liturgical calendar, the Liturgy
of Hours and the Daily Mass reading.
2. Mass Times - Catholic Church Finder (free)
By teaming up with CatholicWeb.com and
TheCatholicDirectory.com database, Mass Times helps you find
the closest parish along with Mass times (and Confession times).
New! Saint of the Day—now available on the iPhone.

27. 3. IMISSAL ($4.99)
• For iPhone and Androids, by Cantcha Inc.
• Full calendar of liturgical seasons,
• Mass readings
• Audio readings
• Daily Bible verse
• List of popular prayers
• Connects to CatholicTV of Boston
4. Answers for Catholics ($1.99)
Use this application to quickly access a Biblical verse or
subject when someone questions the reason you believe
in a certain Catholic Doctrine, Discipline or World View.

28. Androids- Catholic Mass Daily Readings (free)
This app is great! You can read any of the daily Mass
readings or listen to them on podcast, it also has a
reflection. This app also features the Liturgy of the Hours, a
Rosary, the Stations of the Cross, and a list of Catholic
Prayers.
BlackBerries- Catholic Prayer Book ($2.99)
The classics of Catholic devotional prayer offline and ready
for easy study or daily meditations. All major prayers
meticulously displayed in single screens. One button
shuffle to a new one. Perfect for study on the go or a quiet
moment when waiting in line. The prayers are entirely
rendered offline, requiring no network connection or added
data charges.

29. PRAY AS YOU GO
HTTP://WWW.PRAY-AS-YOU-GO.ORG/
• Daily prayer for MP3 players, by the Jesuit Media
Initiatives, London, England
• DL songs, prayers, reflections
• Stations of the Cross, here, too
• Mixes world music & perspectives
with scripture
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TAIZE PRAYER
• http://www.taize.fr/en_article681.html
• MPS/podcasts from Taize prayers

30. PRAYER PROMPTS/QUICKIES
Minute Meditations – obviously, short reflections – from
St. Anthony Messenger
http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Minute/de
fault.aspx
Saint of the Day – can have it emailed to you
St. Jude weekly devotionals – one or more phrases with
focus comments – from The Claretians and National
Shrine of St. Jude in Chicago
http://blog.shrineofstjude.org/category/weekly-
scriptures/weekly_devotions/

31. A thought from the Holy Father:
• "I appeal to you:
• bear witness to your faith
• through the digital world!
• Employ these new technologies
• to make the Gospel known,
• so that the Good News
• of God's infinite love for all people,
• will resound in new ways
• across our increasingly technological world!“
-- Pope Benedict XVI, May 20, 2009 General Audience

32. • Working with Children
• Our Sunday Visitor has reviewed some sites to
share
• http://www.osv.com/OSV4MeNav/TeacingCath
olicKids/TeachingLinks/tabid/221/Default.aspx
• Catechist Café - Carla in DOY- ORE
• Weekly email with link to a video or site
• http://catechistcafe.weebly.com/

33. • Write down your suggestions, along with your email
address, and then look for an email from
ccase@youngstowndiocese.org in two weeks for the
ideas shared here today.

34. • Closing Prayer –
• Taize is a special prayer form to me, and I LOVED
experiencing it in France several years ago… since I
cannot get there often enough, I can check into YouTube
for some images and chants to give me a Taize break any
time I am near a computer with internet! Enjoy with me as
you leave today – and thanks for your participation!
• (Play “Bless the Lord”)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Svh-9ohg4