Church 2.0: Social Media for Evangelization

OBJECTIVE
To explore how we can take full
advantage of social media to
“contribute to the satisfaction of
the desire for meaning, truth and
unity.”

“The new communication
technologies must be placed at
the service of the integral good
of the individual and of the whole
of humanity. If used wisely, they
can contribute to the satisfaction
of the desire for meaning, truth
and unity which remain the most
profound aspirations of each
human being.”
Pope Benedict XVI. Message for the
45th World Communications Day, 2011.

CHURCH 2.0
1. SOCIAL NETWORKING
2. PHOTOSHARING
3. VIDEOSHARING
4. GAMING

WHY USE SOCIAL MEDIA?

BECAUSE PINOY TEENS FAVOR
THE INTERNET MORE THAN TV
AND PRINT

Source: http://aboutmyrecovery.com/2009/03/26/yahoo-nielsen-first-ever-internet-habits-study-for-the-philippines/


BECAUSE 83 PERCENT OF ONLINE
PINOYS USE SOCIAL MEDIA

Source: http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/philippines


BECAUSE VISITING SOCIAL
NETWORKING SITES IS NOW THE
MOST POPULAR ONLINE ACTIVITY
IN THE PHILIPPINES

Source: http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/PH

TEN OF THE MOST VISITED WEBSITES
IN THE PHILIPPINES (AS OF 28 MAY 2011):
1) Facebook 6) Blogger
2) Google 7) Wikipedia
3) Yahoo! 8) Twitter
4) Google.com.ph 9) Sulit
5) YouTube 10) WordPress

Source: http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/PH

99 MILLION
PINOYS

MILLION
30 WITH WEB
ACCESS

24 MILLION ON
FACEBOOK
Sources: http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia/ph.htm
http://www.socialbakers.com/facebook-statistics/philippines

HOW TO USE
FACEBOOK
TO PROCLAIM
GOD'S WORD

WRITE CHRIST-CENTERED MESSAGES
ON YOUR WALL

EMBED INSPIRING AND
SPIRITUALLY-UPLIFTING PHOTOS
AND VIDEOS

POST CHURCH-RELATED AND
CHRISTIAN-THEMED LINKS

“To proclaim the Gospel through
the new media means not only
to insert expressly religious
content... but also to witness
consistently, in one's own digital
profile and in the way one
communicates choices,
preferences and judgments that
are fully consistent with the
Gospel...”
Pope Benedict XVI. Message for the

“Images are also a preaching of
the Gospel. It can express
much more than what can be
said in words, and be an
extremely effective and dynamic
way of communicating the
Gospel message.”
Pope Benedict XVI. Introduction to the "Compendium"
of the catechism of the Catholic Church, 2005.

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephencuyos

“Priests are thus challenged to
proclaim the Gospel by employing the
latest generation of audiovisual
resources (images, videos, animated
features, blogs, websites) which,
alongside traditional means, can open
up broad new vistas for dialogue,
evangelization and catechesis.”

Pope Benedict VXI. Message for the

WHY USE VIDEOS
TO PROCLAIM
GOD'S WORD

VIDEOS CAN SERVE AS
MODERN-DAY PARABLES

VIDEOS CAN COMMUNICATE
VALUES, ELICIT RESPONSE AND
STIMULATE DISCUSSION

VIDEOS CAN ENTERTAIN AND
AT THE SAME TIME COMMUNICATE
A LIFE-CHANGING MESSAGE

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