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Session 25: Beyond Communication Technology: Evangelization and Stewardship Content. What to Say and How to Say It

ICSC Monday PM

Monday Session 2:00 – 3:00 p.m

Location: Strand 13

Handout: Session 25

Speaker: Mike DiCosola
Director of Mobile Services
myParish App, Diocesan & Trinity Publications
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Moderator: Steve Homiack
 Director of Parish Stewardship
Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington

Communication is an essential parish function. Technology has made it easier to get information to parishioners through websites, email, texting and apps, but managing these tools can quickly take precedent over our mission of evangelization and stewardship. Learn tips, techniques and sources that can help you move beyond simply broadcasting information towards inspiring conversion through invitation and encounter.

Kevin J. McCarthy – Advertiser Roundtable

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Friday 2:00 – 3:15 PM

Location: Gateway 2

This workshop is for anyone who works in advertising sales and wants to bounce an idea off of their peers, share a success story or ask for much-needed advice.

Kevin J. McCarthy, advertising/marketing representative for El Observador and The Observer in Rockford, Ill.

Sr. Helena Burns – Movie Screening: Media Apostle: The Father James Alberione Story

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Friday 3:45 – 5:00 PM

Location: Grand Ballroom E

Blessed Father James Alberione, SSP, 1884-1971, was a priest from Northern Italy who had profound insight into the world of media and did much to get the Church evangelizing with the latest media technology. He founded the PaulineFamily.com, 10 congregations and institutes of bishops, priests, religious and laity–forming them in his Pauline apostolic spirituality, and calling them to be St. Paul the Apostle living today.

Sr. Helena Burns, fsp, is a member of the Daughters of St. Paul, an international congregation founded to communicate God’s Word through the media. She is finishing her M.A. in Media Literacy Education; has a B.A. in theology and philosophy from St. John’s University, NYC; studied screenwriting at UCLA and Act One, Hollywood; and holds a Certificate in Pastoral Youth Ministry.

Sr. Helena also studied at the Theology of the Body Institute, PA. She is a movie reviewer for Life Teen & The Catholic Channel–Sirius XM. She wrote and directed a documentary on the life of Blessed James Alberione  and is a co-producer on The 40 Film. She is presently writing Theology of the Body curriculum, and her daily book for young women is “He Speaks to You”. She is also a regional vocation directress for the Daughters.

Sr. Helena gives Media Literacy and Theology of the Body workshops to youth and adults all over the U.S. and Canada, and believes that media can be a primary tool for sharing God’s love and salvation. (She is a dual–not duel–citizen: AmeriCanadian.)

Barbara Yoffie – Get That Book Deal!

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Friday 2:00 – 3:15 PM 

Location: Gateway 1

You want to write a book. Not only that, but you want to see it published. If you want to go beyond the self-published route, this session will give you practical tips in presenting your book for publication by commercial publishers. We’ll have plenty of time for questions. The session will include publishers and a published author.

Barbara Yoffie accidentally became an author. Compelled by her love of saints, she began looking for a way to tell their stories. She now has more than two dozen published works to her name. She has been in Catholic education for 40 years both as a classroom teacher and a Director of Religious Education. Currently she is the Director of Religious Education at St. Clement of Rome School in St. Louis, Missouri. She presents workshops and seminars on a variety of topics and is an instructor for Paul VI Institute.