tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post389722453373996506..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Ruini: Blog for ChristFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-81384733908831271762007-11-05T08:26:00.000+00:002007-11-05T08:26:00.000+00:00You are doing that.You are doing that.Chateaubriandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352900539994729192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-41807381310563900962007-10-30T20:41:00.000+00:002007-10-30T20:41:00.000+00:00The public I seek is not for myself but for Christ...The public I seek is not for myself but for Christ, to "make him better known and better loved", as the founder of our order of religious Brothers devoted to working with young people, Fr. Jean-Marie De La Mennais (Breton priest, 1780-1820) said.Bro. Jim Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360776686118548828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-79105652055052995332007-10-30T20:11:00.000+00:002007-10-30T20:11:00.000+00:00ANON, I am sure you are right, but why do you read...ANON, I am sure you are right, but why do you read them then?Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-78850762451655070132007-10-30T19:38:00.000+00:002007-10-30T19:38:00.000+00:00Blogging gives obscurantist wishful thinkers a pub...Blogging gives obscurantist wishful thinkers a public that otherwise would not exist. It is largely a self-serving enterprise and draws attention to people who otherwise would be passed by on the other side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-90447626551637852592007-10-29T23:11:00.000+00:002007-10-29T23:11:00.000+00:00As a reasonably young religious (39) I agree entir...As a reasonably young religious (39) I agree entirely with the cardinal's thoughts. Reaching out to young people is at the essence of my vocation as a teaching Brother, so it seemed just a natural extension of that ministry to set up a MySpace page and more recently a Facebook page where I communicate with former pupils, 6th formers, staff colleagues... as well as family and friends. I also have my own web site to advertise my congregation and put news about school chaplaincy activities. All of these have given me opportunities to evangelise and have brought me into contact with people I otherwise would never have known and with whom I have become good friends.<BR/><BR/>Our Superior General in Rome is likewise convinced of the importance of using new technology for the benefit of the Church. Recently he asked me to help him set up a blog which we hope will soon become a forum (in French... but more and more messages are getting translated into English + Spanish) for Brothers and lay people to discuss issues and share practice.Bro. Jim Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360776686118548828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-39359711221766252502007-10-29T20:10:00.000+00:002007-10-29T20:10:00.000+00:00I couldn't agree more with what Cardinal Ruini sai...I couldn't agree more with what Cardinal Ruini said in encouragement of Catholic blogs.<BR/><BR/>I have seen for myself the technology of the internet develop.<BR/><BR/>Forty years ago, we lived largely in ingnorance of what was going on in the Church<BR/><BR/>And that was not a good thing.<BR/><BR/>Nowadays, we know almost instantly what is going on, and who said what to whom, and why, and can share this information with others of like mind in a public forum.<BR/><BR/>On the whole, this is a good thing.<BR/><BR/>When printing was invented in the fifteenth century, the Church (in common with several nation states, who saw printing as a subversive activity,) was perhaps slow off the mark to make use of the new technology.<BR/><BR/>That must not happen this time.<BR/><BR/>Oh, it has never been easier to spread lies, pornography, etc., than it is today via the internet.<BR/><BR/>But it has never been easier to disseminate the Truth.Dr. Peter H. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955402188119575105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-62411306458384618492007-10-29T20:07:00.000+00:002007-10-29T20:07:00.000+00:00I only discovered the EWTN site a few days ago and...I only discovered the EWTN site a few days ago and have enjoyed reading the questions and answers available there. I have found the answers to several questions, too minor to bother a priest with. however I now find there is another site telling us to be wary of the contents as it has become too 'modernist.' I am very confused! Can anyone please advise me? I suppose what we need is a surfing equivalent of the old 'imprimatur' especially as there do seem to be many sites which are definitely anti-catholic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-6828102820541886302007-10-29T17:31:00.000+00:002007-10-29T17:31:00.000+00:00I think this is a good idea. Parishes could reach ...I think this is a good idea. Parishes could reach out to their local lapsed and others through a blog or website that carries free tracts or information.<BR/>I have learned so much from sites like EWTN and Catholic Answers.WhiteStoneNameSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817511811745085749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-75684299827056238202007-10-29T11:07:00.000+00:002007-10-29T11:07:00.000+00:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com