Posted by admin on August 29, 2010 under 1. Media Monday | 
Welcome back to the CCMA blog!
Media Monday seeks to propose ways in which campus ministry professionals might use technology in their ministry and to start discussions about the challenges these technologies pose. My name is Katie Byrnes and I am in my seventh year as an Assistant Chaplain at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University (GO BULLDOGS!). Please email me if you have suggestions of things I should include or questions!
The beginning of a new semester brings lots of enthusiasm and new ideas. It also brings a whole new crew of frosh who need lots of attention. As we being a new semester I would like to direct your attention to an awesome resource from our friends at Busted Halo! The Freshman Survival Guide – now in its sixth year – is a fantastic resource for just about any campus. It can be downloaded as a one page PDF and is also a great introduction to this Paulist sponsored website that offers students some great resources on life as a Catholic. hhttp://www.bustedhalo.com/freshmansurvivalguide. Enjoy the new semester with your new (and returning) students!
Katie Byrnes is an Assistant Chaplain at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University.
Posted by admin on February 21, 2010 under 1. Media Monday |
We have entered once again in the Lenten wilderness and if you are like me you are looking for some meaningful way to mark the season. Last year my husband and I gave up disposable packaging for Lent. Aside from toting a mug around to all my favorite coffee shops, it also challenged us to eat in more, buy in bulk bins for items like cereal and to forgo the unnecessary packaging many of our favorite items come in. In short, it was a long Lent, but a meaningful Lent. (We also gave up caffeine one year but we have both agreed not to speak of that again!)
Lent is a powerful season made more so by the way in which we choose to mark it. Once again this year our friends at Busted Halo have given us some great food for thought with their Lenten calendar.
From the site … “But instead of chocolate, alcohol or tobacco, what if people thought of fasting, prayer and almsgiving in a broader context? What if those disciplines involved practices like reducing your dependence on electronic devices for 24 hours (fast); contemplating the 1.6 billion people in the world who have no access to electricity for a few moments (pray); and spending the extra time you’ve saved on personal interaction with someone important to you (give)? Or what if people reduced their carbon footprint for a day by using less energy (fast); then reflected for two minutes on the magnificent gift our natural environment is (pray); and finally placed $1 in a bowl they’ve set aside to collect money to be given away to a favorite charity — perhaps one that plants trees — at the end of Lent (give).”
Check out the site at http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/fast-pray-give-2010/ and chime in below with a comment about how you are marking Lent this year!
Kathleen A. Byrnes is an Assistant Chaplain at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University.
Posted by admin on November 8, 2009 under 1. Media Monday |
What happens when a boy, a girl and a blind beagle drive across America a video blog their digital pilgrimage? check out this latest installment at www.bustedhalo.com!
Looking for new ways to engage this generation of young adults, bustedhalo.com - powered bythe Paulists and under the direction of editor-in-chief Bill McGarvey, has pulled another great idea out of their hat. Currently on the site the crew visits Berkely, CA.
Check out this creative project to connect young adults at www.bustedhalo.com!
Katie Byrnes is an assistant chaplain at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University.
Posted by admin on August 31, 2009 under 1. Media Monday |
Welcome to Media Monday! My name is Katie Byrnes and I am in my sixth year as an Assistant Chaplain at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University (GO BULLDOGS!). This post will hopefully lead you to some new ideas in the realm of technology and ministry. Please email me if you have ideas of things I should include!
The beginning of a new semester brings lots of enthusiasm and new ideas. It also brings a whole new crew of frosh who need lots of attention. As we being a new semester I would like to direct your attention to an awesome resource from our friends at Busted Halo! The Freshman Survival Guide – now in its fifth year – is a fantastic resource for just about any campus. It can be downloaded as a one page PDF and is also a great introduction to this Paulist sponsored website that offers students some great resources on life as a Catholic. http://www.bustedhalo.com/features/busted-halo-freshman-survival-guide-2009/ This version is a bit shorter than in the past but no less useful – enjoy the new semester with your new (and returning) crew!
Katie Byrnes is an Assistant Chaplain at Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale University.
