Jonathan F. Sull ivanDirector of Catechetical ServicesDiocese of Springfi eld in I l l inois
WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE TEXTING: INCARNATION &
SACRAMENT IN AVIRTUAL WORLD
#VirtualFaith
TWEET ALONG WITH THE HASHTAG
Col lect, The Nativity of the Lord (At the Mass during the Day)
OPENING PRAYER
Farming Digital DirtOnline Faith
Practices: What’s Going On?
Challenges to Catholic Practice
Bridging “Physical Faith” and “Virtual Faith”
Q&A
OUTLINE
FARMING DIGITAL DIRT
Simulating Real LifeVirtual farmingVirtual prayer?
Community and Communion Online
FARMING DIGITAL DIRT
ONLINE FAITH PRACTICES:
WHAT’S GOING ON?
Faith Resources Online
Online Faith Communities
Prayer in Cyberspace
Broadcast of “Live” Services
“Digital Church”
ONLINE FAITH PRACTICES
CONTINUUM OF PARTICIPATION
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CHALLENGES TO CATHOLIC PRACTICE
Enlightenment vs. Catechism
CHALLENGES TO CATHOLIC PRACTICE
I think,therefore I am.
The human body shares in the dignity of “the image of God”: it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul…The unity of soul and body is so profound that one has to consider the soul to be the “form” of the body: i.e., it is because of its spiritual soul that the body made of matter becomes a living, human body; spirit and matter, in man, are not two natures unified, but rather their union forms a single nature.
CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, NO. 364-365
Enlightenment vs. Catechism
Temporary, Mutable Avatars
What is “Participation?”
“Virtual” Sacraments?
CHALLENGES TO CATHOLIC PRACTICE
BRIDGING“PHYSICAL” FAITH &
“VIRTUAL” FAITH
Cultivate Online Communities
Invite Digital Faithful to Participate in Person
Stress Importance of Physical Symbols
BRIDGING “PHYSICAL” FAITH & “DIGITAL” FAITH
Q&A