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Catholic Information Solution
Catholic Business Mission
One service that a Catholic can do for others on the
Net is to provide information solutions to questions
about the Catholic faith. For those who are interested
in this endeavour, one helpful thing is to invest on
the Catholic education you have already received.
As you go on along in this endeavour, you may be
interested to add on to what you already know of
the Catholic faith through the ongoing seminars
in your parish or through books and periodicals
you will be able to study in the process.
For those interested in formal courses, there are theology schools that offer short courses for audit. This you can take and not necessarily pursue a degree but which you can engage in to have more advanced training in theology or spirituality. It is wise to pick a good theology school. When distance permits, enrol in a Catholic university that is pontifical in status. This way, your studies will be in line with what the Church Magisterium holds as true. At the same time, you may wish to engage in a parish ministry. Or you may want to join a lay association that is affiliated with a religious congregation or order. Being in community, aside from the family, would be a good ideal to pursue. This will help us broaden our perspectives because we shall learn a spirituality or a "pathway to God" that can help us learn more of Christ and our faith. Being on the Net is simple. All you need is a desktop that would help you get online. For starters, a dial-up connection would be economical. And, if you will begin to build the Catholic presence online, you can do so via a web log or blog, or by building a web site. Using a blog would be easier as this need not involve knowing the basic language of the Net, HTML. You can use the search engines to search for whatever free blog host that would interest you. This web site is networked with several blogs. You can check them out at Catholic Blogs . If you are interested to build a web site, then this needs more study. It is best to study with the help of others in lists. RCWebAuthors is a list which can help you learn the basics of becoming a Catholic author on the Net. As you learn from the list, you can then build your web site. There are many web sites that give free hosting. You can again use the search engines to find the free web hosting that interests you. As you proceed in making a Catholic presence online, the road may be rough and rather tough. However, the knowledge you gain and the wisdom you discover from reflecting on the experience and in your prayer moments will fuel your interest and keep you going. What is important is that you never give up and you keep on praying to the Holy Spirit to guide you and strengthen you in your Christian journey on the Net. Once you find the process of learning rewarding, then you can study SEO so that you can land in the mainstream of the Internet industry. A good SEO list to subscribe to is SEO Techniques. The list gives solid ethical search engine optimization techniques that will help you land in the top ten of the search engines. To help you in your journey, you can use the resources of this web site. You can click on the links on the second right-hand column to purchase any item that will help you in writing a blog or building a web site. You can also check on the articles of this web site for articles that will guide you in writing Catholic blogs and Catholic articles. Click on Search Site to find any resource or reference you might want to search on the site. After being online for quite awhile, you may want to earn funds so that you can continue providing Catholic information solutions to others on the Net. A way to do so is through associate and affiliate programs. An example of the associate and affiliate programs entered into by this web site are found in Directory of Affiliates. What is important is that what we do is not for the sake of profit alone but for the greater glory of God: to serve the Lord and to support the universal Catholic mission by being an information solutions provider of the Catholic faith on the Net. Let us always be encouraged by the John Paul II's, famous statement from Scripture, "Be not afraid." Some practical and spiritual matters to consider before embarking on this venture and during the process of building the blog or web site itself:
Dennis-Emmanuel Cabrera
September 13, 2005 [revised July 23, 2006] |
