 Vatican City (CNA) — Addressing the full Pontifical Council for Social Communications today, Benedict XVI urged its members to help communicate the teachings of the Church on the “digital continent” of the ever-changing technological landscape.
Reflecting on the role of social networking and increasingly real-time electronic communication, Pope Benedict XVI said on Thursday that "modern culture is established, even before its content, in the very fact of the existence of new forms of communication that use new languages; they use new technologies and create new psychological attitudes.”
"Effectively," he continued, the advent of new technology “supposes a challenge for the Church, which is called to announce the Gospel to persons in the third millennium, maintaining its content unaltered but making it understandable.”
Quoting John Paul II's encyclical "Redemptoris Missio" that affirms: "Involvement in the mass media, however, is not meant merely to strengthen the preaching of the Gospel. There is a deeper reality involved here: since the very evangelization of modern culture depends to a great extent on the influence of the media.”
“It is not enough to use the media simply to spread the Christian message and the Church's authentic teaching. It is also necessary to integrate that message into the 'new culture' created by modern communications," the Holy Father asserted.
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By Barbara Watkins, Review Staff Writer
 St. James the Greater Students, with vocations directory Msgr. Edward Rice and principal Karen Battaglia, display their Pennies for Priests collection boxes.
Pennies for Priests came out of some focus groups held last year, said Warren Laird, director of advancement for the school in the Dogtown neighborhood of South St. Louis.
“One was on the school in the community. It kind of grew out of that into talking about how we could support Kenrick-Glennon’s Faith for the Future campaign, Laird said.
“We presented three ideas to the students, and they really liked the Pennies for Priests. They got excited about the idea of trying to save their money by giving up different things, and scrounging around the house looking for change, and asking their parents and grandparents to contribute,” he said.
The kickoff was Sept. 16 at an all-school Mass. In one week the 132 students in kindergarten through eighth grade had raised $275.
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On Tuesday, October 20, the Archdiocese was informed of the Holy See’s announcement of the new Provision, in the form of a forthcoming apostolic constitution that will facilitate the reception into full communion with Catholic Church, of some groups from the Anglican tradition. The application of this new Provision recognizes the desire of some Anglicans (Episcopalians) to live the Catholic faith in full, visible communion with the See of St. Peter, while at the same time retaining some elements of their liturgical and spiritual traditions which are precious to them and consistent with the Catholic faith. As Cardinal William Levada stated “our communion is therefore strengthened by such legitimate diversity and so we are happy that these men and women bring with them their particular contributions to our common life of faith.”
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson welcomes this important ecumenical development and stands ready to collaborate in the implementation of the new Provision in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
Together with his brother Bishops of the United States, the Archbishop believes “this Provision, at the service of the unity of the Church, calls us as well to join our voices to the Priestly Prayer of Jesus that ‘all may be one’ (Jn 17:21) as we seek a greater communion with all our brothers and sisters with whom we share Baptism.” Archbishop Carlson remains committed to pursuing deeper unity with members of the Episcopal Church by means of dialogue in activities that advance the mission of Christ in the world and the common good of society.
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Valle 1st and 5th grade 'Rosary Partner' students visit with residents of Riverview Nursing Home.
October is the Month of the Rosary and Valle Catholic School students are praying this special devotional prayer in unique ways for very special intentions.
Every 5th grader has been partnered with a 1st grader to pray the rosary together several times this month. Each class is reciting ten Hail Mary’s daily for priests of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in this “Year of the Priest.” Class rosaries have gone home “on loan” with some students so that they may pray the rosary with their families. And, Valle 5th graders are visiting Riverview Nursing Home to recite the Rosary with the residents.
The Living Rosary was held at the Church of Ste. Genevieve on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7. Members of the parish community, including the Sodality of Mary, the pro-life group, the Knights of Columbus, and Valle School children were responsible for one decade each.
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