What do you get when you combine social networking, such as Facebook, and outreach for new vocations? How about VocationMatch. It is the Year of the Priest, and while our prayers for vocations our always needed, some in the Church have added a technological approach as well.
RomeReports.com has the details:
“Friend” Pope Benedict on Facebook? That’s one way to encourage vocations.
We’re expecting a lot of new visitors today and over the next week as we are finished with our “soft launch” phase and fully into formal, grand opening launch! We’ve contacted thousands by e-mail and social networking sites since yesterday since Saturday. So, if this is your first visit to RealCatholicBlog, or if you haven’t been back in a few weeks since our soft opening, and want to get to know us better, feel free to visit our very first post, a welcome statement, from our first day, July 31. Additionally, be sure to check out the entire blog, including our About page, Blog Contributors page, and About RealCatholic/Ave Maria at the top of the home page to get a further sense of our mission, history and background.
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