Catholic Tech Talk

Over the Christmas holiday, I had the opportunity to go back to my old church, St. Bernard, here in Wauwatosa, WI.  They have a new priest, Father Mike Barrett.  I hadn’t met Father Mike before, but I greatly enjoyed his homily and was struck in how he conducted mass.  His approach to mass got me [...]

I’m starting to see more and more good Catholic Apps out there, so many, that I’m losing track of them.  Consequently, we’re starting to create the Catholic Tech Talk Resource Pages which is a compilation of your favorite apps or church services.  Please take a look at our growing list of Catholic Apps here, http://catholictechtalk.com/mobile-apps.  [...]

If you’re a Google user like me you probably noticed what seemed to be “rapid fire” changes this past year. All of which were great changes too. Let’s take a look: Google+ – A lot of people have mistakenly approached Google+ as simply a competitor to Facebook.  In all honesty, Google+ is what Facebook has [...]

In terms of technology adoption, I’ve heard cynically stated that Catholics move ‘at the speed of church’.  Well, as John Fielding put in his comment on the last CTT blog entry, Vimeo vs. YouTube, “we Catholics are finally catching up”.  I am pleasantly surprised to see that Catholics now have two annually technology conferences available [...]

I am seeing more and more of a Catholic presence online through video sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo.  Pastor’s are posting vlogs (video blogs), youth groups are recording fun events, and there are tons of resources available to help teach the faith.  There are many things to consider when publishing video online but I [...]

I was working on a website a few years ago for a parish that had a parishioner create a complete branding of their parish name to use in stationary, on their website, and anywhere that they placed their parish name.  While designing their site, it made it incredibly easy for me to design their site, [...]

The past two weekends my wife and I traveled to visit family.  I’m a fan of traveling, but I’ve never been a fan of packing.  In addition to clothes and toiletries, now we have to be concerned with access to business stuff plus you want stuff to do.  So here’s what we took in addition to our [...]

One of the challenges hitting some web administrators is the need to provide a bilingual version of their website.  The Hispanic population is one of the fastest growing segments of the Catholic faithful and in many markets in the US its becoming a prerequisite that the church offer masses in both English and Spanish.  If [...]