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