A Guild of Catholic Bloggers: We are writing to you so that our joy may be complete
Well, this gave a me a tingle of excitement, however, you’ll probably only share this with me if you’re a Catholic blogger.
The recent news that Catholic bloggers have been invited to meet with Church representatives in Rome, has prompted the Reluctant Sinner to float the idea of a guild of Catholic bloggers.
Here’ some of what he said:
For a few months now a thought has been popping into my head, namely that it would be good to create a special Guild of Catholic Bloggers. Seeing how much today’s Church is enriched by the creativity, witness and even the prophetic role of those who blog, maybe Catholic bloggers would like to meet up now and again to discuss their work, pray and attend Mass. One way of uniting those of us who share our faith on the blogosphere could be through the creation of a new Catholic guild, with the purpose of strengthening our faith, mission and desire to serve the Church?
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The proposed Guild for Catholic Bloggers would need active members and a few officers – chair, secretary and treasurer – so would have to be limited to those bloggers from this country (UK), or those able to travel to Britain. The officers shouldn’t need to volunteer too much time, especially seeing that many bloggers are already kept busy what with day jobs and their blogs! The Guild might also wish to find a president, and a chaplain to celebrate its annual Mass – Fr Tim Finigan has already kindly agreed to do this. Maybe, as a motto, the Guild could use these words from 1 John 1:4, “et haec scribimus vobis ut gaudium nostrum sit plenum” (We are writing to you so that our joy may be complete)?
I think this is an absolutely fantastic idea and it has really heartened me. If you feel the same, then do hop over to the Reluctant Sinner and leave your comments of support, interest and ideas.
UPDATE: There’s now an article in the Catholic Herald dedicated to this proposal.
Tags: Church Life, Internet & Technology
April 12th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
I’m in if the definition of catholic is broad!
April 12th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
In hoc signo vincesâ€
No problem with free associations of this type as long as it does not impose censorship of the ‘all on message’ agenda on its members.
April 12th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
I dunno. I think it should be at the diocesan level…..but that’s just me.
April 13th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
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