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Click here to download the 2008 HORIZON No. 2 Winter edition. Theme: Communications. Read more...

Go pro: work effectively with a communications staff

By Jean Dennison

Vocation ministers can stretch their communications dollars and get more impact out of their efforts when they team up with a communications professional. Read more...

Tap your Web site's potential

By Anne Boyle

A strong Web site with fresh, ever-changing content is essential in vocation ministry. Careful planning, good design and vigorous marketing are among the secrets to success. Read more...

Four secrets to great presentations

By Steve Hegele

Connect better and communicate better with these tips from a presentation expert. Read more...

Help the media to help you

By Karen Katafiasz

Your community is doing good things, and you want the public to know. Here are valuable tips for working with the media to get positive stories circulating. Read more...

Anatomy of a news release

Anatomy of a news release

By Carol Schuck Scheiber

See the elements that you need for a successful news release. Read more...

How instant messaging enhances my ministry

By Sr. Andrea Westkamp S.M.I.C.

Instant messaging can be an ideal tool for communicating with discerners. In spite of its name, it actually allows for deliberate, un-hurried, thoughtful dialogue. Read more...

Present your community to the world with Internet video and audio

By Sr. Judy Zielinski O.S.F.

With podcasting, religious communities have a vast and low-cost resource for sharing their good news. Read more...

Book notes: Faith guidance from Hollywood?

By Sr. Rose Pacatte F.S.P.

ALTHOUGH MANY CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS see Hollywood as an enemy of the Gospel, Greg Garrett, the author of a recently released book, The Gospel According to Hollywood (Westminster-John Knox Press), sees just the opposite. A professor of English and an Episcopal seminary instructor, Garrett thinks that many Hollywood movies work to transform society according to Gospel teaching. Read more...

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