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February 4, 2008
LoveToBeCatholic.com Featured On The Hands and Feet Show
Thomas Hall, founder of LoveToBeCatholic.com was the featured guest on the popular Catholic podcast program The Hands and Feet Show. To listen to the interview please follow this link to the program.
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January 24, 2008
IN THE PRESS
LoveToBeCatholic.com is featured today in a Catholic Times article on streaming Internet video. Founder Thomas Hall is interviewed by Catholic Times and discusses the motivation behind launching www.LoveToBeCatholic.com and the need for such a web site. A copy of the article is posted on Mr. Hall's blog and can be downloaded by following this link.
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October 22, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LoveToBeCatholic.com Founder Launches Evangelization 2.0
Tom Hall, founder of LoveToBeCatholic.com today launched the new blog Evangelization 2.0, as a companion to http://www.lovetobecatholic.com//. Says Mr. Hall, “It is my hope that this blog provides transparency and stimulates dialogue about our fledging web site and mission.”
Each day Mr. Hall will select and post the most interesting and innovative videos that users upload to www.lovetobecatholic.com. The blog will also serve to chronicle Mr. Hall's efforts to make www.lovetobecatholic.com an important and popular tool in the new and evolving Catholic evangelization.
The name Evangelization 2.0, represents the ‘New Evangelization’ as called for by John Paul II. Mr. Hall explains, “Embedded in the name is the idea of innovation. We as Catholics can and should utilize technology, innovation, and creativity to spread the faith. This blog and our web site www.lovetobecatholic.com are an effort to do just that.”
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October 18, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Tool For Catholic Evangelization - User Generated Catholic Videos
Hinsdale, October 18, 2007 - Catholici Sumus announced the launch of a valuable tool in the new and rapidly evolving Catholic evangelization, www.LoveToBeCatholic.com. LoveToBeCatholic.com is a unique user generated video website where Catholics can celebrate, worship, learn, and evangelize the Catholic Faith.
Quick Facts:
- LoveToBeCatholic.com enables users to upload, watch, and comment on user generated Catholic videos. Videos can be shared privately with friends/family or publicly with just about anyone.
- Unlike other video web sites, content is monitored to assure that videos reflect true Catholic teaching. The goal is to provide a safe and entertaining place for people to access Catholic content on demand, 24/7.
- Users can find, join and create groups to connect with others in their parish, school or Catholic organization.
- LoveToBeCatholic.com is run by Catholici Sumus, a non-profit organization whose mission is to utilize new media and the Internet to help evangelize the Catholic faith.
Says Thomas Hall, founder of LoveToBeCatholic.com: “Catholics stumble upon a lot of garbage on popular video web sites like YouTube. People will find http://www.lovetobecatholic.com// to be fun and unique. They can also be confident that videos will reflect true Catholic teaching. We aim to make LoveToBeCatholic the go to source for Catholic video clips. To that end, we want to encourage people to sign up and upload videos. The more that people do so, the more valuable the site will be as a tool for evangelization.”
About LoveToBeCatholic.com
LoveToBeCatholic is run by Catholici Sumus, Inc. whose mission is to utilize new media and the Internet to help evangelize the Catholic faith. The group aims to be innovative in ways to reach out to Catholics worldwide and help achieve a closer relationship with Jesus Christ.
About Thomas Hall
Thomas Hall is the founder of LoveToBeCatholic.com. When not exploring new ways to evangelize, Mr. Hall earns his daily bread as a Principal at Clareo Partners, a new business design and innovation strategy consulting firm. He is also founder of Castlepeak, Inc., an interactive media firm. Mr. Hall's previous positions include Strategy Director at the global Interactive marketing firm Agency.com, and Manager in iXL's highly regarded strategic consulting practice. Mr. Hall holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California.
In January 2007, Mr. Hall stood before his fellow CHRP (Christ Renews His Parish) brothers at St. Isaacs Jogues parish and gave a witness on Christian renewal. Quoting Romans 12:6-8, Tom vowed to use his talents and skills to aid the Church and evangelize Catholic faith. www.LoveToBeCatholic.com is the first step in the fulfillment of that promise.
Mr. Hall is available to speak at conferences and Catholic functions on the subject of new media, the Internet, and Catholic evangelization. If you are interested in having Tom speak, please contact him at thall@catholici.org.
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