Jul 29

‘The Emigrant’ Irish News Publication features CatholicsComeHome.org

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The Irish Emigrant News Publication for the Global Irish Community features CatholicsComeHome.org:

The Irish Emigrant

The Irish Emigrant – Articles

Archdiocese of Boston wants Catholics to “come home”

CatholicsComeHome.org urges lapsed Catholics to return to the faith

CatholicsComeHome.org urges lapsed Catholics to return to the faith

The Archdiocese of Boston is set to launch a major public relations offensive in the coming year in a bid to bring lapsed Catholics back to church. The campaign will see television adverts run in conjunction with a range of parish events in order to entice those who have left the church to return to the faith. The Archdiocese will join forces with Catholics Come Home, an independent, non-profit Catholic apostolate which will create a Lenten (March 9-April 24, 2011) television advertising initiative for Boston media markets. The commercials will direct the viewer to the CatholicsComeHome.org website to explore answers to questions of faith and to utilize the site’s ‘parish-finder’ feature to locate their local parish community.

According to Catholic News Service, a recent campaign in Phoenix, Arizona helped 92,000 inactive Catholics return to the active practice of their faith. The Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas experienced a comparable percentage increase following a bilingual campaign in 2009. Similar campaigns have aired in ten additional dioceses such as Providence, Rhode Island, helping to increase Mass attendance by an average of nearly 12%. The next phase of the initiative will target 12 additional dioceses, including Boston, Worcester and Portland, Maine.
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Visit CatholicsComeHome.org each day to grow in your faith!
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Jul 28

Cardinal Sean’s “Catholics Come Home” in Boston Yields Front Page Headline, TV & Radio

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CARDINAL SEAN’S “CATHOLICS COME HOME” INITIATIVE IN BOSTON
YIELDS FRONT PAGE HEADLINE, PLUS PRIME TIME TV & RADIO COVERAGE

ATLANTA, Ga. (JuLY 28, 2010)—Following the CatholicsComeHome.org collaboration announcement by Seán Cardinal O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, the secular press embraced the news with:

  • Front page, main headline in The Boston Globe (July 21, 2010), “A Call to Catholics to ‘Come Home’ Again”
  • Nearly 12 minutes of Prime Time coverage (July 22, 2010 ) on Boston’s highly rated WGBH TV Program Greater Boston with Emily Rooney
  • Talk Radio coverage (July 22, 2010) on NPR’s WBUR

CatholicsComeHome.org initiatives in 12 U.S. dioceses have helped nearly 200,000 inactive Catholics return to the Church, increasing Mass attendance an average of 12%.

More details on the collaborative launch in Boston, as well as CatholicsComeHome.org can be found in the current News Release.

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CatholicsComeHome.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit media apostolate, dedicated to producing and airing Catholic evangelism television ads on local, national and international television networks.

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Jul 27

Front Page & 12 minutes of Prime Time TV in Boston!

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CatholicsComeHome.org is thrilled to announce the Archdiocese of Boston as a Lent 2011 partner, one of 12 new Catholics Come Home diocesan partners!  The CCH ads will bring a message of healing and an invitation to those away from the practice of faith to return ‘home’ to Christ’s Catholic Church in one of the oldest Catholic cities in America.

The Boston media has already been spreading the news about CCH:

-The front page of The Boston Globe proclaimed “A call to Catholics to ‘come home’ again.”

-CCH was the topic of nearly 12 minutes of prime time coverage and dialogue on how critical it is to have a personal relationship with Jesus in His sacramental Church, on both secular radio and TV.

Tune-in to EWTN featuring Catholics Come Home TODAY!

CCH will be featured on EWTN “The Choices We Face” hosted by Ralph Martin on:

TODAY! Tuesday, July 27, 6:00pm EST
Friday July 30, 6:30am EST, encore

2010 Top Blog Award Winner!

Catholics Come Home, was recently recognized with the ‘2010 Top 40 Catholicism Blogs award’!  Winners were chosen through a scoring system led by internet nominations, which came from our reader base – thank you for your vote, we’re so glad that the CCH blog inspires your daily life.  Share our CCH Blog, and CCH News Blog with your friends and family to stay up-to-date on the latest happenings with CCH.

Thanks to God’s amazing grace, the Catholics Come Home TV commercials and website are helping hundreds of thousands thousands on their journey home to the Catholic Church.

Will you help someone by sharing one of the CCH TV commercials or website with a friend or two today? It’s as easy as including a link in an email to a relative, friend, coworker, or neighbor away from the faith, and saying something like, “I recently came across this TV commercial/website. Let me know what you think about it…”

Thank you for your participation in the evangelization mission of the Church. With your donation of $500, $100, $25 or any amount, you can help air more commercials that could bring someone home to the Catholic Faith, the Sacraments, and the Church started by Jesus 2000 years ago!


Sincerely,

Tom Peterson and your CatholicsComeHome.org team

CatholicsComeHome.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit media apostolate, dedicated to producing and airing Catholic evangelism television ads on local, national and international television networks.
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Jul 21

Front Page Story of today’s ‘The Boston Globe’ features CatholicsComeHome.org

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The Archdiocese of Boston will be partnering with CatholicsComeHome.org to air a partner initiative this Lent 2011.  Today’s front page story from The Boston Globe features this partnership, see excerpt below:

A call to Catholics to ‘come home’ again

Boston Archdiocese aims ad campaign at inactive parishioners

By Lisa Wangsness and Marissa Lang Globe Staff | Globe Correspondent / July 21, 2010

The Archdiocese of Boston, in an effort to bring lapsed Catholics back to church, is planning a major public relations campaign in the coming year that will use television ads, parish events, and personal invitations to urge inactive Catholics to “come home’’ to their faith.

The campaign is planned as the Catholic Church faces huge challenges.  Nationally, 10 percent of all American adults are former Catholics, according to a recent study. In the Boston Archdiocese, weekly Mass attendance has plunged from 376,383 in 2000 to 286,951 last year, according to the church’s own annual count.

“Each time we go to Mass. . . . the pews seem emptier and emptier,’’ said Janet Benestad, secretary for faith formation and evangelization at the archdiocese. The goal of the campaign, she said, “is to say to folks, ‘We are diminished by your absence . . . and we want to issue a genuine invitation to return to the practice of the faith.’ ’’

Visit CatholicsComeHome.org each day to grow in your faith.  Also, please pray for all who will be reached this Advent 2010 and Lent 2011 through the many CCH diocesan partner initiatives that will be airing!


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Jul 20

A Great Message From A Catholic-in-Action:)

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We received the inspiring message below from Sharon in California, who is actively involved as a volunteer in the returning Catholics programs at her parish:

“Having been involved with “Remembering Church”, “Catholics Returning Home”, and now “Catholics Come Home” since I returned in 1996, I dearly love all the people in all the classes we’ve had. We hear so many stories….some are similar, and others one of a kind, but all missing the Heart of the church, Our Lord Jesus Christ. So many tell of trying other churches, and always feeling something is missing. The Holy Eucharist, holy water, incense, prayers that never change etc. This is a ministry that calls to you and you never want to leave it. Sometimes when I have a couple of extra Catholic Come Home cards with me, I will leave one in an obvious place and hope the Holy Spirit leads someone to it. Thanks for all the updates.   In Christ, Sharon,  CA”

Get involved in your parish, and give away the ‘gifts’ God has given you!
Visit CatholicsComeHome.org each day to grow in your faith…

and always remember to “keep the faith…but NOT to yourself!” :)

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Jul 13

TV ads inspire a Protestant student to become Catholic!

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Another inspiring story we received from an individual whose life was changed after seeing a CatholicsComeHome.org TV commercial!

Meet Harrison:

Harrison was raised Methodist and later joined the Charismatic Protestant movement, but found himself looking for something more. He began studying Catholicism and came across a Catholics Come Home TV commercial in 2009. After watching the commercial “Epic,” Harrison was moved to visit CatholicsComeHome.org and watch all of the Catholics Come Home commercials.

“The commercials communicated a longstanding vitality in the Catholic Church that I had not experienced anywhere else,” Harrison shared with us. “In the ‘Epic’ commercial, I felt like the beauty and riches of the Catholic Church I had so often read about had been condensed into a brief, but powerful video.”

Harrison says that “Epic” brought him to the edge of tears.  “The universality and beauty of the Catholic Church reached out to me. I felt like the Church was extending an invitation for me to come home, not to a home I left, but the home no one had ever told me about.”

On Easter 2010, Harrison entered the Catholic Church and finally found the home he had been looking for. A graduate of Oral Roberts University, Harrison is now studying Catholic theology in graduate school at Ave Maria University in Florida!

“I am being well prepared to someday teach others about the beauty and truth I’ve found in the Catholic Church.”

The Catholics Come Home TV commercials and website are helping thousands on their journey home to the Catholic Church.

Will you help someone by sharing one of the CCH TV commercials or website with a friend or two today? It’s as easy as including a link in an email to a relative, friend, coworker, or neighbor away from the faith, and saying something like, “I recently came across this TV commercial/website. Let me know what you think about it…”

Thank you for your participation in the evangelization mission of the Church. With your donation of $500, $100, $25 or any amount, you can help air more commercials that could bring someone home to the Catholic Faith, the Sacraments, and the Church started by Jesus 2000 years ago!


Sincerely,

Tom Peterson and your CatholicsComeHome.org team


CatholicsComeHome.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit media apostolate, dedicated to producing and airing Catholic evangelism television ads on local, national and international television networks.

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Jul 08

Pope Benedict’s Prayer Intentions for July 2010

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Let us join our Holy Father in prayer for his following July 2010 petitions-

74633849po101_pope_assisiThe Holy Father’s general intention is:
“That in every nation of the world the election of officials may be carried out with justice, transparency and honesty, respecting the free decisions of citizens.”

His missionary intention is:
“That Christians may strive to offer everywhere, but especially in great urban centres, an effective contribution to the promotion of education, justice, solidarity and peace.”

Lord, hear our prayer.

Have you ever been asked:
Where does the Pope get his authority to lead the Church on earth?
What do Catholics believe about ‘apostolic succession’?
Visit CatholicsComeHome.org to ‘brush up’ on your answers to these important foundations of our faith!

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Jul 07

Supportive E-mail We Received From Wendy in WI!

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We are blessed with many supportive messages and conversion stories that we receive via e-mail.  Hope the message below from Wendy in Wisconsin inspires your day:

“I was so impressed by your beautiful tv commercials, I had to come check you out. I was away from the Church for many years, and have been \”home\” for about 12 years. I am a Eucharistic Minister & Catechist in my parish, and I am very interested in helping others to find their way into the Church. I will be sharing your information with my parish and friends who have fallen away from God. Thank you for starting such an important ministry! God Bless You!” – Wendy, WI

Visit CatholicsComeHome.org and rediscover the richness of your Catholic faith!

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Jul 06

Archdiocese of Chicago: Catholics Came Home After Ad Campaign

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Chicago Breaking News

Archdiocese: Catholics came home after ad campaign

June 30, 2010 5:12 PM

Mass attendance went up more than 8 percent in most parishes between October and February according to a count taken after a “Catholics Come Home” advertising campaign, according to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

The evangelization effort, which ran between Christmas and Super Bowl Sunday, featured a series of 2,000 ads that aired on 16 channels. The ads included testimonials from lapsed Catholics who had returned to the church and mini-documentaries of the church’s historic presence around the world.

The message was that no matter what mistakes have been made, people can find forgiveness by going back to church.

The Chicago Archdiocese’s Office for Evangelization released the report on the attendance increase with the caveat that its Office of Research and Planning conducted the count at the beginning of Lent, when traditionally more people attend Sunday Mass.

Additional surveys distributed to pastors showed that 88 percent think the archdiocese should use media to evangelize in the future; 71 percent thought the initiative benefited their parishes; and 52 percent reported an increase in confessions.

The Catholics Come Home campaign  was a collaborative effort of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Dioceses of Joliet and Rockford.

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Jul 01

A Supportive E-mail From Australia!

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CatholicsComeHome.org Receives Wonderful Messages of Support From Around the Globe…Check-out this E-mail We Received from Jenny in Australia:

“Every time I see your ad on EWTN or look at your web site I am reduced to tears.

We are trusting that it will have the same effect on those who see it on the cards that we will be letter box dropping in Brisbane suburbs with an invitation to join us in giving glory to God.

Catholics Come Home is truly inspired by the Holy Spirit.

CCH Evangelization Cards

CCH Evangelization Cards

Yours in the mercy of Christ,
Jenny
Brisbane, Australia”

Help invite friends and loved-ones back to the faith with ‘CCH Evangelization Cards.’

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