We're Back—With Advent and Christmas Web Resources
by John Feister

(If you don't have time to read this now, please take note of the buttons on the right. They are free for the taking, for you to use on your Web site. Click on a button to pick up the html code.)

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Parish Site of the Month
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We let Web Catholic fall out of our publication lineup during recent months due to staff changes here at St. Anthony Messenger Press. We’re back now, and will resume our regular monthly schedule.

We know that one of the toughest jobs of the parish or diocesan webmaster is to come up with compelling, fresh seasonal content that keeps your visitors coming back for more. We hope that you all are finding ways to place appropriate local information on your Web sites. We promise to continue, as always, to provide a variety of relevant Catholic seasonal features to you, free of charge, for use on your site. It’s a win-win, as I’ve said before: You get links that keep people coming back to your site; we get to reach out to people who come to our site through yours. “Cast deeply into the ’net,” said the Holy Father. We’re trying to help you to do so.

If you haven’t linked to it yet, you might want to consider our Advent-to-Epiphany feature. The graphic to the right will take you to “For Webmasters Only” on our Web site to help you test the feature and pick up the code for your site. This year we’re featuring “Day-by-Day” reflections for Advent from Catholic Update author Elizabeth Bookser Barkley.

You can also place a beautiful St. Nicholas e-card link on your site that will take your visitors to a number of Advent and Christmas free e-card offerings from our CatholicGreetings.org.

Peace and all good!

John Feister
Editor, AmericanCatholic.org

Parish Site of the Month

St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic Faith Community, Archdiocese of Austin
After reading about the latest news and upcoming events presented on the homepage, browse this site’s simple navigational system and site map for information beyond Mass times and weekly bulletins. Learn about sacramental preparation programs, outreach ministries and prayer groups at St. Ignatius and read a small archive of Fr. Joe’s homilies. Visitors also have the opportunity to register with the parish, to update personal information and to submit prayer intentions to the New Life Prayer Group of St. Ignatius.

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LEARN, TOUR, PRAY
Franciscan Radio
The Internet is gradually becoming a listening place! What better tool for the new evangelization than a radio Web site that does not depend upon individual radio stations for distribution? This site, from the same Franciscans who bring you AmericanCatholic.org, features the Catholic Communications Campaign’s American Catholic Radio, a weekly 30-minute program about the basics of the Catholic faith. You’ll also find Franciscan Father Greg Friedman’s Sunday Soundbites and other audio features from St. Anthony Messenger Press.

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