Please introduce yourself
gkirk
themselves, perhaps where you live, what parish you go to, what your
interests are as far as church and technology goes and anything else
that comes to mind. :)
I'll get the ball rolling:
My name is Gerry Kirk, I live in Sault Ste. Marie (born just outside
the Sault) and go to St. Gerard Majella parish. My wife Rowena and I
have 3 kids, including 2 newborn twins who keep us hopping! I'm 35,
love to play ultimate frisbee and care a lot about social justice
issues.
I work for Faith Online, the company behind DeoWeb. I'm excited to put
my talents to work to try and enable the Church, although it isn't an
easy road.
I started a blog a few months ago on faith, technology and
communications, which you can find at http://gerrykirk.wordpress.com
Proud daddy pics at http://flickr.com/photos/gkirk
Laurie G.
the Diocesan Centre. My task is to journey with DeoWeb-ers in both a
support and training capacity. My favourite part of my job is
demonstrating to diocesan constituents just how easy it is to publish
content online. I love meeting them....wherever they may be with
technology....and journeying with them to accomplish a task in their
websites.
My husband, two daughters and I attend St. Kevin's Parish in Val
Therese (Sudbury's 'Valley'). Prior to living in Sudbury, we lived in
Durham Region and did the daily Greater Toronto Area commute to and
from work. Moving to Sudbury 3.5 years ago has allowed us to change
the quality of our family time together which has been a real gift.
As a family, we have some basic rules that we live by: work hard, have
fun, respect others and above all else, be true to the golden
rule..."'In everything do to others as you would have them do to
you..." (Mt 7:12).
In service to God and His family,
Laurie
Paul
Sudbury. I am 43 years old and have been a lifetime resident of Sudbury. My
wife Andrea and I have 2 children ages 9 and 5. I have been involved in my
parish in a variety of ministries for most of my life, including the site
administrator for our parish site. I have great confidence in the potential
of the Deoweb and am passionate about attracting new parishioners
(especially the youth). I must mention a rather encouraging sign of the use
of the Deoweb having a positive effect. Fr. Al has been using the Deoweb as
part of the sacramental preparation courses for first communion and
confirmation. He was pleased to report that it had an extremely positive
influence.
God Bless
Patrick McColman
and I was an original member from Manitoulin Island(Immaculate Heart of Mary
Church Gore Bay On. My name is Patrick McColman and my wife Madeline and we
live in the prettiest town the Island Kagawong. Home of Bridal Veil Falls.
We moved here from Sudbury ( Garson ) in early 1990 s and really enjoy live
on the Island. I had a bad mine accident in 1974 and have disabled and my
computer is my avenue to great part of out world. My wife enjoys her home
and flowers and the company of our church family. Myself I'm into computer
and I do stain glass as 2 very attention getting hobbies. I'm sorry I do get
around on my legs but distance is a challenge. The Parish I speak of we the
Brady's Glenda and Jack and he is representative for Canada for Development
and Peace.
Our Little church boast a grand total of 18 registered parishisioners and a
few drop ins or visitors. In the summer months we do well because of the
tourist people. So when we speak of asking for a fee to help in the
operation of Deoweb perhaps the 6 Manitoulin Parishes could become a single
unit. Operating with a Deoweb person with alternates to assist. . The
Parishes I speak of are St,Bernard's Little Current , Our of Canada
Mindemoya ,Immaculate Heart of Mary Gore Bay , Our Native Parishes
M'Chigeeng Immacute of Mary, and Sheshegwaning at the West and it only has
a priest First and Third Sunday of the month. This unit has a Jesuit priest
whom mandate is too the native community and is on lone to rest of us on
rent by the Mass ( Fr. J. Kelly who became a web user with purchase of new
computer. So there you have our Manitoulin situation .
There will a ladies day on May 2nd at Immaculate Heart Mary Parish Gore Bay
and would suggest if you would like to bring the message of Deoweb to the
ladies of all Manitoulin Parishes this would be an excellent opportunity.
Now the convener for this day is Mrs. Isabelle Lee at 705 -282-0128 .I
thought everyone knew that the woman in the house is supposed to message
deliver , I do believe you have approached the wrong partner of our church
families.. Please try and have someone show and address your concerns. I
will close now and with God s help this message will be read with an
understanding of our position Yours in Christ Patrick R. McColman 40 year
member of K.of C
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie G." <lga...@diocesessm.org>
To: "DeoWeb Users" <deoweb...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: [deoweb-users] Re: Please introduce yourself
>
> I'm Laurie Gagnon and I sit in the Internet Communications office at
> the Diocesan Centre. My task is to journey with DeoWebers in both a
> support and training capacity. My favourite part of my job is
> demonstrating to diocesan constituents just how easy it is to publish
> content online. I love meeting them....wherever they may be with
> technology, and journeying with them to accomplish a task in their
> websites.
>
> My husband, two daughters and I attend St. Kevin's Parish in Val
> Therese (Sudbury's 'Valley'). Prior to living in Sudbury, we lived in
> Durham Region and did the daily Greater Toronto Area commute to and
> from work. Moving to Sudbury 3.5 years ago has allowed us to change
> the quality of our family time together which has been a real gift.
>
> As a family, we have some basic rules that we live by: work hard, have
> fun, respect others and above all else, be true to the golden
> rule..."'In everything do to others as you would have them do to
> you..." (Mt 7:12).
>
> In service to God and His family,
>
> Laurie
>
>
>
> On Apr 10, 4:38 pm, "gkirk" <gerry.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
theojig
I am Robert Valiquette, a member of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in North
Bay. I am 62 years old and have been a resident of North Bay since
1985. My wife, Maureen, a member of the Holy Name branch of the CWL,
and I have one daughter, Kathleen. My wife grew up in the Catholic
faith in Toronto, I converted to the faith in 1990 after attending the
RCI program at Holy Name.
I am a member of Father Michael Cundari Council 12030 of the Knights
of Columbus and also a 4th Degree member of Albanel Assembly 859. I
sit on the executive of both Orders, as Deputy Grand Knight of 12030
and Trustee 2nd year of Albanel.
I am the Editor of Council 12030's monthly bulletin, The Knights
Times, and also Webmaster for the Council's website, http://www.kofc12030.ca
.
As a member of both the Men's Choir and the Folk Ensemble, I sing at
the 4:15 Mass every Saturday. I also sing with the Senior Choir at
Christmas and Easter.
When Deo Web was first introduced to the Parish I took on the task
with enthusiasm, however that enthusiasm was soon replaced by
discouragement. There has not been any follow up to the intitial
training given in North Bay and concerns relayed to the Deoweb team
have never been addressed. As a result, the site for Holy Name of
Jesus has more or less stagnated.
I think the introduction of a forum such as this one will be a big
help for those that have been having difficulties with administering
the site for their Parish and also an excellent means of communication
among the Parishes. Gerry Kirk deserves a pat on the back and a big
thank you for having the foresight to bring it into being.
In His service,
Robert
> > Proud daddy pics athttp://flickr.com/photos/gkirk- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
B & E
Lady Of
Peace" in Capreol.
"Our Lady of Peace" is a small parish and I found that when I asked other
parishioners
if they read at our churchs' site, most if not all, said "no". The people
who attend
Mass and other functions at the church are mostly elderly and many do not
have
computers. I found it very discouraging to be told that the site has
little significance
and also this not all that much going on in the parish to post about. I'm
a resident
of Hanmer so i've asked the people who are in charge of functions to let me
know
of any events and I'd be happy to post......but, its not working out.
Fr. Gerry Lalonde is retiring in May, the fate of the parish is in the
hands of the
bishop. Fr. Gerry is a terrific pastor and I will definitely miss him.
I am a grandmother of three wonderful grandchildren, I am retired from a
career
in retail....I also am a Palliative Care Volunteer.
Its nice "hearing" from you all....
Esther
Randall-T. Gardner
Some time back I received an email saying that if I wanted to be a
deoweb-user that I would have to subscribe to googlegroups.com. I did not
subscribe. Later, I received an email stating that you had subcribed me to
it and ever since have received many unsolicited emails. I am on dial-up
and do not have the time available to go through these emails.
Please unsubscribe me from these emails. Thank you.
Randy
>From: "gkirk" <gerry...@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: deoweb...@googlegroups.com
>To: "DeoWeb Users" <deoweb...@googlegroups.com>
>Subject: [deoweb-users] Please introduce yourself
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:38:19 -0000
>
>
>Hi, I think it would be good for everyone to tell a little bit about
>themselves, perhaps where you live, what parish you go to, what your
>interests are as far as church and technology goes and anything else
>that comes to mind. :)
>
>I'll get the ball rolling:
>
>My name is Gerry Kirk, I live in Sault Ste. Marie (born just outside
>the Sault) and go to St. Gerard Majella parish. My wife Rowena and I
>have 3 kids, including 2 newborn twins who keep us hopping! I'm 35,
>love to play ultimate frisbee and care a lot about social justice
>issues.
>
>I work for Faith Online, the company behind DeoWeb. I'm excited to put
>my talents to work to try and enable the Church, although it isn't an
>easy road.
>
>I started a blog a few months ago on faith, technology and
Doreen Merkas
I'm Doreen Merkas and I manage the website for St. John the Evangelist in
Garson. I have taught myself to use a computer and thanks to Laurie Gagnon
am learning new things. I enjoy this challenge very much and now realize
that much more can be done. We are in the process of informing our
parishioners and encouraging them to use the website. In the past I have
invited people to give suggestions and comments as to what they would like
to see there (not much response). I am by no means discouraged ... I know
we can do much more ...
I am a 69 year old widow (12 years now) and live in a senior's appartment
across the road from the Church where I am very involved. I assist Fr.
Charles with office duties, publish the weekly bulletin, am a member of CWL
Executive Council as Spiritual Development person, am the D&P rep in the
parish, coordinate Children's Liturgy and Parish Care Team, am a Lector and
do the gardening during the summer months (among other things). My parish
is my family and the work I commit to is my reason for living. I feel that
I am exactly where God wants me to be at the moment and I believe that I am
answering his call.
I have 6 children who are spread all across Canada (Fredericton,
Dubreuilville, Orleans, Winnipeg, Edmonton & Anglemont B.C.) The
parishioners at St. John's have become my extended family and I consider
them God's blessing.
I enjoy hearing from all of you - we are in this together. may God bless
our work!
Doreen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie G." <lga...@diocesessm.org>
To: "DeoWeb Users" <deoweb...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: [deoweb-users] Re: Please introduce yourself
>
> I'm Laurie Gagnon and I sit in the Internet Communications office at
> the Diocesan Centre. My task is to journey with DeoWebers in both a
> support and training capacity. My favourite part of my job is
> demonstrating to diocesan constituents just how easy it is to publish
> content online. I love meeting them....wherever they may be with
> technology, and journeying with them to accomplish a task in their
> websites.
>
> My husband, two daughters and I attend St. Kevin's Parish in Val
> Therese (Sudbury's 'Valley'). Prior to living in Sudbury, we lived in
> Durham Region and did the daily Greater Toronto Area commute to and
> from work. Moving to Sudbury 3.5 years ago has allowed us to change
> the quality of our family time together which has been a real gift.
>
> As a family, we have some basic rules that we live by: work hard, have
> fun, respect others and above all else, be true to the golden
> rule..."'In everything do to others as you would have them do to
> you..." (Mt 7:12).
>
> In service to God and His family,
>
> Laurie
>
>
>
> On Apr 10, 4:38 pm, "gkirk" <gerry.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
jcwe...@netscape.net
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Doreen: your message touched me so much. I am a recent widow(less then a year), my children live in B.C. and I am so busy with my other family.. my church one. Bulletin, secretarial, mass scheduling and intentions. Keeps me sane (or as least as any other 64 year old). Do feel sometimes that some deo web users feel that we should be put out to pasture, but I hang in there. Everyone, young or old, that loves our Dear Lord has something to contribute.
Thanks for your contribution
Carol Baye
Manitouwadge
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Gerry Kirk
Yes you are right, there wasn't much follow-up in the North Bay area,
a difficult decision based on available resources at the time. I
recall having discussions within the DeoWeb team about it. It's a
good example of why going diocesan-wide right at the start was great
for building a bonfire of enthusiasm, but one that couldn't be
maintained.
We had also hoped to build grassroots support for DeoWeb, so that
people across the Diocese could help and support one another. That
hasn't happened, but I think now this discussion group has the
potential to develop that.
If anyone is interested in helping out more with DeoWeb, one of the
projects that has stagnated is building an online knowledgebase. You
can find it at http://support.diocesessm.org/documentation. We need
people to help with creating content, some of which already exists
but needs to be entered. A resource like that can go a long way to
helping people out without the dependency on the already stretched
DeoWeb Communications team. Please note that this site is separate
from the main system, and your log in will not work on the site. I
hope to integrate the two eventually. For now, you have to create a
new account should you want to add documentation.
Robert, please feel free to share your ideas and challenges with the
group. We're here to help.
Peace,
Gerry
Tom & Mary Balfe
Since my computer has been loaded with deoweb responders the last few days,
I thought I would add a few cents worth from the boonies. It has been good
to read everyone's comments, though time consuming, I don't expect this to
go on forever...and it is important. The internet can keep us gathered
together as the 'body of Christ".
I'm Mary Balfe from South Baymouth, Manitoulin Island. My husband and I are
retired grandparents of 2, with four grown sons. Presently I am on Parish
Council, and though not mandated, I completed the DOS program that expired
in Espanola in '98. We worship in Mindemoya, at Our Lady of Canada, about a
25 minute drive from home. It is the closest church to us.
Weekly, for the past three years my husband and I have joined with 7 other
folk across the island in a CLC (Christian Life Community). These
communities are world wide and have existed since the time of sodalities,
continuing to grow with the times, based in Ignatian Spirituality. We come
together to share our prayer, to discern how God is leading us, and to spend
social time together and to support one another in our spiritual and
temporal needs.
As Pat McColemann from Gore Bay mentioned (Hi Pat) ,we are served well by
the Jesuit community here. However the Deoweb keeps me in touch with the
greater Dioceses...we are not an island unto ourselves afterall!
I check in at least once a week to see what is happening. Most helpful have
been articles for parents to read regarding sacramental preparation. Yes, I
could search these out...but why reinvent the wheel? Why not become
familiar with the rest of the what the dioceses offers? We do our best to
prepare our children, and we do not have Catholic schools here to back us
up. I would expect that any of the outlying "mission" churches may feel the
same way.
Laurie Gagnon was patient enough with my meager computer skills, not having
had "the training" to lead me through the process to get photos on our site
and to place an article in the the events of deoweb for the Journey to
Bethlehem, an ecumenical endeavour in Advent that attracts 400-500+ on an
annual basis. (bus loads coming from the Sudbury area) Perhaps you saw
it????
You know, how our lives are busy..even when retired? And you know how it
seems that there is always the same people serving? Perhaps that means there
will always be a slim group using deoweb regularlyl. But what an eye opener,
for the young family who is asked to read or download an article from the
site in prepartion for the next sacramental meeting!! A whole world is
opened up to them (easily) that they didn't know existed. A world they can
access again and tell others about. So, I am with Paul, the 42 year old Dad.
The deoweb is only in it's infancy, a must for future communication to young
families.
Cost? so far there has been no figure given. Will it be $120.00 a year ($10
a month) or will it be more like $480.00 ($40 a month) or somewhere in
between? Should the cost be linked to the size of the parish giving a % of
its annual revenue? Time to go folks. I'll check in again tomorrow. Thanks
for your time.
Peace+
Mary and Tom
Blessed Sacrament Church
Should I be getting these e-mails???
Silvana
Parish Secretary
Blessed Sacrament/Our Lady of Mount Carmel Churches----- Original
Message -----
From: "Gerry Kirk" <ge...@faithonline.com>
To: <deoweb...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 2:41 PM
Paul + Linda Labelle
Finally replying to this email of Gerry's, but, retired you know, so very
busy.
Anyway. I am Paul Labelle. Retired union executive. Retired early (55), five
years ago. Living in Sudbury with my spouse Linda. Linda is the Faith
Development and Evangelization Coordinator for the Diocese of Sault Ste.
Marie. You may have heard of her. She runs the Lay Apostolate Formation
program, amoung other things, for the diocese. We have four adult children,
three in the west (Alberta and BC) and one in southern Ontario.
I am currently the Social Justice Coordinator for the diocese (part-time,
volunteer). I am also a permanent deacon (20 years +) which has given us the
opportunity to minister in several parishes while living in another parish.
St. Kevin's, in Valley East north of Sudbury, was our original parish where
we were active for several years. While still living in the Valley we also
ministered at St. Paul's parish in Coniston (three years) and Holy Trinity
parish in Sudbury (five years) at the request of the Bishop. We recently
moved into the city (Sudbury) and now live in Our Lady of Hope parish.
Because of our responsibilities at the diocesan office we are not
specifically 'assigned' to Our Lady of Hope but are active in choir, (Linda)
and sacramental prep, (Paul) for the time being.
Other activities? Like to walk, travel (when time permits), and ride my
motorcycle ( 1981 Midnight Special) when weather permits.
Regards,
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "gkirk" <gerry...@gmail.com>
To: "DeoWeb Users" <deoweb...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 4:38 PM
Subject: [deoweb-users] Please introduce yourself
>
billmu...@gmail.com
Bill Murphy here. Grand Knight of Superior Council 932, Barbershop
Singer, father of 4 girls, 52 years of age, member of St. Girard
Majella Parish. Just saw the facebook invitation and checked this out
again. Pleased to meet you all.