The new website Catholic Link catalogues videos and other resources
useful for ministry and evangelization, aspiring to proclaim the gospel
with “creativity and ingenuity.”
“We are deeply convinced that our Catholic Faith in the Lord Jesus is
the answer today, for all people, of all ages,” said Garrett Johnson,
the manager of Catholic Link’s new English-language site.
He said the site invites visitors to “discover the truths of the faith
that are literally all around them” that speak to them through sports,
music, school, friendship or at Church.
“We try to express this through the diversity of subjects, tones, and
sources of our videos,” said Johnson, who is an American student of
philosophy and theology in Rome.
The site collects various streaming videos from sites like YouTube and
offers commentaries and interpretations. The site suggests how the
videos can be used for Catholic ministry.
Categories include videos about Jesus, the Catholic Church and the
Catholic faith, as well as Christian life and family. Other topics
include faith and science, pro-life issues, apologetics, recommended
movies, music and art, and humorous videos.
Mauricio Artieda, a Peruvian communications major studying in Rome,
founded Catholic Link in its first Spanish-language version. He said it
began “very quietly” in a blog format.
“Very rapidly, many seminarians, catechists, consecrated men and women
and people generally involved in the apostolate (the majority being
younger) started to write to us saying that they were using our videos
and that the page was helping them a lot in their apostolate,” Artieda
said.
The Spanish-language site began last year, while the English-language
version is less than a month old. Johnson voiced great hopes for the
site.
“My hope, above all, is that Catholics, and especially the youth, will
realize the possibilities of evangelization that are out there when you
join together a spirit of initiative and prayer,” he said.
Catholic Link’s English-language website can be found at: en.catholic-link.com