The Online Catholic Network:

Press Release

Thursday, 10 March 2011 13:24 Last Updated on Thursday, 10 March 2011 13:53 Written by Jerry Simpson

The Online Catholic Network is a new type of social network, built for Catholics, by Catholics.  This growing site was built following a call from the Holy Father for Catholics to grow and share in their Faith by using the power of Social Networking.

A growing number of Catholics are building fellowships and sharing in their faith on the Online Catholic Network daily. Many people are calling the Online Catholic Network the most inspiring and informative site of it’s kind.

The Online Catholic Network is a feature rich Facebook style website allowing users to share their faith by creating groups, blogging, sharing stories, discussing the Faith in forums, sharing in online study groups, chatting and much more with new features being added all the time.  The website also features a growing list of featured clergy and laity bloggers to share the faith with users including Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Sr. Mary Fidelis, Doug Barry and the Cardinal Newman Society.

The Online Catholic Network is not attempting to replace Facebook in any way.  The mission of the site is to augment people’s Faith sharing experience online by providing a Catholic environment to interact with other like-minded Christians.  Facebook is a very secular site, whereas when you visit the Online Catholic Network you enter a new type of social networking environment where users can share in the Faith and arm themselves for the challenges of evangelizing the secular world they encounter both online and in their daily lives.

You can visit the Online Catholic Network here:
http://www.onlinecatholicnetwork.com

You can view the mission statement of the Online Catholic Network here:
http://www.onlinecatholicnetwork.com/help/about-the-ocn.html

If you wish to use any logos, below you will find a variety of web-ready logos below.  (Just right-click and save) If you would like to feature the Online Catholic Network in a print publication, please email us for high resolution versions.  Any press inquiries can be handled by using the contact form.

May God bless you in your works!

Online Catholic Network - A site for Catholics, by Catholics!

 

 

 

About deaconjohn1987

What’s to say about me? Well, I’m 75 years old, semi-retired with my wife Marianne, and living in a condo in Central Florida. I was born in Manhattan (New York Hospital) but lived my childhood in Astoria, Queens. My wife lived one block away but we never met until I was about 21 years old. I enlisted in the US Navy in 1954 and served aboard 2 Aircraft Carriers, the Bennington and the Leyte. After 3 and a half years I was discharged and I worked in many different jobs. My favorite job was as a motorcycle courier for the local TV News Stations and U.P.I. I got paid to do something I loved, riding a Harley! I met my wife through her cousin and we married and had 6 children; 2 are in heaven. We now have 8 grandchildren! Most of them are living in New York and Pennsylvania, so we don’t see them too much. In 1987, on April 25th, I was ordained a deacon for the Diocese of Brooklyn and served in four parishes until 2002, when we relocated to Florida. Mainly because we couldn’t afford to live in NYC and for my wife’s health, she needed a home of her own. She has ‘end stage kidney failure’ and is expected to go on dialysis soon. Our daughter helped us buy the condo and answered my prayers that we could have our own home. Blessed be God forever! I work a part-time job to help pay for the medications and doctor visits, but it’s really tough making ends meet. I miss New York with all the excitement and places to go. And the beautiful churches! I also love the Old Latin Mass but can’t get to one here. As a matter of fact we don’t even have a parish in our town of Tavares, so we travel to Eustis or Mt. Dora for Mass. Our life is a struggle and I hope to post some of these trials here for the glory of God! We're on the move again! We just left Florida and moved to be near our grandchildren. Marianne had congested heart failure in March and spent 9 days in the hospital. I must say that Florida Waterman hospital saved her life and gave her great care. She is in our new residence and recuperating. God bless us all
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