80%

of Americans use social media.

68%

of churchgoers want to connect with

their Church via social media.

79%

of all adults use the internet.

(95% of young adults)

80%

of Americans use email.

85%

of adults own a cell phone.

The average teenager sends out

50

text messages per day.

87%

of teens engage in electronic communication.

It's time for your parish or school to begin an online dialogue

Strategic social media programs begin with a vision and plan.

Transfigured can help parishes with both. Together we'll discuss your goals, identify opportunities and implement appropriate and workable solutions to help you use social media to advance your ministries and connect members in your faith community while offering them an invitation to explore a deeper faith experience.

Strategies for using social media are just new plans for developing and nurturing relationships. The “new technologies” Pope Benedict often speaks of, are really applications of what the Church has done throughout its history as it proclaims the Gospel, and relates each person to God through Jesus Christ, and every person to the community of His Church.

There are different types of social media: collaborative projects (e.g. Wikipedia), blogs and microblogs (e.g. Twitter), content communities (e.g. Youtube) and social networking sites (e.g. Facebook). Technologies include: blogs, picture-sharing, vlogs, wall-postings, email and instant messaging (‘texting”). Advantages of using these new forums for communication include their reach to any audience, availability at little-to-no cost, ease-of-use, and immediacy (point, click and publish).