“Ultimately my biggest drive as a priest has always been… I’ve discovered this treasure, but I can’t keep this to myself… there’s so much more in what the Church thinks and believes than what the media tell you. That desire to communicate my faith and to evangelise has never left me…”
How does a comic book collecting, video game loving teenager in the Netherlands embrace his faith and discover a calling to become a priest a new media missionary? SQPN founder and self-professed ‘geek-priest’ Fr Roderick Vonhögen dropped by the Cradio studio recently to talk about the power of new media, the work of evangelisation and his own calling to the priesthood.
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Fr Roderick is a priest of the Archdiocese of Utrecht and founder of SQPN. He is currently in Australia for CNMC Melbourne, the first Catholic New Media Conference to be held outside of the U.S. Keep an eye out for his new book ‘Geekpriest: Confessions of a New Media Pioneer’, and find him on Facebook and Twitter.
UPDATE: The Catholic Digital Media Conference (CDMC) is back for 2014, this time in Sydney. Visit cdmcaustralia.com to find out more.
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Hi guys! I’ve just watched Geekpriest episode featuring you and decided to listen to your radio today. I think you are doing great job! Warm hugs from sunny Poland.
Dzień dobry from down under! It’s great to hear from you, we’re very happy that we can be of service 🙂 God bless you!