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Geekpriest visiting Auckland

Friday, August 30th, 2013

Fr.Roderick Vonhögen, author of a book entitled “Geekpriest – Confessions of a New Media Pioneer”, will be visiting Australia and New Zealand from August 27 until September 12, He will be speaking in Auckland on 11 September.

Vonhögen has been involved in new media and social media since 1996, when his love of Star Wars and a blog on that topic introduced him to tens of thousands of fellow fans.

After studying social communications in Rome, he started podcasting – initially from St Peter’s Square in the final days of Pope John Paul II’s life – and founded SQPN, the Star Quest Production Network, which is now an international Catholic multimedia project.

He has regular podcasts, hosts a TV show on Dutch television and is an international commentator of Catholic issues.

Vonhögen will talk about about his journey in Catholic new media.

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Auckland Catholic Youth Ministry
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