Posts Tagged ‘ipad’

NZ Bishops’ “No” to liturgical use of Missal Apps for iPad makes sense

Friday, June 8th, 2012

The New Zealand Bishops “no” to liturgical use of Missal Apps for iPad and to the use of other electronic devices in the liturgy makes sense says Dunedin priest Monsignor John Harrison. The Otago Daily times reports that Monsignor Harrison says he has no problem with a ruling that priests should not use electronic devices Read more

Technology in Liturgy – the iPad is out. What about Powerpoint?

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

The iPad and other similar electronic “books” in the liturgy are not the only intrusion of gadgetry in the liturgy. So what is the appropriate use of technology in liturgy? Data projectors are almost universally used. Powerpoint has become a must. What about recorded music? In a recent Blog Bosco Peters looks at a few Read more

NZ Bishops: No liturgical use of Roman Missal iPad Apps

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

The Roman Missal apps for iPad may not be used in the liturgy. The New Zealand Bishops have told their priests that only the official printed copy of the Roman Missal may be used at Mass and at the Church’s other liturgies. They say that the Roman Missal apps for iPad and the use of other tablets, Read more

Apple agrees to better assembly plant conditions: Employees saddened

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

The social justice concerns users of Apple iPhones, iPads, iPods and Mac computers about working conditions in China’s Foxconn electronics factories have been addressed by Apple and Foxconn. Not only do workers face long hours, but they also face many hazardous conditions. There have been reports of injuries, and some employees have attempted suicide. In Read more

My new Roman Missal is an iPad

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

The late arrival of the new Missal in New Zealand means the opportunity to use the full new translation of the Mass has been somewhat limited. Last Sunday, I celebrated Mass in a semi-private setting. Before going public, I wanted to try out the new translation of the Mass using our brand new Missal. This Read more

WYD 2011: There’s an App for that

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

The Vatican, Saturday, unveiled an iPhone App to aid pilgrims’ participation in World Youth Day 2011. The new App, iGPII, named after the founder of WYD, former Pope John Paul II, works on iPod, iPhone and iPad, and will provide regularly updated information about World Youth day activities, directions to recommended restaurants, places to stay and Read more

iPope launches Vatican news portal

Friday, July 1st, 2011

A simple Tweet from his iPad, and Pope Benedict launched the Vatican’s new online news portal. The new website www.news.va aggregates news content from the Vatican’s newspaper, radio, television and online outlets. News.va offers print, video and audio material. It features a list of the 10 most-read stories and offers links to many social network sites. Users can Read more

1 Million Workers. 90 Million iPhones. 17 Suicides. Who’s to Blame?

Friday, March 25th, 2011

We all like our iPhone’s, Mac’s, iPads, our cameras, MP3 players but the factory we these wonderfully creative devices have been manufactured has been a place of suicide for 17 people. Suicide at Foxconn Shenzhen plant where Apple and many other companies have their manufacturing plants has thankfully seems to be a thing of the Read more