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		<title>Kids Puzzle &#8211; Catholic Edition</title>
		<link>http://calissia.com/2010/02/19/kids-puzzle-catholic-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids Puzzle is a fun puzzle game for toddlers. It keeps them occupied and entertained while they learn their Catholic Faith through colorful prayer cards.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The game features some of the most popular Catholic Saints portrayed in colorful prayer cards, against soothing and peaceful nature-themed background. As each puzzle is unlocked, the name of the Saint is pronounced out loud by a toddler voice so that your child can learn to repeat the names out loud as they play along. Each puzzle includes attractive sound effects such as birds chirping and harp notes.</p>
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<p>Kids Puzzle increases in difficulty as more puzzles are unlocked but each puzzle is still playable for young children as two and a half. If you&#8217;re looking for a good valued, innocent and educational game that passes on the Catholic Faith to your toddler, then this is the game you&#8217;re looking for.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Kids Puzzle features colorful prayer cards, beautiful nature theme backgrounds, soothing sound effects and more!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://myfaithapps.com/kidspuzzle/files/2010/02/prayercards-feature.jpg" alt="" width="101" height="100" /><strong>Colorful Prayer Cards</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Your toddler learns about some of the most popular Catholic Saints by putting prayer card images together. The puzzle is simple and it includes guidance so that even small children can play it and still be engaged.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="alignleft" src="http://myfaithapps.com/kidspuzzle/files/2010/02/nature-feature.jpg" alt="" width="101" height="100" /><br />
<strong> Beautiful Nature-Theme Backgrounds</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Each prayer card is presented against a beautiful nature scene which adds to the innocent and calming feel of the app.</p>
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<img class="alignleft" src="http://myfaithapps.com/kidspuzzle/files/2010/02/sounds-feature.png" alt="" width="101" height="100" /><br />
<strong> Soothing Birds Chirping Sound Effects And More</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Each stage in the game is accompanied by soothing sound effects featuring birds chirping, harp notes and more.</p>
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<img class="alignleft" src="http://myfaithapps.com/kidspuzzle/files/2010/02/voice-feature.png" alt="" width="101" height="100" /><strong>Toddler Voice Rendition Of Saint Names</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">As soon as each puzzle is complete and the prayer card is complete, the Saint name is spoken out loud in a toddler voice. As your child repeats the name along at the end of each puzzle, they will thus be able to recognize more and more Saints as they play along.</p>
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<strong> Four Levels Of Difficulty</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Although the game offers a very simple gameplay, it features four different levels of increasing difficulty. Children of varying ages will still enjoy playing.</p>
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		<title>Mobile Apostle &#8211; Empowering Christians</title>
		<link>http://calissia.com/2010/02/09/get-ready-to-evangelize-the-digital-continent-with-mobile-apostle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It our great pleasure to introduce to you our brainchild – MobileApostle -
a Mobile Social Media application which aggregates some of the most popular Christian articles, audio and video clips on the Internet.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We live in a world starved for truth, starved for light. Our world is one shaken up by suffering and darkness. The deeper we learn to look at our world, the more we realize that we live in darkness. The darkness is so thick that many have lost all hope of ever seeing a light.</p>
<p><strong>The Good News is that Jesus Christ, our Light<em> (John 1:4) </em>is risen and alive!</strong></p>
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<p><img class="alignleft" title="Jesus" src="http://mobileapostle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Jesus-203x300.png" alt="" width="203" height="300" />He is among us today and He calls upon His faithful disciples today as He did two thousand years ago, to be the light of the world <em>(Matt 5:14)</em>by carrying Him into the world, wherever they go.Today, in the 21st Millennium, with new developments in Social Media technologies, we now have new and exciting means of responding to our Saviour’s call to share our faith and to be the light so much desired by this world.</p>
<p>Ever since the Second Vatican Council, the Holy Mother Church has recognized that the media of social communication,</p>
<blockquote><p>can be of great service to mankind, since they greatly contribute to men’s entertainment and instruction as well as to the spread and support of the Kingdom of God.</p>
<p>- Pope Paul VI, <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19631204_inter-mirifica_en.html">Inter Mirifica</a></p></blockquote>
<p>To remind us the calling of our Saviour, and to reassure us of the call of Pope Paul VI in Inter Mirifica, Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has issued a special message to the youth:</p>
<blockquote><p>It falls, in particular, to young people, who have an almost spontaneous affinity for the new means of communication, to take on the responsibility for the evangelization of this “digital continent”.</p>
<p>- Pope Benedict XVI,  <a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20090124_43rd-world-communications-day_en.html"> 43rd World Communication Day Message</a></p></blockquote>
<p>At <a href="http://calissia.com/">Calissia Media</a> it is our mission and commitment to our users and clients to leverage the latest and greatest Social Media technologies out there, to provide new, attractive and efficient ways which will permit all faithful children of Holy Mother Church to evangelize the “digital continent” and be the light of the world by sharing the beautiful and rich Deposit of our Faith, handed down to us  from our Saviour Jesus Christ Himself, the only begotten Son of God.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" title="splash" src="http://mobileapostle.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/splash.png" alt="" width="207" height="90" />And so it our great pleasure to introduce to you our brainchild – <strong>MobileApostle</strong> -<br />
a Mobile Social Media application which aggregates some of the most popular Christian articles, audio and video clips on the Internet.</p>
<p>With MobileApostle, you can always stay up to date with fresh content, from trustworthy sources, faithful to the Magisterium of the Church. In addition to keeping you in the loop, MobileApostle gives you the opportunity to share your faith with the world. If you like a certain article, video or audio clip, you can share it on Twitter, Facebook or you can email it to your friends, right from your mobile phone.</p>
<p>We join ourselves to our Holy Father’s prayer for <a href="http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/communications/documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20100124_44th-world-communications-day_en.html">this year’s World Communication Day</a>, and we trust and hope that “<em>the Lord make all of you enthusiastic heralds of the Gospel in the new “agorà” which the current media are opening up</em>“.</p>
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		<title>Introducing SocialApostle.com &#8211; New Evangelization Tips</title>
		<link>http://calissia.com/2010/01/15/introducing-socialapostle-com-new-evangelization-tips-for-your-ministry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our core motivation at Calissia Media is to help Christian Ministries leverage the power of Social Media to enhance the reach and effectiveness of Christian evangelization campaigns. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our core motivation at Calissia Media is to help Christian Ministries leverage the power of Social Media to enhance the reach and effectiveness of Christian evangelization campaigns.  After all, Social Media is all about evangelizing &#8211; although it is more about brands awareness than about spreading the Gospel. It is encouraging to see Christians make use of the Internet in various successful ways but overall it has generally been a most disappointing effort compared to secular marketing campaigns.</p>
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<p>The question is not whether Social Media can improve Christian evangelization since that&#8217;s a no-brainer. The real question then is how can Christian evangelizers really leverage these Social Media to enhance the reach and effectivness Christian evangelization campaigns? Welcome to what we&#8217;re all about.</p>
<p>At Calissia Media, we take our years of experience working in the secular field and we bring all knowledge over to the Christian community. After several consulting requests from Christians out there on how to improve their online presence and their evangelization efforts, we&#8217;ve decided to officially launch an absolutely free of charge tutorial site to help you get the best of of Social Media in the new millennium.  At Calissia, we always say that if we can help our clients bring a soul to Christ then all of our work has been more than rewarded.</p>
<p><a href="http://socialapostle.com"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-108" title="sa-front" src="http://calissia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sa-front-300x175.png" alt="" width="300" height="175" /></a>In responding to our Holy Father&#8217;s <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/faith/popePrayer.htm">January 2010 prayer intentions</a>, we&#8217;re pleased to introduce our new initiative entitled <a href="http://socialapostle.com">Social Apostle</a> featuring Social Media tutorials, tips, tricks, advice and product reviews to help you bear more fruits in the work that you are doing for the Lord. Like we said, this service will be perpetually free or charge. You can consider it our New Year present to all of you who have dedicated your lives in the service of our Lord.</p>
<p>We hope that you will subscribe to the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SocialApostle?format=xml">Social Apostle RSS feed</a> in your favorite RSS reader and if you&#8217;d like you can also <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=SocialApostle">subscribe by email</a> to receive the latest articles right in your inbox. If you&#8217;re not sure what RSS is, then you should definitely check <a href="http://socialapostle.com">Social Apostle</a> out as we will be covering that many more Social Media technologies out there. If you have any particular topics you&#8217;d like to read about please don&#8217;t hesitate to <a href="http://calissia.com/contact">get in touch</a> with us and we&#8217;d be more than happy to add your request to our growing queue of topics to cover.</p>
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		<title>Content and the industry</title>
		<link>http://calissia.com/2010/01/13/content-and-the-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When working in the media and entertainment industry there is one hurdle that we must overcome and that is the quality of the content. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When working in the media and entertainment industry there is one hurdle that we must overcome and that is the quality of the content. We know that if the media and entertainment industry are successful it is because of the way they  harp on the vices of their audience so the question is, can you be integral, moral and explicitly Christian and still draw an audience? How? What kind of content can we provide?</p>
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<img class="size-medium wp-image-146 alignleft" title="cubes" src="http://calissia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cubes-300x198.png" alt="" width="300" height="198" />Firstly, we acknowledged that there are ample examples of these out there already! We consider that being godly in everything we do is not just a challenge, it&#8217;s a requirement. God is in every aspect of our lives, in our sorrows, in our joys, in our work time, in our leisure time, in our family time, in our social time. The difference between developing and providing content that is Christian is that we can never be satisfied with just anything. On TV we see a lot of junk, even non-Christians can tell you that, in the app stores likewise, in bookstores, on the radio, on the Internet we must either sieve through the junk or just let it become part of our lives. A Christian company on the other hand, if it is to reflect godly attributes in its services and products, will never feed anyone junk. God is not only good, He is perfect! We will all fall short of that but we believe that we should strive for this perfection nonetheless.</p>
<p>The content provided by Christian companies should always uplift, educate, bring hope, light, comfort, joy. This is not easy to achieve but by calling ourselves a Christian media company this is what we promise to strive for in everything we offer. We pledge to use our God-given creativity, talents, time and passion for everything that is His to deliver only that which would be pleasing to our perfect and loving Father.</p>
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		<title>Answering the call &#8211; on an iPhone</title>
		<link>http://calissia.com/2010/01/08/answering-the-call-on-an-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we look at the century we're currently living in, though the first decade has barely transpired, we might recall Charles Dickens' fitting words "It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.” ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we look at the century we&#8217;re currently living in, though the first decade has barely transpired, we might recall Charles Dickens&#8217; fitting words &#8220;It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.”  Indeed God&#8217;s graces and mercies are pouring in abundance over our generation. We are witnessing the power of God in the numerous relentless pro-life movements, conversions in Hollywood, prominent apologists bringing millions back to the flock and not in the least the revolutionary solidified, clear, and uplifting sexual teaching of the Church!</p>
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<p><a href="http://calissia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/call-front-half.png"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-89" title="call-front-half" src="http://calissia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/call-front-half-300x175.png" alt="" width="300" height="175" /></a>However, this revival is greatly offset by moral and social decadence all throughout the world. As apostles of Christ we do not want to let ourselves be disheartened by what we see, on the contrary, we try to consistently recall Christ’s words: In this world you will have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world” (Jn 16:32) and with zeal and courage persist in proclaiming the Kingdom of the One Who has already overcome this world.</p>
<p>In this era the Holy Spirit is setting hearts ablaze, perhaps more than ever, to answer their Creator’s call, to know, love and serve Him, and we are grateful that even a spark of this fire has touched our own hearts. We often wonder how to serve God and God has ready answers to all of these fundamental questions. We have come to learn that God wants us to serve Him through the gifts He has endowed us with. As young, Christians, after having sacrificed years of work for companies where our talents were often squandered on worldly and futile projects we find no greater joy or peace than turning now around telling God “You give us everything and we would like to return everything to You”</p>
<p>As young professionals every single one of us can vouch to the magnitude of the media’s impact in our lives.  As such, we feel that the calls of Pope Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI to use the media as tools for promoting the Gospel are deeply personal invitations for us. Particularly, in this age, we feel compelled to develop a strong Christian presence on  the newest media platforms, namely the Smartphones and Social Networks, which allow users to carry the global universe in their pockets. We have no doubt that with these kind of tools available St. Peter and St. Paul would call these the best of times!</p>
<p>Without neglecting the countless potential for harm we turn our hearts toward our Heavenly Father and ask Him to allow His humble servants, to use this ever powerful tool to impart, if only, traces of His love, His light, His hope, His life breathing spirit to His beloved children.</p>
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