Catholic Media Association - WARNING!
We just received the following email:
Dear Catholic Communicator:
As a fellow communicator, we want to personally extend an invitation to become a part of making history.
In his visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI called for a “New Pentecost.”
In response to this call - and the continuing call of the Church to use all of the “new technologies” for the “New Evangelization” - Catholic Online, a global integrated media network, has launched The Catholic Media Association (TCMA).
The Catholic Media Association exists to provide a virtual home and association-based community for faithful Catholics involved in any and all forms of media.
We now live in an era of integrated communication, and with this we are given an even greater responsibility for the proper stewardship of these tools. “Technology” is not an “add-on” to our communication or our community; it is an extension of the person, the family and our communities with no limitations.
This is the new world of social networking, where the old differentiation of media no longer exists. Print, radio, TV, and the worldwide web are now integrated with the newer technologies of video-casting, podcasting, blogging, and the world of social networking. We now have a more united media available for a unified message – the message of the Gospel, as lived in it’s fullness in the heart of the Church.
This is the world of TCMA.
Dedicated to the Servant of God John Paul II, Patron of the New Media, the motto of TCMA reveals our mission: “New Technologies for the New Evangelization.” Our vision is exciting - we see the need to place all communications technologies at the service of the person, the family, the Church and the culture. This is our business and our passion. The use of every communicative advance is integral to the “New Evangelization”. We will be satisfied with nothing less.
Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have both challenged all who are baptized, whatever their state of life, to fully participate in the New Missionary Age in which we live. They have used rich phrases such as “New Evangelization” “New Springtime” and a “New Pentecost” to speak of the universal call to missionary activity. Media and technology are two of the greatest resources we have available for this work.
We are inviting you to join us in this exciting endeavor.
- Are you involved in the more traditional expressions, such as print, television, radio, and the Internet?
- Are you a part of the wonderful new world of Web 2.0 and beyond, through blogging, podcasting, video-casting, and other forms of social networking?
Whatever your expertise and interest, TCMA can provide a foundation and forum for your work in media and theChurch.
Join The Catholic Media Association today.
CLICK HERE – THE CATHOLIC MEDIA ASSOCIATION
To find out more about who we are and what we offer to you right now.
For the New Evangelization through the New Media,
Michael Galloway , Publisher Catholic Online
Deacon Keith Fournier, Editor-in-Chief Catholic Online
If you have any urge to join this association, please refrain. Michael Galloway is currently facing multiple fraud charges and if convicted, could go to federal prison for the theft of thousands of dollars from various organizations including Hurricane Katrina relief money for the Diocese of New Orleans. If you want to read the case, it is a very lengthy complaint against Michael Galloway, Catholic Online, Catholic Financial Services, Your Catholic Voice and Your Catholic Voice Foundation. He is also facing prosecution by the IRS, the state of California and Kern County for over $300,000 in unpaid taxes.
If that isn’t enough, he kept all the funds collected for the Chant Art project, an online image repository, that he was hosting instead of giving them to the owner and then had the gall to send her a bill for several thousand dollars when she told him to shut down the program.
Deacon Keith Fournier, if you are really still involved with this organization, it’s time to publicly disown Michael Galloway and Catholic Online. Your continued association just makes the Church look bad.
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May 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
WOW! Are you catholic? Why is there so much hate in your heart?
Did you ever stop to think that these “charges”, as this is what they are, not proven charges, are AGENDA DRIVEN. Many enimies of the church now use regulatory agencies to attack many Catholic organizations. Catholic Online has been and continues to be a fantastic and faithful resource for the church.
I will pray for everyone at Aquinas and More for this anger to leave and to put your attentions towards positive in our church. You are not the Police of the Catholic Church. Please focus on building rather than destroying. I am sure you are not free from sin. May God Bless you….
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
This has nothing to do with hate or an agenda. We have been personally lied to, ignored, had funds withheld and had agreements broken by this organization and have spoken with many other people who have had the same experience. We have also viewed the actual documentation from the government concerning the various liens, fines and taxes owed by Mr. Galloway. This isn’t about hate or about an agenda. This is about warning people who may think about putting money into this organization to think twice before they invest in a company that has committed fraud.
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
This is about YOUR agenda. Look at what you just wrote. You died and left you as the Catholic Police? You are on a witch hunt here. Did you do the same for EVERY priest that violated his vows and committed acts of homosexuality? Have you openly attacked Cardinal Mahoney in Los Angeles for his billion dollar payout of good catholic’s monies? I also did not know you were also an investment advisor. If so, where do you hang your license? I am just a simple catholic who believes in virtues like love thy neighbor, do not covet thy neighbors goods, FORGIVENESS and more. Maybe a good confession might be applied here, to both sides. Your warning to people is based on allegations. In the United States we are innocent until proven guilty. Your mean spirited attacks on your blog are based on what guility veridict? Again I ask, are you free of sin??
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 pm
If I were only getting this information as hearsay from other sources, I would not have published it. However, we have personally dealt with these individuals and I would testify under oath to the correctness of everything I have said we have experienced. He may not have been found guilty in a court of law but he is very guilty in reality.
If we only brought sin to light when we were sinless the priest scandal would never have been revealed. I don’t think that is what you are implying but that is what you are saying.
If I had dealt with a company that had stolen my money and had found out that they are still taking people’s money and are still asking for people’s money, I would consider it my obligation to warn other people about dealing with that company. Wouldn’t you?
May 2nd, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Mark Ino seems to be the one filled with hate. I appreciate the warning.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:06 am
No I would not! You seem to be on a mission of destruction. I lost money with several companies in the past. Sure had anger. But again as I said eariler, FORGIVNESS will set you free. You also admit that this person or company has not been found guilty in a court of law. What you are in fact saying is hear say. You seem to be judge and jury here. And girlnextdoor I think you can not read. How do you get hate out of my postings? I will pray for both of you. May God Bless you and pour his blessing upon you. May he bring forgivness to your hearts. I ask this is Jesus name. Amen.
May 3rd, 2008 at 3:54 am
Hatred (odium inimicitiae , or hostility) in general is a vehement aversion entertained by one person for another, or for something more or less identified with that other. Hatred aimed directly at the person, indulges a propensity to see what is evil and unlovable in him, feels a fierce satisfaction at anything tending to his discredit, and is keenly desirous that his lot may be an unmixedly hard one, either in general or in this or that specified way. This kind of hatred, as involving a very direct and absolute violation of the precept of charity, is always sinful and may be grievously so.
This is a Catholic definition of Hatred and how it violates Charity, which is always sinful. Spending this much time on acts of hatred must really consume ones time. I pray you will focus your gifts on your own company and working with others. I pray you respect the rights of others. I pray you will not be a false accuser. I pray for you to receive the healing power of the Holy Spirit. As a Roman Catholic Priest for over 30 years in a mostly Muslim country, I have seen this type of hatred coming from others and directed to only hurt and destroy. This is not the way of our lord and saviour, Jesus Christ. I will pray for a better understanding to be bestowed upon you. May God Bless you, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
Fr. Mark Ino, you seem to be yelling your objections to the author of this blog. I don’t think we, as Catholics, are called to be doormats to fraudulent companies. And I do believe we are called to expose lies. They don’t always have to be through the court system. There are other levels of justice. For example, when a retail owner treats you, as a customer, poorly you may tell others of your experience. They are thus warned and this may impact the how others shop–they may no longer go to this store. There is nothing sinful in this. Because the customer has not brought this complaint to the court system does not mean his claim is false.
I’ve heard all sorts of definitions of forgiveness. One states that forgiveness must occur when the offender is truly sorry and has performed some acts of penance and restitution. Has Michael Galloway performed his part to merit forgiveness?
Once again, I appreciate this warning. This blog author has done nothing wrong. Let’s not create sins where they don’t exist.
In Christ
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:01 am
“Hatred aimed directly at the person, indulges a propensity to see what is evil and unlovable in him,”
This is what it seems you feel toward the blog author.
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:17 am
Thank you for the warning.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Holy Cow! I wasn’t aware of any of this. I’ve been using their free press release distribution to promote my Internet radio show. Fortunately I haven’t given them any money. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
May 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am
I have done some business with Catholic OnLine and while I have no complaint about them, there is something amiss by an OnLine company trying to start an OnLine association that includes competitors. I’ve been tempted in the past to do things like this, but there is a conflict of interest, and thus it does not “ring” true to me, so I refrain. A true OnLine association should be a group that encourages other businesses to join it without the taint of self-promotion. In other words, Ford Motor cannot start an Auto Club and expect GM and Chrysler to join. It’s not a valid association in a capitalistic culture. Thus, I am restrained from joining Michael Galloway organization. Now if Galloway were to form an independent organization and share the founding rights with the heads of other on-line competitors, like Tom Allen of Catholic Exchange, and Fr. Roderick Vonhogen of SQPN.com, and others…. then we have the making of something perhaps worthwhile.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:14 am
I want to thank the admin of this site for posting this warning. It was not posted out of hate or judgement, but to bring certain facts to light before other people get involved with COL.
Ultimately, we all make our own decisions. I will not tell anyone to do or not do business with COL.
All I can tell you is that I have firsthand knowledge of COL and I will refrain from doing business with them under their current ownership.
I am confident that the various legal proceedings will provide further light as to the way they have conducted their business.
Jesus said,
“Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.”