ADS ARE HOPED TO BRING MILLIONS INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH

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Ads are hoped to bring Millions into Catholic Church · December 05, 2011

Catholics Come Home is an organization founded by former advertising executive Tom Peterson. It is preparing to air a series of advertisements on prime time television aimed at encouraging people to become active in the Catholic Church.

In mid-December, 2011 ads that have already been used in 30 dioceses will air nationally over 400 times through early January on network television to over 250 million viewers in over 10,000 U.S. cities.

Pilot campaigns brought more than 300,000 Catholics back into the Catholic Church with a 20-30% increase in attendance at Sunday Mass.

“‘This pastoral tool is a useful method for the re-evangelization of our society,’ said Venice Bishop Frank Dewane. ‘Through the positive use of media [this has] given expression to the Church’s outreach to her wandering sons and daughters.’”

“Based on that data, organizers are hopeful that as many as 1 million Catholics could return to the Church as part of this Advent’s national campaign.”

“The organization’s bilingual 30-second “Epic” ad is scheduled to air on CBS, NBC, Univision, TBS, USA, TNT, CNN, Fox and other networks during shows such as 60 Minutes, NCIS, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, The O’Reilly Factor, as well as major sports events and highly rated sitcoms.”

The ad casts the Catholic Church in its best light, and invites Catholics to return home to their churches, at a time when the church has been rocked by many priestly sex-scandals globally.

“‘It will encourage and embolden Catholics who are active. Non-Catholics will inquire into the Catholic faith, and we’ll see inactive Catholics come back to the sacraments,’ explained said Carson Weber, associate director for new-media evangelization in the Archdiocese of Sacramento.”’

“And all the world wondered…” Revelation 13:3
“And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him…” Revelation 13:8

Catholics Come Home Set to Roll Out Television Ads Nationally During Prime Time