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Loyola’s Institute of Pastoral Studies Launches Bible Tweet Campaign
Loyola to Partner with United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine in Twitter Campaign
CHICAGO, September 24, 2013 — On Monday, September 30, Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies will be sending out scripture tweets every 15 minutes to promote biblical literacy and to expose the beauty of the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE).
Throughout the day (midnight to midnight), those who sign-up to receive the tweets will receive 96 specially selected verses, highlighting the story of our salvation spanning the entire Bible from Genesis to the Book of Revelation. The institute is delighted and grateful to be working in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine on this project.
September 30 is the ancient liturgical observance of the feast of St. Jerome, the renowned translator of the Latin Vulgate. “As Jerome translated the Bible into a common language of his day, our institute is translating the Bible to a common language of our own day,” said Brian Schmisek, PhD, director and associate professor of Loyola’s Institute of Pastoral Studies. “We hope that by tweeting the Bible we generate interest in the Bible itself, the NABRE edition, in particular, and perhaps provide a bit of inspiration that encourages people to go a little deeper in their study of sacred scripture.”
Released by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine on March 9, 2011, the NABRE is the culmination of nearly 20 years of work by a group of nearly 100 scholars and theologians, including bishops, revisers, and editors. The NABRE includes a newly revised translation of the entire Old Testament, along with the 1986 edition of the New Testament.
“This effort to bring the sacred Word, which is timeless, to perhaps the most time-sensitive medium of today, is a great sign of the Church’s movement into new media,” said Helen Osman, secretary for communications of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
“Evangelization means taking the Gospel to where people are, and more than ever people are using new media throughout their day,” said Osman.
To receive the scriptural tweets on September 30, please follow Loyola’s Institute of Pastoral Studies on Twitter at @LoyolaIPS, or follow the #IPSBible hashtag.
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