The Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation (VLCFF) is a growing initiative to offer adult religious education and faith formation anytime and anywhere via the internet. The goal is to support the church's professional ministry of religious education and faith formation in cyberspace.
The VLCFF is coordinated and sponsored by the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives (IPI) at the University of Dayton - a Catholic Marianist Institution.
Our mission is to mobilize the resources of the University of Dayton for partnerships with the Church that create and implement innovative pastoral initiatives designed to meet the needs of the Church and to articulate faith within the context of contemporary culture.
Announcements
- Things are really heating up at the VLCFF in the coming months! Be sure to check out the latest newsletter from the Director! Use the link to the left.
- Important information regarding credit card payments: Please note that we have updated to a new payment system and there are a few changes:
- You may be asked whether you would like to use a credit card or an electronic check. Please choose the credit card option.
- When entering your credit card information, there will be fields for e-mail address and phone number. These are optional and may be left blank.
- After you review and submit your payment information, you will come to a "processing" page. Once processing is complete you will be automatically sent to a printable receipt page.
- At the bottom of the receipt page, there is a statement that reads, "Card not present". This simply indicates that a physical card was not presented at the time of payment. You may click "Continue" and complete the payment process.
- Thank you for your patience as we transition to this new payment system.
- Diocese of Camden becomes a VLCFF Partner
Bishop Galante noted, “This is a continuation of our effort to have better trained and spiritually formed ministry personnel available at the local parish level in response to our Baptismal calling. By participating in this program, catechists will be better educated to teach the faith to our parishioners from early childhood to our adult and senior populations.” <read more>
- UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON HONORS ARCHBISHOP PILARCZYK
WITH DANIEL J. KANE RELIGIOUS COMMUNICATIONS AWARD
DAYTON, Ohio — The University of Dayton will honor the Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk, retired archbishop of the archdiocese of Cincinnati, with the Daniel J. Kane Religious Communications Award.
The University of Dayton's Institute for Pastoral Initiatives presents the award for outstanding lifetime dedication to Gospel values using mass media. It is named after the former communication director for the archdiocese of Cincinnati.
"We recognize Archbishop Pilarczyk for his leadership within the Church, his creative openness and leadership for applying a variety of media to support the mission of the Church, and more than 30 years of affirmation of the University of Dayton's communications ministry particularly through the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives," said Sister Angela Ann Zukowksi, M.H.S.H., director of the Institute for Pastoral Initiatives. "He encouraged our collaborative work with the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in the 1980’s and the pioneering and expansion of our Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation initiative since 1997 to the present.”
Pilarczyk has written many books, articles and newspaper columns that contribute to a solid Catholic pastoral perspective for enabling the laity to deepen their beliefs and shape Catholic thinking today, according to Zukowski. His best selling book is Twelve Tough Issues: What the Church Teaches – and Why, recently revised as Twelve Tough Issues – And More. A number of his publications are primary texts for the University's Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation courses.
Pilarczyk served archbishop of the diocese of Cincinnati from 1982 to 2009. He has a strong interest in education. From 1963 to 1974 he was on the faculty of the former St. Gregory Seminary in Cincinnati, the last six years as rector. While auxiliary bishop of Cincinnati from 1974 to 1982, he was director of educational services for the archdiocese.
Recipients of the Daniel J. Kane Religious Communications Award receive a sculpture and a donation made in their names to the Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation program to cover the tuition for Asian students. It's a collaborative program that employs online facilitators to provide faith formation classes to learners who span the globe.
View the Archbishop's acceptance speech on You Tube: http://tinyurl.com/2fn3coh
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