I have been having fun leaving behind my past life and trying to respond to Christ´s call to be a missionary online while I accompany others on a similar call. Quite a rollercoaster ride it has been. Not joking, my baggy eyes don´t come out of nowhere.
I founded and lead several initiatives to bring Christ´s love and mercy to the internet so people can be attracted by He who is the Way, the Truth. You can click on the logos below to check each venture out:
years married
to Cecy
children
Inés, Javier and Marcelo
Ideation, creation, distribution and promotion of +80 podcasts.
Diverse formats, segments, styles, durations and periodicities to connect with different Latino niches and attract them to Christ.
JD Comms provides intercultural communication and marketing for dioceses, non-profits, companies and schools.
JD Creative Studios does creation and production of videos, animations, podcasts and culturally adapted (not just translated) voice overs.
Virtual and hybrid summits with recognized Latino Catholics, interactive community building sessions, concerts, games and other attractive formats.
English and Spanish scripted and unscripted fiction and non-fiction podcasts targeting the Latino existencial peripheries.
Being appointed by the Holy Father as a voting delegate in the XVI General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops has been a special, but weird confirmation of what God has been calling me to do.
We have never been afraid as Catholics to go to cultures where Christ wasn´t known yet. It´s time to be where people spend most of their waking hours and show them God´s love so they are attracted to a Sacramental life!
Let´s inculturate the Gospel in today´s mission frontier: the Internet!
Check out a short clip of Vatican News where I spoke in front of the Pope and bishops about the importance of being a missionary Church in the internet. You can also click on the logos below to read articles around the mission online.
We are called to be one!
Let´s set up a Zoom call or grab a beer and/or a mezcal so we can see if we are a fit.
upcoming Public events you can go to
Proceed under your own risk 🤪
SOME APPEARANCES ON TRADITIONAL AND NEW MEDIA
Warning: It´s messy, a bit like my daily conversion process
Aleteia
Encuentros Magazine cover
Desde la Fe
Aleteia
Aleteia
National Catholic Register
CatholicNet
Exaudi
Aciprensa
Aciprensa
National Catholic Register
Catholic News Agency
Zenit
Aleteia
Vida Nueva
ACIprensa
Exaudi
Religión en Libertad
Vida Nueva
Conexión Migrante
COPE
ACIprensa
Vatican News
Aleteia
National Catholic Register
America Magazine
Infobae
ACIprensa
Desde la Fe
Desde la Fe
ACIprensa
Vida Nueva
El Heraldo de México
MEDIA APPEARANCES OF MY PAST LIFE that are still online
San Diego Red
In TV Nuevo León with Luis Donaldo Colosio
Expansión Magazine
Milenio
Reforma
Aeroméxico´s magazine
Reporte Indigo
Players of Life
Milenio
PRO Magazine
Sopitas
Players of Life
Residente
El Financiero
Look Magazine
Manufactura Magazine
Can´t buy it anymore, but it´s still in their website
Digital Missionaries: Proclaiming the Gospel to the Church’s New Frontier
— National Catholic Register (@NCRegister) March 18, 2024
COMMENTARY: The Synod on Synodality recognizes that the internet is not just a tool but a culture which we are called to enculturate with the Gospel. https://t.co/AGizwzPxIN
With more certainty than a year ago (screenshot), I can say that "La Biblia en un Año con Fr. Sergio Serrano y el P. Dempsey" has been a hit: It has been on the charts in 61 countries since it launched! 📈 1/12 pic.twitter.com/m640JvyZNm
— José Manuel De Urquidi (@Urquidi) January 5, 2023
Missio Achen´s forum at the Teutonic Cementery in the Vatican had @Urquidi as a panelist with
— Juan Diego & Co (@JDNpodcasts) November 3, 2023
Arch. Nappa, President of PMS
Sr. Tremarelli, Sec.Gral of POSI
Fr. Nowak, Sec.Gral of POPF
Prof. Schwartz, President @Renovabis
Sr. Fadoul, Mar Musa al-Habashi
👀https://t.co/HsIFkxiwQa pic.twitter.com/NhAHPe2G6G
People, especially the young, are not going to Church. Where are they? Let´s be on mission to the internet so they are attracted to the Sacraments!
Almost 1/2 of Catholics in the US are Latinos. What are you doing to engage with them and letting them know it´s their Church as well?
Let´s first find out what we need to do, depending on your objectives and the desired target audience. Just then can we decide the tactics and how to execute them.
Millions of dollars where spent to build beautiful cathedrals that would evangelize and catechize people. What are we doing now to reach people?
We can have a coffee, a beer or a mezcal; or meet via Zoom.
I´ll be emailing you every once in a while (never more than twice a month) to share developments on the mission in the digital environment, US Latinos or around my journey trying to understand what the Synod is as I live it from the inside.
