Fr. Bill's Weekly Message for 6/22/97

Dear Parishioners:

Every once in a while I get to "surf" the Internet. There is a world of information out there. As many of you know, STM has its own home page on the net. By the way, we now have a new, easier to remember address, www.STMhouston.org.

I have found several St. Thomas More parishes on the net. There are thousands of pages that contain information about the Church, religion in general, even the Vatican has a page.

There are business pages, cooking recipes, etc. But for all the good stuff, there is an element of evil. I read a statistic the other day that those sites which feature sex and pornography are only 3.5% of all sites on the web. Along with that, however, was the statistic that 85% of all "hits" on the net are on those 3.5%.

It used to be that a man had to risk humiliation and go down to a section of town and risk being seen to get pornography. There all he had to do was go to the video store; then all it took was a cable into the house; and now all we need is a phone line.

I urge all parents to be very vigilant about who and what is allowed on your computer. Children today are very clever when it comes to this technology.

Peace

Fr. Bill




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