“We believe in human interaction and face-to-face contact, but we are part of this culture and it would be a mistake not to take advantage of that to spread what we think is good news,” Bertrand said.

The sisters have made other recent technological upgrades including a new Web site and regularly hosting video conferences to increase contact with other satellites and reduce traveling costs.

“We have always tried to be innovative in the ways we connect with people,” Bertrand said.

Check out theses Web sites to see how sisters from all over are utilizing multimedia and the Internet to spread their message.

n Sister Julie’s “Simple Jottings” blog: http://www.ssndmankato.org/blog/

n “A Nun’s Life Blog” http://nuns2day.wordpress.com/

n Podcast from St. Paul: http://www.csjstpaul.org/content.asp?id=2505

n MySpace profile: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=60028675

n You Tube Web videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiRiz-mjiiA