Catholic Moments #126 - Mary Kay Hoal, Yoursphere.com

Published: Nov. 12, 2009, 3:30 a.m.

b'Conceived and founded by Mary Kay Hoal, \\nis the first social networking service for youth that parents can\\nembrace. Drawing on her corporate entrepreneurial experience as a media\\nstrategist, advertising, marketing and publishing VP formerly with CMP\\nMedia LLC, Mary Kay built the team.\\xa0\\nA proud wife and mother of five children (both biological and adopted,\\nranging in age from 4-17 years old), Mary Kay Hoal faces the same\\nchallenges every parent does: keeping her kids safe; raising them to be\\ngood, happy and well-balanced people; and providing them with the tools\\nand support to create their own future.\\xa0 While Mary Kay readily admits\\nthat she didn\'t "get" the whole online social networking phenomenon at\\nfirst, she quickly recognized its importance in her kids\' lives. After\\nresearching the disturbing landscape of social networking\\nsites\\u2014including endless inappropriate content and thousands of\\npredators targeting youth\\u2014Mary Kay\'s mission became clear: raise the\\nbar.\\xa0 \\nis a terrific online community where kids and teens connect, share and\\ninspire -- all in a place the puts Internet safety first. Parents can\\nrelax while kids and teens have fun.\\nA visit to a U. S. military cemetery near Florence Italy is the fodder for this week\'s Deacon Moment with . Tom suggests we applaud all our veterans and to pray for them on this, their special day.\\n\\nSarah Reinhard\\u2019s struggling with prayer, and her Mary Moment reflection this week includes a quote from , by Joseph Langford, and thoughts on tapping into Mary\\u2019s desire to help us succeed.\\n\\nThis episode of Catholic Moments is sponsored by , the Leading Catholic Singles Community.\\xa0 Share your feedback at 206-339-9272, comment here on the blog or email .\\n\\nLinks for this Episode:\\n\\n\\n \\u2013 Pregnancy Product Giveaway, , , \\n\\nSubscribe to the | Subscribe with'