Fr. Tom Memories Website

Please take a moment to read this message below from Joseph Cyr, a friend of Fr. Tom's from Tempe, Arizona. He's putting together a great project in honor of Fr. Tom. Please consider sharing any photos, etc... you have.

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To all Fr. Tom Kraft's family and friends,

My name is Joseph Cyr. I live in Tempe, Arizona and was a student at Arizona State University when Fr Tom was here at our Newman Center from 1986-1989. Before Fr. Tom left Arizona to move to the Newman Center at Salt Lake City I put together a video of some memories from Fr. Tom's time here in Arizona. I will be converting that VHS video to digital soon and putting it up on the internet for anyone to view.

Now what I would like to do is build a Fr. Tom Memories website with some photo slideshows, photo galleries, audio clips and videos highlighting some moments that people have captured of Fr. Tom's extraordinary life. I will also link to other sites with photo galleries or other media already in place. It will be an ongoing project that will continue to grow as I acquire more material. What I'm asking people for are any photos, video clips, audio or anything else they want to share for Fr. Tom Memories website. I will also produce some DVDs with the materials if I get enough media to make something interesting. I am a 3D animator and visual effects artist so I have access to high end production facilities to assemble all different kinds of media.

This whole project depends on the amount of media I acquire, so it will truly be a collaborative effort. Hopefully this site will help people relive some great memories and remember how wonderful it was to have the gift of Fr. Tom. I will gladly reference anyone who sends photos, etc. if they wish.

What I am asking for is the media to produce the above mentioned items:

1. Original high resolution digital photos. These can be put on CD and mailed to me, or delivered through the internet.

2. Photo prints that can be scanned to make them digital. Again, these can be put on CD and mailed to me or delivered through the internet.

3. Video clips

4. Audio clips.

5. Any ideas of music for the photo slideshows/DVDs. If you have recorded any video of Fr. Tom during concerts, retreats, jam sessions or any other times, those will work great too.

4. Anything else you think is appropriate to share.

Any digital format will work for me. If you have something other than digital, contact me and we can figure out how to convert the media.

To deliver files digitally, please try Yousendit.com. It is free for up to 100mb per transfer. Please compress all files into one zipped file. Send that one file through Yousendit.com. If you have over 100mb of material, try breaking up into smaller sets and send each set through Yousendit.com separately.

Any questions, please contact me through email.

Thanks for any help,

God Bless,

Joseph Cyr

josephcyr@gmail.com

P.S. If you would like me to send an email to you when the memories site is online, please send me a note and ask to be put on the contact list.