ROME: AMECEA Delegates Participate in the World Congress of Catholic Communicators
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| From left: Fr Anatoly Salawa; Fr Andrew Kaufa, Bishop-Elect Moses Hamungole, Fr Chrisantus Ndaga, Fr Paul Samasumo and Mr David Omwoyo |
The
AMECEA Secretary of Social Communications Fr Chrisantus Ndaga together with
some National Communication Coordinators from AMECEA member Countries are
attending the Signis World Congress of Catholic Communicators in Rome that
started on 25 February and expected to end on 2 March 2014.
AMECEA Secretary of Social Communications Fr Chrisantus Ndaga together with
some National Communication Coordinators from AMECEA member Countries are
attending the Signis World Congress of Catholic Communicators in Rome that
started on 25 February and expected to end on 2 March 2014.
The
National Communication Coordinators attending the Congress with their countries
in brackets are: Fr Paul Samasumo (Zambia); Fr Anatoly Salawa (Tanzania); Fr
Andrew Kaufa (Malawi) and Mr David Omwoyo (Kenya).
National Communication Coordinators attending the Congress with their countries
in brackets are: Fr Paul Samasumo (Zambia); Fr Anatoly Salawa (Tanzania); Fr
Andrew Kaufa (Malawi) and Mr David Omwoyo (Kenya).
The
Congress unites the generations of over 300 Catholic Communicators from allover
the World to explore the challenges of responding creatively to a New
Multimedia Era under the theme of “Media for a Culture of Peace: Creating
Images with the New Generation”.
Congress unites the generations of over 300 Catholic Communicators from allover
the World to explore the challenges of responding creatively to a New
Multimedia Era under the theme of “Media for a Culture of Peace: Creating
Images with the New Generation”.
Reporting
from Rome, Fr Ndaga said in the opening ceremony of the Congress, the audience
was graced by the presence of the President of the Pontifical Council for
Social Communications, Most Rev Claudio Maria Celli.
from Rome, Fr Ndaga said in the opening ceremony of the Congress, the audience
was graced by the presence of the President of the Pontifical Council for
Social Communications, Most Rev Claudio Maria Celli.
Archbishop
Celli said Communicators are constructors of culture. “Being
citizens of digital world means taking part of a dialogue and giving oneself
for reaching a common good and therefore, building peace.
Celli said Communicators are constructors of culture. “Being
citizens of digital world means taking part of a dialogue and giving oneself
for reaching a common good and therefore, building peace.
Earlier,
the Holy Father, Pope Francis sent a welcoming message to the participants of
the Congress in which he challenged the Catholic Communicators to present the
Wisdom, Truth and Beauty of the Gospel in a language capable of touching the
minds and hearts of countless people who thirsty for meaning and their lives as
individuals and members of society.
the Holy Father, Pope Francis sent a welcoming message to the participants of
the Congress in which he challenged the Catholic Communicators to present the
Wisdom, Truth and Beauty of the Gospel in a language capable of touching the
minds and hearts of countless people who thirsty for meaning and their lives as
individuals and members of society.
On
Wednesday the participants joined the pilgrims from all over the world at St
Peter’s Square (Vatican City) for Pope’s Audience. The general audience was
held in the open at St Peter’s Square in which the Holy Father delivered a
Catechesis on the Sacrament of the Anointing of the sick. He encouraged the
sick people including the elderly, to call for a Priest for the Sacrament of
the anointing of the sick.
Wednesday the participants joined the pilgrims from all over the world at St
Peter’s Square (Vatican City) for Pope’s Audience. The general audience was
held in the open at St Peter’s Square in which the Holy Father delivered a
Catechesis on the Sacrament of the Anointing of the sick. He encouraged the
sick people including the elderly, to call for a Priest for the Sacrament of
the anointing of the sick.
SOURCE: AMECEA Social
Communications Office
Communications Office
