AMECEA: ICT should also serve Evangelization purposes- A Call
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| Fr. Febian Pikiti Mulenga, AMECEA Pastoral Coordinator |
The ICT personnel in the AMECEA Region have been challenged to think on how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be of service in the realization of the mission of the Church today.
Fr. Febian Pikiti, the Pastoral Coordinator of AMECEA Pastoral
Department, while addressing the National Communications Secretaries from
AMECEA Conferences and correspondents of AMECEA
Online News at the Online Journalism and ICT training that is underway in
Nairobi, Kenya, highlighted what Pope John Paul II said in the
document ‘Church and Internet’ in 2001. “All sectors of the Church need to
understand the media, apply this understanding in formulating pastoral plans
for social communications together with concrete policies and programs in this
area, and make appropriate use of media.”
Department, while addressing the National Communications Secretaries from
AMECEA Conferences and correspondents of AMECEA
Online News at the Online Journalism and ICT training that is underway in
Nairobi, Kenya, highlighted what Pope John Paul II said in the
document ‘Church and Internet’ in 2001. “All sectors of the Church need to
understand the media, apply this understanding in formulating pastoral plans
for social communications together with concrete policies and programs in this
area, and make appropriate use of media.”
“As Church, we must exist and make the Gospel of Christ present on
electronic and social media,” Fr. Pikiti who represented AMECEA Secretary
General Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo at the training said.
electronic and social media,” Fr. Pikiti who represented AMECEA Secretary
General Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo at the training said.
Fr. Pikiti added that the suggestion by Pope John Paul II about the pastoral
Personnel, Priests, deacons, religious, and lay pastoral workers getting media education to increase their
understanding of the impact of social communications, should be given top most
priority lest the Church stalls on its agenda.
Personnel, Priests, deacons, religious, and lay pastoral workers getting media education to increase their
understanding of the impact of social communications, should be given top most
priority lest the Church stalls on its agenda.
The
AMECEA online journalism training was last held in 2013 in Dar-es-salaam,
Tanzania. However, in 2014 the event was postponed due to the AMECEA plenary
Assembly that was held in July in Malawi.
AMECEA online journalism training was last held in 2013 in Dar-es-salaam,
Tanzania. However, in 2014 the event was postponed due to the AMECEA plenary
Assembly that was held in July in Malawi.
In
that Assembly, the Bishops approved a 10 Year AMECEA pastoral strategic plan
which aims to promote the presence of the church and its involvement with the
media as an effective tool for evangelization. They (Bishops) resolved the use
of new media technology as an effective tool for evangelization purposes, which
was also one of the key topics of discussion in the online journalism training
for the National Conferences Secretaries.
that Assembly, the Bishops approved a 10 Year AMECEA pastoral strategic plan
which aims to promote the presence of the church and its involvement with the
media as an effective tool for evangelization. They (Bishops) resolved the use
of new media technology as an effective tool for evangelization purposes, which
was also one of the key topics of discussion in the online journalism training
for the National Conferences Secretaries.
One of the strategic areas of the
AMECEA Pastoral Plan is to promote the presence of the Church and its
involvement with the media as an effective tool for evangelization.
AMECEA Pastoral Plan is to promote the presence of the Church and its
involvement with the media as an effective tool for evangelization.
By Pamela
Adinda and Jacinta W Odongo
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