ZAMBIA: ZAS Urges Consecrated Women to be Effective Communicators
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| Sr. Beatrice Njau, FSP, ZAS National Chairperson |
The Zambia
Association of Sisterhoods (ZAS) National Chairperson, Sister Beatrice W. Njau,
FSP has urged consecrated women to communicate effectively.
Association of Sisterhoods (ZAS) National Chairperson, Sister Beatrice W. Njau,
FSP has urged consecrated women to communicate effectively.
Speaking
during a meeting to ZAS National Communications Team last week Sr. Beatrice
said consecrated women need to learn to talk and listen to one another, not
simply to generate and consume information.
during a meeting to ZAS National Communications Team last week Sr. Beatrice
said consecrated women need to learn to talk and listen to one another, not
simply to generate and consume information.
“Let us
together start making a difference by communicating the Gospel of joy in all
our interactions, be agents of evangelization and not of conformity to the
false image of communication portrayed by the media, that the whole world may
resound with the, “Joy of the Gospel,” she said.
together start making a difference by communicating the Gospel of joy in all
our interactions, be agents of evangelization and not of conformity to the
false image of communication portrayed by the media, that the whole world may
resound with the, “Joy of the Gospel,” she said.
She added
that religious sisters are invited to communicate God’s joy and love, thereby contributing
to the life of the Church and society.
that religious sisters are invited to communicate God’s joy and love, thereby contributing
to the life of the Church and society.
Sr. Beatrice
further said that Pope Francis, in the midst of celebrating the year dedicated
to Consecrated Life said one very important point that, “Where Consecrated
persons are, there should be joy.” She
said this sentiment is also emphasized in the Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of
the Gospel, (Evangelium Gaudium).
further said that Pope Francis, in the midst of celebrating the year dedicated
to Consecrated Life said one very important point that, “Where Consecrated
persons are, there should be joy.” She
said this sentiment is also emphasized in the Apostolic Exhortation, The Joy of
the Gospel, (Evangelium Gaudium).
The ZAS
National Chairperson said the modern media is an essential part of our life
today: “Today the modern media, which are an essential part of life for young
people in particular, can both be a help and a hindrance to communication in
and between families. The media can be a hindrance if they become a way to
avoid listening to others, to evade physical contact, to fill up every moment
of silence and rest, so that we forget that ‘silence is an integral element of
communication; in its absence, words rich in content cannot exist.”
National Chairperson said the modern media is an essential part of our life
today: “Today the modern media, which are an essential part of life for young
people in particular, can both be a help and a hindrance to communication in
and between families. The media can be a hindrance if they become a way to
avoid listening to others, to evade physical contact, to fill up every moment
of silence and rest, so that we forget that ‘silence is an integral element of
communication; in its absence, words rich in content cannot exist.”
Sr. Beatrice
further said consecrated women are called to bless by the way they communicate:
“In a world where people often curse, use foul language, speak badly of others,
sow discord and poison our human environment by gossip, the family can teach us
to understand communication as a blessing. It is only by blessing rather than
cursing, by visiting rather than repelling, and by accepting rather than
fighting, that we can break the spiral of evil, show that goodness is always
possible, and educate our children to fellowship.”
further said consecrated women are called to bless by the way they communicate:
“In a world where people often curse, use foul language, speak badly of others,
sow discord and poison our human environment by gossip, the family can teach us
to understand communication as a blessing. It is only by blessing rather than
cursing, by visiting rather than repelling, and by accepting rather than
fighting, that we can break the spiral of evil, show that goodness is always
possible, and educate our children to fellowship.”
She said
forgiveness is itself a process of communication and asked the religious
sisters not to be fearful of imperfections, weakness or even conflict, but
rather learn how to deal with them constructively.
forgiveness is itself a process of communication and asked the religious
sisters not to be fearful of imperfections, weakness or even conflict, but
rather learn how to deal with them constructively.
The
Chairperson also urged the sisters to love one another as the Pope underlines,
“It is in the family that majority of us learned religious dimension of
communication, which in the case of Christianity is permeated with love, the
love that God bestows upon us and we then offer to others.”
Chairperson also urged the sisters to love one another as the Pope underlines,
“It is in the family that majority of us learned religious dimension of
communication, which in the case of Christianity is permeated with love, the
love that God bestows upon us and we then offer to others.”
Source: Sr. Helen Kasaka, Zambia
