SOUTH AFRICA: Tanzanian Bishop Challenges Formators to Embrace New Media Apostolate

The Bishop Chair of Social Communication of the
Tanzanian Episcopal Conference (TEC) Rt Rev Bernadin Mfumbusa has asked the
head of seminaries and house of formation from Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) to meet the
demands of the digital generation as they prepare the future leaders of the
Catholic Church.

 

Making his presentation on Evangelization in the
information Age during the formation conference organized by IMBISA in
Pretoria, South Africa on 23 July 2015, Bishop Mfumbusa reiterated his call he
made to the Bishop of AMECEA during the 18th AMECEA plenary that the
Church Online presence is no longer optional.

 

He said that formators and African theologians need
to research on emerging problems facing the African and publish online.

 

 “The Absence
of catholic content online leaves a vacuum that allows non catholic content to
dominate the cyber space,” he said.

 

Making reference to the Great Commission of Christ
to his disciples, ‘Go therefore and make disciples of all nation’ Mt 28:19
Bishop Mfumbusa said, “This call of Christ demands us to apply proper skills
befitting to our times.” 

 

The message of Christ remains the same but the
means/channel of conveying the message change according to age and demands of
time.

 

In the same conference the Archbishop of Pretoria,
Most Rev William Slatter, called on formators to apply practical skills to allow
their students adopt the usage of modern means of communications which are very
helpful in the new evangelization strategies.

By AMECEA
Online News Reporter