UGANDA: Catholic Communicators challenged to embark on use of ICT in evangelization in their dioceses
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| Bishop Franzelli (center) poses for a group photo with the participants |
The Chairman of Social
Communications Commission at the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC), Rt. Rev. Joseph Franzelli, Bishop of Lira Diocese,
has appealed to Catholic Communicators in Uganda to acquire more knowledge and
skills in Information Communication Technology (ICT) to help improve their work of evangelization in
their dioceses.
Communications Commission at the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC), Rt. Rev. Joseph Franzelli, Bishop of Lira Diocese,
has appealed to Catholic Communicators in Uganda to acquire more knowledge and
skills in Information Communication Technology (ICT) to help improve their work of evangelization in
their dioceses.
He said the use of ICT in evangelization
will provide them with an effective way to reach to large numbers of people who
face various challenges in life thus provide inspiration and encouragement.
will provide them with an effective way to reach to large numbers of people who
face various challenges in life thus provide inspiration and encouragement.
Bishop Franzelli said
this during the opening ceremony of a two-day Website Designing training
workshop that was held in Moroto Diocese from April 20-21, for the Diocesan
Communication Coordinators and journalists who work with Catholic media
institutions in Uganda.
this during the opening ceremony of a two-day Website Designing training
workshop that was held in Moroto Diocese from April 20-21, for the Diocesan
Communication Coordinators and journalists who work with Catholic media
institutions in Uganda.
“In today’s world the use of ICT is relevant
to many activities and programs of the Church especially in evangelization,”
Bishop Franzelli said. “We should therefore make good use of this training by acquiring
all the relevant skills in website designing so that we can improve our online
presence for our dioceses and serve as vehicles for evangelization and
catechesis.”
to many activities and programs of the Church especially in evangelization,”
Bishop Franzelli said. “We should therefore make good use of this training by acquiring
all the relevant skills in website designing so that we can improve our online
presence for our dioceses and serve as vehicles for evangelization and
catechesis.”
The two-day practical workshop, which was
part of the Annual Social Communications week, was organized by the Social
Communications Department at UEC. It was designed to equip the communicators
with the necessary skills and knowledge to leverage ICT for evangelization.
part of the Annual Social Communications week, was organized by the Social
Communications Department at UEC. It was designed to equip the communicators
with the necessary skills and knowledge to leverage ICT for evangelization.
Some of the topics
discussed included, introduction to web designing and online publishing,
creating a website using content management systems, writing for online and
publishing articles on website, recording, editing and publishing audio to the
web, capturing pictures, editing and publishing to the web as well as effective
publishing and engagement on social media.
discussed included, introduction to web designing and online publishing,
creating a website using content management systems, writing for online and
publishing articles on website, recording, editing and publishing audio to the
web, capturing pictures, editing and publishing to the web as well as effective
publishing and engagement on social media.
The Executive Secretary of
Social communications Department at UEC, Rev. Fr. Philip Odii, said that
technologies are not only changing our way of communicating, but are a platform
to living through a period of vast transformation.
Social communications Department at UEC, Rev. Fr. Philip Odii, said that
technologies are not only changing our way of communicating, but are a platform
to living through a period of vast transformation.
“The activities in our
diocese in this age of globalization are huge thus we can perform an important
service to our listeners by the selection and transmission of useful data in
this medium,” he said.
diocese in this age of globalization are huge thus we can perform an important
service to our listeners by the selection and transmission of useful data in
this medium,” he said.
Meanwhile, some of the
participants expressed their gratitude that the training programme enhanced
their skills on developing a website for effective reporting and urged the
organizers to widen the scope of the program for more people to benefit in
future.
participants expressed their gratitude that the training programme enhanced
their skills on developing a website for effective reporting and urged the
organizers to widen the scope of the program for more people to benefit in
future.
The training attracted over
40 communicators from 18 dioceses across the nation.
40 communicators from 18 dioceses across the nation.
By
Jacinta W. Odongo, Media Officer, Uganda Episcopal Conference
Jacinta W. Odongo, Media Officer, Uganda Episcopal Conference
