Good communications are a challenge for every organization. While some people have the communications task, everyone has the responsibility to be a good communicator. What does that mean? Here are some thoughts for all communicators and those for whom communication is a ministry especially those who publish online.
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Journeying Together in a Synodal Church
On Sunday, October 10, 2021, Pope Francis formally launched the process leading to the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which will take place in October 2023. Next Sunday, October 17, 2021, dioceses around the world will open the process in their local Churches.
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Twenty Years of Learning Curves
Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! I cannot believe that the turn of the century was 20 years ago and that we are, at this moment, living through the ever changing and continuing technical revolution. It is a good time to reflect on how these changes have impacted our lives, our relationships and our ministries. In particular, as I reflect on the state of online faith-based ministry, I ask myself…
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Celebrate John the Baptist on the Second Sunday of Advent
The Gospel for the 2nd Sunday of Advent features St. John the Baptist, the one who “prepared the way” for Jesus. He is a main figure during this season. He calls us to “Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” He tells his followers: “I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to…
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The Communication Divide
In 1967, when the first World Communications Day was held, social communication media meant press, radio, TV and movies. Today, as we approach the 53rd World Communications Day, communication media includes the Internet and every Internet tool imaginable with more being created every day. The Millennial generation, those born between 1981 and 1996 were the first to come of age in a digital world. Generation Z, born in 1997 and…
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We Are Intimately Linked
In the first World Communications Day message in 1967, Pope Paul VI wrote: “The Church, realizing “that she is truly and intimately linked with mankind and its history” (The Church in the Modern World #1), wishes by means of this initiative [World Communications Day], proposed by the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council [1962-1965], to draw the attention of her children and of all men of good will to the vast and…