a new approach to communication and pastoral ministry
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A presentation made by Fr. Jerry Martinson, S.J. at the EAPI's Social Communications in Pastoral Ministry workshops in 2009. Includes "The Church & Communications", "Mass Communication: Bringing God to Masses of People", "The New Areopagus", "Training for Ministry in the New Areopagus", etc.TRANSCRIPT
A New Approach to A New Approach to Communication and Communication and Pastoral MinistryPastoral Ministry
The Church & The Church & CommunicationsCommunications• ““Go forth and teach all nations…”Go forth and teach all nations…”
The Church & The Church & CommunicationsCommunications
““The Church The Church isis Communications”Communications” Cardinal Avery DullesCardinal Avery Dulles
IntraIntra-Communication – -Communication – Finding God WithinFinding God Within
In the depths of In the depths of one’s being…one’s being…
IntraIntra-Communication – -Communication – Finding God WithinFinding God WithinMediatedMediated by by • Material creation Material creation • Environment Environment • BodyBody• SensesSenses• EmotionsEmotions• IntellectIntellect• Experiences - Experiences -
of love, joy, peace…of love, joy, peace…
Question!Question!
• Are pastoral Are pastoral agents trained agents trained to understand to understand and use media and use media for intra-for intra-personal personal communication?communication?
• Media EducationMedia Education
InterInter-Communication-Communication
Helping people Helping people discover God discover God
• in the worldin the world
• in othersin others
• in themselvesin themselves
InterInter-Communication-Communication• One-on-one One-on-one • Small & large Small & large
groupsgroups
InterInter-Communication-Communication
MediatedMediated by by
• Physical Physical characteristics characteristics
• Personal AttributesPersonal Attributes
• AccidentalsAccidentals
InterInter-Communication-Communication
MediatedMediated by by
TechnologyTechnology
Question!Question!• Are pastoral Are pastoral
agents agents sufficiently sufficiently trained in trained in interpersonal interpersonal communication communication and appropriate and appropriate use of use of media and media and AV ‘extensionsAV ‘extensions?’?’
Mass Communication:Mass Communication:Bringing God to Masses of PeopleBringing God to Masses of People
To Individuals in all corners of the worldTo Individuals in all corners of the world
Mass Communication:Mass Communication:Bringing God to Masses of PeopleBringing God to Masses of People
Physical GroupsPhysical Groups
Mass Communication:Mass Communication:Bringing Bringing GodGod to Masses of People to Masses of People
• To To VirtualVirtual Communities Communities
Mass CommunicationsMass Communications
Exposing people Exposing people not physically not physically presentpresent
to the values of to the values of Jesus Christ Jesus Christ
and the gifts of and the gifts of the Spiritthe Spirit
Mass CommunicationsMass Communications• Enabling people Enabling people
not physically not physically present to present to discover and discover and experience Godexperience God
Mass CommunicationsMass CommunicationsMediated by:Mediated by:
• Our bodies and Our bodies and accidentalsaccidentals
• Electronic Electronic extensions: extensions: radio, TV…radio, TV…
• Multimedia, Multimedia, hybrid hybrid extensions: extensions: cable, wireless, cable, wireless, blogs, blogs, websites…websites…
Question!Question!
Do we know how Do we know how to identify, to identify, nurture, and nurture, and train pastoral train pastoral agents with agents with potential for the potential for the mass media mass media apostolate? apostolate?
The New Areopagus…The New Areopagus…
Is the Areopagus of the Is the Areopagus of the Media…Media…
In a Highly Mediated In a Highly Mediated New Areopagus…New Areopagus…
Christ’s Christ’s MessageMessage
is inseparableis inseparablefrom the mediafrom the mediaused toused tocommunicate itcommunicate it
In a Highly Mediated In a Highly Mediated New Areopagus…New Areopagus…
Christ’s Christ’s MessageMessage
can be confined can be confined and confused byand confused bymediamedia
In a Highly Mediated In a Highly Mediated New Areopagus…New Areopagus…
Christ’s Christ’s MessageMessage
can be extended can be extended & enhanced by & enhanced by the media the media
In a Highly Mediated In a Highly Mediated New Areopagus…New Areopagus…
Christ’s Christ’s MessageMessage
is is the mediathe media
Question: What would Question: What would theythey do now? do now?• St. PaulSt. Paul
• Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas
• Francis XavierFrancis Xavier
• Matteo RicciMatteo Ricci
Question!Question!• Are Are wewe doing what doing what
theythey would do to would do to equip our equip our seminarians, seminarians, priests, and priests, and religious to meet religious to meet the challenges and the challenges and opportunities of the opportunities of the New Areopagus?New Areopagus?
Training for Ministry in Training for Ministry in the New Areopagusthe New Areopagus• Training in TV Training in TV
and Video and Video ProductionProduction
Training for Ministry in Training for Ministry in the New Areopagusthe New Areopagus
Training in Training in Computer Computer Graphics and Graphics and DesignDesign
Training for Ministry in Training for Ministry in the New Areopagusthe New Areopagus
Training in Training in Website Design Website Design and and Construction…Construction…
Obstacles to MinistryObstacles to Ministry
The MediaThe Media
ObstaclesObstacles
GlobalizationGlobalization
ObstaclesObstacles
Post Post modernitymodernity
ObstaclesObstacles
TraditionTradition
ObstaclesObstacles
Overloaded Overloaded Curriculum Curriculum and Schedule and Schedule in Seminaries in Seminaries and Houses of and Houses of Relgious Relgious FormationFormation
The Solution?The Solution?
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