Braga, January 23, 2016 (Ecclesia) – The presence of the Catholic Church in social networks and the digital world helps break the “cloak of anonymity” of its institutions, today defended the director of the Archdiocesan Department of Braga for the Media .
The priest James Freitas was one of several officers and invited Catholic experts for seminars promoted by the core Braga Theology Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP) on the theme ‘From click to the touch: dialogue between life and faith in digital devices’.
According to the priest, the fight against “anonymity” of the diocese has been done with a “next language, simple,” in the awareness that a department Communication must “above all inform people” with “transparency, consistency, regularity, assertiveness”.
Despite its institutional character, this body is responsible “not only communicate, but evangelize” with “depth , proximity, simplicity and enthusiasm. “
This scenario is to bet on social networks, with Facebook the function as” first major channel of communication “.
The Father Luis Miguel Rodrigues, event and teaching organizer in the UCP Theological Faculty, said the Agency ECCLESIA that the journeys want to help “deepen” reflection on the “use of digital devices at the service of evangelization.”
“After this day, in which we seek to know, let’s try to understand, a thinner and detailed reflection,” he added.
The meeting point for this work, in search of a “common key” reading will be the forum created on the page of the conference in http://docliqueaotoque.braga-ucp.com/.
“We all have to make our contribution to this work of evangelization in the digital environment happen forms more assertive and effective, “says Luis Miguel Rodrigues priest.
The panel ‘Identity and digital narratives’ included the intervention of Paulo Rocha journalist, director of the Ecclesia Agency, for whom the communication projects can not be “cause of division” in the Church.
The official said the project has been carried out in the news agency, with a “high specificity”, which aimed to simplify the text so that the reader has easier access to the content, yet seeking to be a “working tool” for those who produce religious information.
For the also secretary of the Episcopal Committee on Culture, Cultural Heritage and Communications it must enable “digitally” the network of Catholic institutions that is “naturally” and produce a “infoevangelização” without contents of confusion.
But the priest Marcelino Paulo Ferreira, the ‘Laboratory of the Faith’, virtual design of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga stressed the importance of “presence” in the digital world and challenged the “fallacy” to distinguish “the real presence of virtual presence.”
“The first verb to combine this school of faith is to listen,” he needed , adding that the other word is “share” to be “pilgrims in life, the Internet, the mobile phone”.
The priest Antonio Valerio, project ‘Step by Praying’ and ‘Click to Pray’ spoke in turn of the effort “to bring the concept of prayer for images and today’s stories,” particularly related to technology, where people relate to each other.
The Apostleship of Prayer , linked to the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) sought so that the need to find “time” in a world “noisy” with a lot of speed but little “link”.
According to the priest, at first it takes tell many people ‘do not stop to pray’, with proposals for initiation into the spiritual life and prayer.
The days enclose yourself with a vice president of the Conference of the Management Board of Radio Renaissance, Father Américo Aguiar.
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