WE AIM AT
- Preparing effective communicators/PRO for the diocese and provinces
- Enabling the candidates to be effective in their pastoral ministry with communication skills
- Using communicative skills and media techniques in catechesis, liturgy and youth ministry
- Preparing meaningful liturgy with the help of communication media.
- Forming formators to form formees and seminarians in communication, pastoral ministry and meaningful animation of community with the help of communication principles and media.
- Helping the animators of the diocese/province in communicative skills
- Conscientious the pastoral leaders on the roles of communication in life
- Enhancing the administrative skills for communication-directors of the diocese/ province
- Helping to review and participate in performing/fine arts, Christian architecture, icons, films, newspaper and pastoral sessions
- Helping participants to be effective writers in newsletters/magazines/parish bulletins
- Preparing participants to be adept at PowerPoint skills, short movies, posters, for pastoral ministry.
CURRICULUM
- Introduction to Pastoral Communication
- Theology of Communication
- Media Education
- Liturgy and Communication
- Communicative skills for Catechists
- Youth ministry and communication
- Internet and Social Media in Pastoral Ministry
- Pastoral Journalism
- Christian arts (architecture, paintings, icons,)
- Media Ethics
- Folklores and folk-arts in ministry
- Liturgical dance, liturgical drama
- Communication skills (verbal, interpersonal, rhetoric) in teaching and preaching
- Ads and Commercials for Value Education
- History of Communication
- Contemporary art and media for pastoral ministry
- Making Short movies
- Writing skills for a news bulletin/ article/ review
- Preparing PowerPoint/ posters for pastoral ministry
- Skills in Digital photography for liturgy, prayer, catechesis, education
- Skills in sound recording
- Analysis of Sunday Liturgy from a communication perspective
- Analysis of Christian art and architecture
- Review of Movies from a Christian Perspective
- Internet Research for pastoral ministry-resources
- Experience in communicative skills in pastoral ministry (catechesis, youth ministry, BCC,
- Movie reviews
- Writing news and articles
- Communicative guidelines for Church music/architecture/liturgy/preaching
- Audio Visual Prayer services
- Audio Visual mass
- Digital photos for pastoral ministry
- Creating Biblical Newspapers
- Preparing AV Tools for catechesis
- Liturgical Hymn Analysis
A short scientific paper on a topic related to pastoral communication.