AMAR NEWS # 76 FMA PCI Social Communications Seminar 2019

AMAR NEWS # 76 FMA PCI Social Communications Seminar 2019

The FMA – PCI Social Communications Seminar kick-started on the 3rd of May at MYC, Wadala. There were 28 participants in all hailing from the 7 Indian provinces. We warmly welcomed the animators, Sr. Maria Helena Moreira, General Councillor for Social Communication and Sr. Gabriella Imperatore. The inaugural Eucharist was celebrated by Bishop Barthol Barretto, Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay and in-charge of the Social Communication in the Archdiocese of Bombay.

With a typical Maharashtrian welcome and keynote address of Sr. Maria Helena Moreira, the participants were ushered into the seminar. The seminar began with the audio-visual presentation of the message of the FMA PCI President, Sr. Margaret Amalanathan, Provincial of Tiruchirapalli. Quoting Pope Francis from the post-synodal exhortation, “The memory of the Father is not a ‘hard disk that saves and archives all our data’. His memory is a heart filled with tender compassion” she invited the gathering to be communicators of love and compassion to all.

With the theme ‘The Institutional Communication Plan in the Educommunication Mission of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians’, the participants went through an intensive 5 – day journey striving to understand their role as media coordinators in their respective provinces. This was accomplished through input sessions, discussions, group work, and individual study. Entering into the contents of the Plan of Institutional Communications the following themes were highlighted: Intentionality, vision, mission, the scenario, the values, being in the heart of

Contemporaneity, a Synodal style that invites and promotes communion and a shared mission in diversity for a prophetic missionary spirit. The key word of the entire seminar was ‘Communion’. The animators introduced to the members the Policy of the Institutional Communication of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians explaining the five dimensions of the Institutional ecosystem. The Visual Communication Manual of the FMA and the importance of legibility and juridical registration of the Logo were also explained. Furthermore, the nuances of Educommunicative Management were explained emphasizing that as social communicators we are not managers of things, but of people. The participants were asked to elaborate on the Profile of the Coordinator in the Social Communications taking into consideration the following elements: Characteristics, Communication skills, Professional skills, Functions and Tasks, and Communication Strategies.

During the course of the seminar, the participants were also taken for an exposure visit to SPICE (the Pauline Institute of Communication – Bandra) and Tej Prasarnni (Don Bosco). They also visited the nearby FMA communities in Bandra and Wadala. They also had a cultural evening wherein each group displayed their respective cultures either in song, dance or an audio-visual presentation. The DMA (1952-2019) was also elaborately presented Sr. Gabriella Imperatore. Each province took turns to animate the prayer moments, recreation and the other highlights of the day. The assembly was also blessed by the flying visit of Rev. Sr. Phyllis Neves, Visiting Councillor. After 5 days of intensive sharing, input, enlightenment, and togetherness the seminar came to a close on the 8th of May 2019 with expressions of gratitude and love.

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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