Communication and

EvangelizationGrounding Principles for Catholic Communicators

Grounding SessionSession 1

Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski, MHSH, D.Min.

The Hidden Energy ofThe Good News!

The relationship of

Communication and

Evangelization

Elements for Effective Evangelization

Audience

(Persons)

Communication

Culture

Message

(What is the message?

Context(What is unique?)

Good News – GospelJesusAwakening to the invitation of Jesus

Stimulating the Religious Imagination

Walking Good News – To Be the

Gospel

Evangelization is…

Barriers to Evangelization….

Secularism vs. Faith Relativism vs. Solidarity (Common

Vision) Individualism vs. Community Consumerism vs. Common

Good/Ecology Syncretism vs. Sound Solid Faith Atheism vs. Belief in God

Barriers to Evangelization….

Eclipse of Mystery

Where do we (they) see God

today?

Two Key Factors of Evangelization:

Who am in relationshipto God?

What do I knowabout my audience?

Who am I in relationship to God?:

Vocation as a Catholic Communicator

Our media productionsare mirrors of our

religiousperspectives.

Believe – Church – Jesus – God – People –World – Spirituality –

Vocation as a Catholic Communicator

Our media productionsare mirrors of our

religiousperspectives.

Believe – My Creed

Church – Ecclesiology

Jesus – Christology

God – Theology/Grace

People – Christian Anthropology

World – Ecology Spirituality – Sacramentalogy/Prayer

How ‘mature’ is my faith?

Am I really Spiritually prepared to witness the Gospel within the media/digital

culture?

The Power of Personal Witness

for depth evangelization!

We do not communicatein a vacuum!

We mirror who we are with every

Image,Sound bit,

Edit,Composition!

What do we know about the peoplewe are evangelizing?

Hopes?

Fears?Questions?

Foci?

Distractions?

Oppressions?

Dreams?

Communicate?

Break throughIgnorance

of Sensing

God!

Religious Imagination

Mindfulness of God

Gift(Seed of Faith)

PreparationLife Experiences

Awakening“Aha”

ReflectionDiscernment

DefiningA Direction

Nurturing/Testing theDirection

Confirmation“Yes”

Gustavo GutierrezLatin American

Theologian

Missionary Activity of the Church

(Redemptoris Missio)

Evangelization (Evangelii Nuntiandi)

Key Church Documents

Evangelii Nuntiandi

hidden energy of the Good News

capable of really

transforming

methods should be followed

Religious Imagination

flowsout ofone’s

Religious Experience

Our universe

is alive with

sparks of the

Divine Presence!

Artisans of Faith

Artists break our traditional way of

seeing and experiencing the

world!

Prophetic Imagination

Experience

Study Reflection

Prayer

The Central Task in Communicating Faith

Journey of Ongoing Discovery and Relationship

Kairos Moment