Faith Communicators around the world

My hope is that the Church can harness the opportunity that social media affords us, and not merely use it as a means of disseminating “news bulletins” and “resources”. If the presence of the Church on social media is at the service of an authentic culture of encounter, then our online communication will be a source of cultural enrichment and a duty that we will adopt not as a box ticking exercise, but as the first step in drawing people towards a deeper form of communion.

Over the years, I have honed my skills in marketing and management, and I am passionate about using my experience to support and promote Catholic organizations and causes. With a focus on clear goals and measurable outcomes, I bring a strategic and organized approach to my work. I am passionate about conveying the beauty and truth of the Catholic faith through storytelling and using technology to engage with others.

The era of social media is a very fast paced evolution which makes what we have studied yesterday be obsolete today. One must throw himself more in it by building relationships that lasts through eternity. These relationships aren’t built by mere likes and shares of posts but of conversations which can lead to deep communion. We communicate our faith by living the Word in the same intensity wether it is in social media or in our households, schools, workplace, etc. 

Perry Paul Lamanilao

Philippines           

Pope Francis said that the digital world is “a network not of wires but of people”. This world is enriched by diverse cultures, traditions, and beliefs. As communicators, our big challenge is to nurture this world with mutual understanding and respect. I hope we can work together on this borderless space as we share with others the beauty of our faith.

The Church is always innovating in the way it communicates the truth, and today with many information calling themselves as "truthful", we need to move our communicative  actions to help the people of God to understand how to comprehend what is moving on our ground from a different perspective and in key of faith. 

I hope we can really understand what's moving people, inside and outside social media, so that we can deliver hope in their own context, as the Good Samaritan did, with love and mercy.

Pope Francis inspires me to think about how good communication strategy begins in my everyday personal relationships. I am called to an “openness of the heart that makes closeness possible” and to “listen with the ear of the heart.” I hope that, together, we can be bold and envision social media as a means to communion.

In every periphery, as long as souls are present. It is our duty to make them disciples. The Church from the very start has always exhaust all resources to follow the great commissioning of her bridegroom, Christ the perfect communicator. It is no wonder how the apostles made use of available communication tools in their time to spread the Good News from Jerusalem to the gentile nations.

As digital natives, the cyberspace is a new dimension where multitude of sheep are present. As contemporary evangelizers, our aim is to make people feel the presence of Christ in the virtual world.