Workshops for Formators on Communications to be held

(April 06, 2010) The Commission for Social Communications of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, ( CBCI) is organising this year nine workshops for the formation of personnel in different parts of the country. The Commission has brought out three books entitled “Communications for Pastoral Leadership”, a set of resource materials and started a website (communicationformation.com). It has also formed a national resource team to assist formation centres and seminaries in India.
The workshops deal with the three different levels or stages of formation. Level I is intended for those, who are responsible for formation in Apostolic Schools, Minor seminaries, Pre-novitiate stages of formation, and those who are interested in introducing a course in communication among Catholic youth groups, pastoral centres, for youth hostels or boarding schools etc. The workshop will aim at enabling Formators in introducing Basics of Social Communications.
Level II is intended for those, who are involved in formation of students of Philosophy, novice masters and novice mistresses, and post novitiate formation prior to theology etc.
Level III is intended for those, who are staff of theological colleges, on-going formation programmes and those who are interested in introducing theology of communication for religious or lay groups.
The first of the nine Workshops is being held at Nobi Communications, Bangalore, Karnataka State from April 11-17 for Level I. The dates and venue of the other workshops are to be announced shortly.