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Communications Communiqué #2 − June 2010 Communications Communiqué #1 - June 20, 2011 Communications Communiqué #2 - October 14, 2011 Communications Communiqué #3 - November, 2011 Communications Communiqué #3 - Nov, 2011Marcella Pedersen, Provincial Communications Standing Committee Chair Greetings: Using new communication technologies, we can introduce people to the life of the Church and help our contemporaries to discover the face of Christ. Learn how to use these technologies in a competent and appropriate way, shaped by sound theological insights and reflecting a strong spirituality grounded in constant dialogue with the Lord. Your closeness to Christ will reflect being present in the world of digital communications. This will not only enliven the pastoral outreach, but also will give a “soul” to the fabric of communications that makes up the “Web”. God’s loving care for all people in Christ must be expressed in the digital world not simply as an artifact from the past, or a learned theory, but as something concrete, present and engaging. Our pastoral presence in that world must thus serve to show our contemporaries, especially the many people in our day who experience uncertainty and confusion, “that God is near; that in Christ we all belong to one another” (Benedict XVI, Address to the Roman Curia, 21 December 2009). This fall I learned a new form of communication using Skype. What wonderful opportunities this could present in rural and remote areas. Imagine having a conference call with several parish chairs (in their own homes) but seeing their faces live, or having a Bible Study online with your Diocesan or provincial counterparts. Last winter I participated in a Bible Study using a blog with http://www.ning.com/ or Blogspot. The possibilities of saving our planet by not driving, yet still communicating live with picture of face and voice is wonderful. Skype apparatus cost me around $40. Other websites on safe and informed use of media with tip sheets on a variety of topics: The Canadian League Magazine -This is our ‘medium’ of communication, only wit h your help. Urge members to write. They may even get onto the Letters to the Editor page. But even more so, submit articles to our online newsletter “Be League” on CWL website. The Internet Industry Canada has produced a booklet on Illegal and Offensive Content on the Internet – The Canadian Strategy to Promote Safe, Wise and Responsible Internet Use, which is a good resource for our standing committee. This publication is available: Information Distribution Centre, Community Branch, Industry Canada, Room 268D, West Tower, 235 Queen Street, Ottawa ON K1A 0H5. Telephone 613: 947-7466 or Fax 613-954-6436 or Email: publication@ic.gc.ca Media Excellence – Could be promoted and encouraged by writing a commendation to certain branches of the media for excellence, a job well done The Catholic Media would love to see any press clippings of your stories/pictures. It is a good way of ‘preaching from the housetops’ the good news of what the League has achieved this past year in your area. How well is the media used in our councils? Is the Catholic media such as the Prairie Messenger, Salt + Light Television, publications from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Organization for Life and Family or the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace Web site being promoted? The televised daily mass is very important to members and others who are shut-in. The last word is given to Pope Benedict XVI as stated in his message for World Communications Day June 5, 2011: “…the new communications technologies must be placed at the service of the integral good of the individual and of the whole of humanity. If used wisely, they can contribute to the satisfaction of the desire for meaning, truth and unity which remain the most profound aspirations of each human being..... promote a culture of respect for the dignity and value of the human person.” Communications Communique #2 - Oct 14,2011Marcella Pedersen, Provincial Communications Standing Commitee Chair Oct 15 –Rural Women’s Day In an effort to reduce poverty, I am forwarding information re UN Rural Women’s Day and World Food Day. Below is information from Oxfam that has an interesting challenge to us all re food. Also in conjunction with World Food Day, recognize and celebrate Oct 15 – UN Rural Women’s Day; a day to recognize the critical role and contribution of rural and indigenous women in enhancing agriculture and rural development, improving food security, and eradicating rural poverty. Whilst women produce half of the world’s food production, women own only 1% of the agricultural land, and are first to suffer during food crises by climate change, deforestation, and desertification, or natural disasters caused by flooding, fire, earthquakes, volcanoes and tornadoes. World Food Challenge Together we can fix the food system. Join people around the world in a week of action on food, October 15-22: Oxfam’s GROW week. GROW week is an opportunity to celebrate food and the people who produce it. The GROW campaign is calling for changes to fix the injustices in our food system that leave almost a billion of us going to bed hungry every night – the majority women and girls. GROW week includes the 30th anniversary of World Food Day on October 16. Oxfam is calling on you to enjoy a meal during GROW week. Easy, eh? Here’s the challenge: In your meal, use local, organic and/or fair trade ingredients. It could be a small and intimate gathering of your friends and family. Or host a larger event, like a potluck at a community centre or your workplace. Whatever works best. Big or small, brunch or supper, the key is to get people talking. Host a meal that sparks a conversation about where your food comes from, who cultivates it, and how we can make the global food system fairer and more sustainable. Challenges faced by Rural Women: Long hours of work - women often combine multiple forms of employment to increase income to provide for their families. Lack of access to public and social infrastructure. Lack of access to education, skills development and technical training and lack of opportunity to use education and learned skills. Lack of access to health care resulting in high maternal mortality, high infant mortality and death at an early age. Lack of access to support for mental health issues, abuse issues and single parent issues. Limited access to credit –this restricts women in land ownership, planting of crops for food production, and other entrepreneurial exercises. Lack of respect for Achievement –Producing half of the world’s food production. Concerns about pornography should always be in the minds of all CWL members. The League encourages us to work with C.A.S.E. (Canadians Addressing Sexual Exploitation). Visit their site http://www.4case.ca and urge your members to be involved in the Ribbons of Signature Campaign http://www.4case.ca/w_r_a_p__campaign_info.htm which begins Sunday, Oct. 16th. Another side affect of Poverty: Councils may want to consider contacting Sr. Joyce Lorenz in Regina (jlorentz@sasktel.net or 306-789-2595) to hear what she has to say on human trafficking of women & children. This is an area that should be of great concern to all of us. Election Time: Please encourage everyone you meet or interact with to be sure to exercise their democratic right and VOTE. Check with all candidates their strategies re housing, and poverty. Communications Communiqué #1 - June 2011Marcella Pedersen, Provincial Communications Standing Commitee Chair Greetings Sisters of the League: Below are a list of things that are dealt with under this convenorship. As a get acquainted session, I have attached my profile. How about you send me yours. Magazine deadlines are Winter - November 30, 2011; Spring - February 28, 2012; Fall - July 31, 2012. The e-newsletter is posted to the Web site monthly. From National Chairperson Mary Nordick, Resolution 2002.11 Responsible Internet Use For Children in the second resolve clause encourages “members to educate themselves and their families on safe, wise, and responsible Internet use.” Facebook was not around in 2002, but the resolved clause is applicable to it and timely today. One final thought: Our standing committee is called “communications”, a plural noun/adjective and a fine reminder that the League is a community. Communication always requires more than one person (speaker and listener, writer and reader, sender and receiver, etc.) and something to communicate. We have the best thing to communicate - the Good News - and how we live out that Good News in our councils. Rainy Blessings, (Up until June 15 we were very dry. Since then we have received 150 mm.) I encourage everyone to pray for weather balance, as I know some need sun and some need rain. Marcella Pedersen “Good communication is the glue that helps hold councils together. Members need to be informed.” (Alberta Mackenzie Chairperson of Communications Cathy Bouchard) The Canadian League Magazine National Chairperson's Report Communications Communiqué #2 - June 2010Helen Kayfish, Provincial Communications Standing Commitee Chair Welcome to the any new committee chairpersons of Communications.
It means to come together. To share, make known, inform. To be connected, to be open to each other. The dictionary description reads: a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs or behaviours.
God communicates with us in the silence. We communicate with God by our thoughts words and actions.
Following are the deadlines for submissions in the league magazine. Fall issue: July 31st. Winter issue: November 30th Spring/summer issue: February 28th As you may be aware we do have a Provincial Newsletter. After some computer glitches, I managed to produce a short version of the Newsletter. I apologize to anyone who submitted articles for the newsletter that were not included. I have learned by trial and error what I need to do to protect information from being destroyed by computer programs. Watch for items next year. Please submit articles via email if possible to me at the address listed above. Thank you to Betty Ann Brown, National Chairperson of Communication for her input on communications. Have a safe and faith filled summer. |