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| Rt. Rev. Joseph Obanyi, Bishop of Kakamega and KCCB Communications Commission Chairman |
Catholic Radio Managers and Diocesan communication coordinators in Kenya held a one-week workshop in Nairobi (25th to 29th May 2015) to generate a five year Strategic Plan which shall guide the Kenyan Catholic Conference of Bishops Communications Department.
Participants from different dioceses under the leadership of Waumini Communications Managing Director David Omwoyo, joined forces to generate a vision, mission, core values, objectives, outputs and outcomes expected to help streamline operations of Waumini Communications.
Speaking during the workshop, newly elected Chairman for Commission for Social Communications, Rt. Rev. Joseph Obanyi said the Strategic Plan would help the Church to focus on communication needed for effective evangelization.
Bishop Obanyi encouraged Catholic journalists to spotlight social justice issues facing the country, especially insecurity and poverty.
A guest speaker at the function, Rt. Rev. Bernadini Mfumbusa, who is the Chairman for Social Communication Commission in the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) said the Catholic Church still lags in the use of social media for evangelization largely because seminarians are not exposed to the new technologies during their formation.
Bishop Mfumbusa said that the Church must move with the times and embrace digital revolution.
He challenged the Church to create web presence, learn multimedia communication skills and commit more resources to IT, saying this would help reach more techno-savvy youth.
By Rose Achiego, Waumini Communications KCCB