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Communication and evangelization:
context, attitudes and experiences
Rome January 22-23, 2025
Wednesday 22 January
14:00 Welcome
14:45 Welcome and greetings from the Rector
Introduction of the seminar
Gema Bellido, Organizing Committee of the XIV Professional Seminar
15:15 Inaugural conference
Evangelization and contemporaneity. Guidelines for the communicative activity of the Church
Msgr. Rino Fisichella, Pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization
16:00 Break [time to move between classrooms]
16:15 Theologians and communicators in dialogue
[Three conversations at the same time - one in English, one in Italian and a third one in Spanish - to further develop some of the issues addressed in the inaugural conference]
The art of proclaiming. Reflections on 30 years of biblical itineraries [Italian with simultaneous interpretation] [Speaker to be confirmed]
Communication of the Gospel and “outbound” laity [Spanish]
Pilar Río (Professor of Theology of the Sacraments and Ecclesiology) interviewed by Jesús Colina (Journalist, communications consultant)
Communication of faith and cultural mediation [English]
Paul O'Callaghan (Professor of Theological Anthropology) interviewed by Ashley Noronha (Communication Coach and founder of Truth & Beauty Project)
17:00 Break [time to move between classrooms]
17:10 Experiences
Group 1: The Hallow experience, a spirituality app at the top of the digital markets [Session in English with simultaneous interpretation]
Zac Crippen, International Director of @Hallow
Group 2: The experience of the Church in Argentina: economic transparency and programafe.org [Spanish]
Máximo Jurcinovic, Director of the Communications Office of the Argentine Episcopal Conference
Group 3: Creating a Catholic television in Uganda [English]
Sean-Patrick Lovett, Media consultant, Rome Reports TV News Agency
17:50 Break [time to move between classrooms]
18:00 Communications and experiences [two 20’ presentations in each classroom]
Group 1: Communication and evangelization. Contemporary contexts
Group 2: Communication and evangelization. Contents and attitudes
Group 3: Communication and evangelization. Experiences
18:45 End of the day
[19:30 Meeting reserved for the alumni of the Faculty of Communication of the Holy Cross]
Thursday 23 January
8.45 General sessions [English with simultaneous interpretation]
8.45 Evangelization and greater good: an approach to be rediscovered
R.J. Snell, Philosopher, Academic Director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Life at Princeton University
9:15 The attention economy in an age of distractions. A communication perspective from Africa
Ngozi Okpara, Professor of Ethics and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University of Nigeria
9.45 Break [time to move between classrooms]
10:00 Parallel sessions
Roundtable discussion 1: The path of charity and service [Simultaneous interpretation]
Communication, charity, evangelization
Silvia Tolve, Executive Director of Mary's Meals
Inés San Martín, Vice President of Marketing and Communications of The Pontifical Mission Societies US
María Lozano, Director of the Press Office of ACN International
Roundtable dscussion 2: The path to ecumenical and interreligious dialogue [Italian]
Dialogue, friendship and evangelization
[A conversation between three experts to understand the value of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue in communicating the Gospel]
11:00 Coffee break
11:45 Dialogues on the communication of faith
Option 1: The path of reason [In Italian with simultaneous interpretation]
Communicating God in a scientific and technological culture
Giuseppe Tanzella-Nitti (Theologian, scientist and director of the DISF Research Center)
Option 2: The path of spirituality [Spanish]
Thirst for God, spirituality and some challenges in communicating the faith
Luis Romera (Philosopher, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross) in dialogue with Gema Bellido (Footprints research group: Young People: Expectations, Ideals, Beliefs)
Option 3: The path of institutional communication [English]
Church communication: many opportunities, and some traps
Pedro Gil (Communications Consultant, E Deus criou o mundo)
12.30 End of session
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15:00 The path to healing
Dialogue 1: From dealing with abuse to personal healing [Spanish]
Irma Patricia Espinosa (psychiatrist, Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors) in conversation with Jaime Cárdenas (Pontifical University of the Holy Cross)
Dialogue 2: The proclamation of the Gospel in a world of wounds and wars [Italian]
Fr. Giulio Albanese (Comboni missionary, director of the communications office of the Vicariate of Rome) in conversation with Miriam Díez (Director of Blanquerna Observatory on Communication, Religion and Culture)
15:45 Break [time to move between classrooms]
16:00 Holy Cross mini-talks
[Three short parallel conferences by professors of the Faculty of Communication of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross]
Mini-talk 1. Juan Manuel Mora: The path of joy [simultaneous interpretation]
Mini-talk 2. Ralf van Bühren: Art, a path to evangelization? [English]
Mini-talk 3. Juan Narbona: Priests and clerics on the internet: do's and don'ts [Italian]
16:30 Break [time to move between classrooms]
16:40 Communications and experiences [two 20' presentations]
Group 1: Screening of the documentary Follow that Bishop! on the venerable Fulton Sheen [In English, 28 minutes] Presentation with Antonio Olivié (CEO of Rome Reports) and Anneliese Taggart (Vatican correspondent)
Group 2: Communication and evangelization. Contemporary contexts
Group 3: Communication and evangelization. Contents and attitudes
Group 4: Communication and evangelization. Experiences
17:30 The path of beauty
The artist Timothy Paul Schmalz (https://timothypaulschmalz.com/) and Cardinal Michael F. Czerny (Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development) interviewed by Juan della Torre (Founder and CEO of La Machi Communication for Good Causes).
* In addition to this session, it is possible to take part in a tour with the sculptor to visit some of his works in Rome and the Vatican, on Friday 24 January, from 13:00 to 15:00.
18:15 Conference
The presence of the sacred in a visual culture
Joost Joustra, Center for Arts and the Sacred at King's College, curator of the National Gallery of Art
Introduced by: Nataša Govekar, Theological-Pastoral Directorate of the Dicastery for Communication
19:00 End of the day
19:30 Dinner (Palazzo Ferrajoli: piazza Colonna, 355)
Friday 24 January
8:00 Holy Mass, Basilica of Sant'Apollinare (Celebration of Saint Francis de Sales)
8:45 General session
Role of communication in a values-driven organization
[Speaker to be confirmed]
9:30 The path of testimony [multilingual]
Round table discussion. Communicating holiness and the causes of canonization
[The promoters of three current causes of canonization in dialogue with communicators, to try to identify the effects of the testimony of holy people in their respective territories]
10:30 Coffee break
11:15 The path of events and popular piety
The path of events [simultaneous interpretation]
[Interview with the communications managers of three ecclesial events, including one of the Holy Father's last international journeys]
Moderator: Manuel Sánchez (ISCOM President, Professor of Media Relations)
The path of popular piety [Italian]
[Round table discussion with organizers and communication managers of popular faith events in different parts of the world]
Moderator: Veronica Giacometti (Journalist, Acistampa)
12:10 Break [time to move between classrooms]
12:20 The path of culture and entertainment
Option 1: Theme Park Experience [Multilingual]
Option 2: Books that turn into open conversations [Spanish]
Option 3: Experiences of communicating the faith in universities [English]
13:00 End of session
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15:00 Practical masterclasses
[Seminar participants can choose one of the following masterclasses, for practical purposes]
Option 1: Media training experiences [English]
By EWTN-Vatican TV correspondents
Option 2: Turning a story of faith into a quality video [Spanish]
Juan Martín Ezratty, producer and CEO of Digito Identidad Visual
Option 3: Addressing hot topics in public debates: 7 principles [Spanish]
Juan Pablo Cannata, director of Cultural Mediation and Social Affairs Project
Option 4: Faith and cameras [Italian]
16:30 Break [time to move between classrooms]
16:40 The digital path
Session 1 [In French with simultaneous interpretation]
Aspects on communicating the faith that I’ve learned with "L'amour vaincra"
Fr. Paul-Adrien, Dominican priest, youtuber
Session 2 [Italian]
Evangelization and artificial intelligence [Italian]
17:45 Final session [Aula Magna San Giovanni Paolo II]
[In the closing event we will discuss an emblematic case of Christian communication and culture]
18:30 Final farewell
Marco Carroggio, Organizing Committee
18:40 Group photo
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