AMERICA/MEXICO-Meeting of the Jesuit coordinators of Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean

Guadalajara (Fides Service) - From 1 to 6 August the V Meeting of the Provincial Coordinators for Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Five main goals: 1. To analyze the implementation of the commitments made during the fourth meeting two years ago; 2. to inquire about new communication projects of various Provinces; 3. To reflect on how to respond to communication from the CAP (Common Apostolic Project) perspective 4. To examine the social networks, their benefits and their risks; 5. To organize the future of inter-provincial communication in Latin America. According to information sent to Fides by the General Curia of the Jesuits, this V meeting is part of a long journey that began in the '70s. Since 1979 the Jesuit communicators have systematically asked the provinces to carry out a training project in social communication. When CPAL was founded (1999), its President, Fr. Francisco Iverni, asked for a project to be developed in this sense. In the fourth meeting of the Coordinators held two years ago in Bogotá (2009) this project was included in the document Disponer la vida para la Misión (to prepare one’s life for Mission, CPAL, 2009, pp. 67-100). At the same time a Common Communication Project (Proyecto Com Com) was elaborated, much more theoretical, outlining what type of communication was desired and what was useful to program and take into consideration the communication during the Fourth Meeting of Bogota in 2009. On that occasion emphasis was put on the usefulness of having the provincial commissions for communication on the wake of the positive experience of Mexico; so committees began to appear in various Provinces. At the same time, three options were chosen with their lines of action: training in communication; communication for faith and justice; to improve our communication. In the fifth meeting how the application of these three options progress will be examined. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 21/07/2011)