Between the 27th and the 29th of July, an intensive course about the Church and its relation and use of the media was held at the MSSP’s Stella Maris House in Żebbuġ. The course was coordinated by the Seminary’s new prefect of studies, Rev. Fr Noel Debono. It was delivered by two speakers: Rev. Fr Daniel Sultana who holds a degree in Church Communication and the T.V. journalist Mark Laurence Zammit. The course was not addressed only to the seminarians but was open to the rest of the Gozitan clergy and the lay people involved in the Diocese’s media.
In the first day Rev. Sultana tackled the theoretical aspects of the subject. Mr Zammit led the following two days and took a more practical approach which involved hands on exercises. In today’s world, learning how to speak the language of the media is of fundamental importance to the Church. The media is the place where people meet and thus the Church should be present in this space to make Christ’s message heard and known.
