Presentation by Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski for CSCC 2009

1. Grounding Principles for Catholic Communicators
Grounding Session
Session 1
Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski, MHSH, D.Min.

2. The Hidden Energy of
The Good News!

4. Elements for Effective Evangelization
Audience
(Persons)
Communication
Culture
Message
(What is the message?
Context
(What is unique?)

5.  Good News – Gospel
 Jesus
 Awakening to the invitation of Jesus
 Stimulating the Religious
Imagination
 Walking Good News –
To Be the Gospel

7.  Secularism vs. Faith
 Relativism vs. Solidarity (Common
Vision)
 Individualism vs. Community
 Consumerism vs. Common
Good/Ecology
 Syncretism vs. Sound Solid Faith
 Atheism vs. Belief in God

9. Two Key Factors of Evangelization:
Who am in relationship
to God?
What do I know
about my audience?

10. Who am I in relationship to God?:

11. Our media productions
are mirrors of our
religious
perspectives.
 Believe –
 Church –
 Jesus –
 God –
 People –
 World –
 Spirituality –

12. Our media productions
are mirrors of our
religious
perspectives.
 Believe – My Creed
 Church – Ecclesiology
 Jesus – Christology
 God – Theology/Grace
 People – Christian
Anthropology
 World – Ecology
 Spirituality –
Sacramentalogy/Prayer

14. Am I really
Spiritually prepared
to witness the Gospel within
the media/digital culture?

15. The Power of Personal Witness
for depth evangelization!

16. We do not communicate
in a vacuum!
We mirror who we are
with every
Image,
Sound bit,
Edit,
Composition!

17. What do we know about the people
we are evangelizing?
Hopes?
Fears?
Questions?
Foci?
Distractions
?
Oppressions?
Dreams?
Communicate?

18. Break through
Ignorance
of
Sensing
God!

21. Gift
(Seed of Faith)
Preparation
Life Experiences
Awakening
“Aha”
Reflection
Discernment
Defining
A Direction
Nurturing/
Testing the
Direction
Confirmation
“Yes”

25.  Missionary Activity of the Church
(Redemptoris Missio)
Evangelization
(Evangelii Nuntiandi)

26.  hidden energy of the Good
News

27. capable of really
transforming

28. methods should be
followed

35. Experience
Study Reflection
Prayer
The Central Task in Communicating Faith
Journey of Ongoing Discovery and Relationship