This presentation was part of a two-day media conference sponsored y the Daughters of St. Paul and the CANA Centre in Singapore (Nov 5-6, 2018.) This sessions is about integrating critical thinking and media literacy within the context of culture, education and faith formation for life and ministry in the era of the New Evangelization.

1. MEDIA MINDFULNESS FOR THE
NEW EVANGELIZATION:
A FIVE STEP APPROACH
Rose Pacatte, FSP. D.Min. SlideShare.net/rosepacatte
BeMediaMindful.org SisterRoseMovies.net

2. WHAT IS THE NEW EVANGELIZATION?
• The New Evangelization calls each
of us to deepen our faith, believe
in the Gospel message and go forth
to proclaim the Gospel

3. THE PERSON OF JESUS
BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
IS THE HEART OF THE NEW
EVANGELIZATION

4. Key Points for the New Evangelization in the
Digital Universe
• If you are not there you don’t exist
• Static = no visitors
• Dynamism
• Labor intensive – hire someone
• Requires planning and budget
• (what is your parish’s
communication plan?)

5. WHAT IS THE DIGITAL REALITY:
THE MEDIA MAKERS OF TOMORROW ARE IN
OUR PEWS, CLASSROOMS AND LIVING
ROOMS TODAY:
WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT IT?

6. WHAT’S YOUR STRATEGY?
CONTROL IS FOR
THE MOMENT…
COMMUNICATION
LASTS A LIFETIME…

7. THEOLOGY OF
COMMUNICATION
“One might say that God’s first
pastoral plan in communication was
Creation, the second was
Revelation, the third was
Incarnation, but the fourth pastoral
plan involves evangelization: how to
communicate the significance of
Creation, the richness of Revelation
and the tremendous reality of
Incarnation….”
(Cardinal John P. Foley in Pastoral Planning for Social
Communication, 1999)

8. MEDIA MINDFULNESS & NEW EVANGELIZATION
A FIVE STEP APPROACH
BUT FIRST …. SOME QUESTIONS

9. • 1. How do we develop critical awareness skills regarding
media stories and messages?
• 2. What is a responsible use of digital technology?
• 3. How do we deal with leisure time and how does this
influence building community?
• 4. How can we critically interact with society (culture)?
• 5. What does Pope Francis have to say?

10. AND MORE QUESTIONS
• What do we know about the digital generation?
• Their brains are different: cognitive structures
• They process information in parallel or simultaneous
ways – not sequential
• They are growing up non-linear, light and sound based
culture
• What are their learning preferences?

11. MANY EDUCATORS PREFER
(MINISTRY STAFF, CLERGY, PARENTS)
• slow & controlled release of info from limited sources.
• singular processing & single or limited tasking.
• to provide text before pictures, sounds & video
• to provide info linearly, logically & sequentially.
• students to work independently before they network &
interact
• deferred gratification & delayed rewards
• feel compelled to teach to the curriculum guide & tests

12. DIGITAL LEARNERS PREFER:
• receiving info quickly from multiple multimedia sources
• parallel processing & multi-tasking
• processing pictures, sounds color, & video before text
• random access to hyper-linked multimedia information
• to network simultaneously with many others
• to learn “just-in-time” to teach “just- in-case” instant
gratification & immediate rewards
• learning that’s relevant, active, instantly useful & fun

13. TRADITIONAL MEDIA, LEGACY
MEDIA & DIGITAL MEDIA =
THE GREAT STORY-TELLING
CONVERGENCE
Issues:
•Character
•Stereotypes
•Bias
•How pop culture works
•Globalization
•Consequences of a consumer culture

14. BLESSED JAMES ALBERIONE,
SP
1884 -1971
To communicate the Word through the press and all the
means that will become available…. Beatified 2003

15. THE PAULINE APPROACH
• Paul’s experience of God
• spiritual transformation,
continuing conversion and
renewal
• life as participation, the mystical
body, the Church
• and Christ, the Cosmos, the new
creation, the earth

16. WHY ARE WE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT
MEDIA? TO APPRECIATE MEDIA?
ENGAGE IN THE MEDIATED
WORLD? CRITIQUE MEDIA?
 Because of the Incarnation
 The way of nature
 The way of grace …

17. THE CHURCH TEACHES THAT:
The media are
Gifts of God

18. POPE FRANCIS
• "They were all there waiting for me. When I arrived, they
made noise, as young people do. I went to greet them and
only a few gave their hand. The majority were with their
cellphones (saying), 'photo, photo, photo. Selfie!'"

19. • "I saw that this is their reality, that is the real
world, not human contact. And this is serious.
They are 'virtualized' youth. The world of virtual
communication is a good thing, but when it
becomes alienating, it makes you forget to
shake hands."

20. MEDIA MINDFULNESS AND THE NEW
EVANGELIZATION: A FIVE STEP APPROACH

21. Become mindful media consumers by
watching (listening, playing, interacting)
media together and talking about what
you experience.

22. Our Media World
Teaching Kids K-8
about Faith and Media
Pauline.org

23. Use mainstream (film clips) and
digital (screen capture images)
media in your teaching

24. But every parish needs its own movie theater!
Holy Spirit Parish, Fremont, CA

25. Become a media producer and
encourage students and people with
whom you share faith to “make
media.”

26. Make converging media and
digital technology
the subject of evangelization,
preaching, and catechesis.
-- The stories and messages
-- What are the very real consequences of planned
obsolescence for the earth?

27. Consequences of pornography: Addictive, destroys
relationships, objectifies the body, enslaves, Internet
abuse, Internet child porn, cybersex leads to loss of
money, to sexual abuse of others, pedophilia, criminal
behavior, isolation, lack of sleep, poor work
performance … Anonymity, accessibility, affordability;
cybersex is big business; monitoring software is
available.
The dark side: “the dark web”

28. Some signs of an Internet sex addiction:
(1)increasing use of the Internet with an inability to curtail it;
(1)insisting on being left alone when using the computer and
resenting intrusions;
(2)not meeting one's real life relationship obligations and/or
work responsibilities;
(1) staying up late at night and being tired in the early morning;
(1)lying about or hiding one's computer use and Internet bills;
(1)living a fantasy life online and using a false identity.

30. Become a pro-active
advocate for media
productions that reflect
themes of Catholic social
teaching because these are
human, humane, and
Gospel themes

31. 5. Become a pro-active advocate for media productions that
reflect themes of Catholic social teaching because these are
human, humane, and Gospel themes
3. Become a media producer and encourage
students and people with whom you share faith to
“make media.”
4. Make media the subject of evangelization, preaching, and
catechesis.
1. Become mindful media consumers by watching (doing) media
together and talking about what you experience.
2. Use mainstream and digital media in your teaching and
evangelizing
Digital Media and New Evangelization:
A Five-Step Approach

32. CONTROL IS FOR THE MOMENT…
COMMUNICATION LASTS A LIFETIME…
Media are gifts of God

33. THE STORY-TELLERS OF THE
CULTURE
OWN THE CULTURE
• Who tells the story in your family, community, parish,
city, country?
• Who is creating the content?
• What are the criteria for pro-social media?

34. MEDIA MINDFULNESS FOR
THE NEW EVANGELIZATION

35. MEDIA MINDFULNESS FOR THE
NEW EVANGELIZATION:
A FIVE STEP APPROACH
Rose Pacatte, FSP. D.Min. SlideShare.net/rosepacatte
BeMediaMindful.org SisterRoseMovies.net