"Radharc is RTÉs longest-running programme and was founded even before RTÉ itself. Fr Joe Dunn, who is still its director, set Radharc up with a group of his fellow Dublin priests and with the encouragement of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. This is Joe Dunn's personal history of Radharc. His som
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etimes hilarious account of the beginnings and of fascinating recollections of filming all over the world with all its hazards, adventures and delights, all lead to most insightful and provocative collection of personal reflections on the major issues facing the Church and the world today." (Back cover)
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"The present publication offers a selected list of institutions in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America which were chosen preferably by African and Asian Churches for the training and education of Christian communicators during the last 10 years owing to their professional standards or special sui
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tability under the circumstances. Only a few insitutions which seem to offer valuable alternatives have been added. The final choice therefore depends to a great extent on pragmatic reasons and will by no means disqualify those facilities not mentioned here." (Introduction)
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"Formation in the means of social communication is relatively new, lacking at times both suitable experience and well prepared teachers, such that the whole formative work seems in many cases difficult, poorly organized and inadequate. There are at times organizational and technical delays and deart
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hs which contrast with the rapid evolution that is actually going on in communication systems and techniques, involving the entire cultural, social and spiritual universe of the human person (cf. JOHN PAUL II, Message for the XIX World Day for Social Communications, 15th April, 1985). So that the preparation of future priests in this regard may be less inadequate and may better meet their needs in the work that awaits them, the Congregation for Catholic Education, having consulted widely with experts in the matter, and especially with the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, is pleased to offer to seminaries the present "Guide" in the hope that it will help in some way in carrying out their responsibilities. Whatever possible future developments and local diversity of situation there may be, all institutes of priestly formation must today urgently face a common core of fundamental questions concerning the personal conduct of receivers, the pastoral use of the mass media, and specialized formation for particular works. On the basis of the experience of recent years we here give some general guidelines for all three levels of formation, leaving to Their Excellencies the Bishops and to Reverend Educators their application to concrete circumstances and local necessities." (Presentation)
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"Liberation theology … is not only a theology of or about liberation: it is primarily and ultimately a theology for liberation.” In the Philippine context the author calls for the creation of a new man — homo serviens: Man who serves, in place of homo consumens: Man the consumer. To achieve th
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is, man himself must become an agent of social change. The Catholic Church has a vital role to play in helping to bring about this revolutionary but "non-violent" social change." (Abstract)
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"[...] ¿De qué dispone la Iglesia chilena en este campo [de comunicación social]? ¿Quiénes y cómo publican y comunican? El Centro de Promoción y Desarrollo Social, CEPRODE y la Editorial Salesiana iniciaron hace dos años un trabajo de investigación sobre esta materia. Se hizo una recolecci
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n de datos que luego se sistematizaron y redactaron en la forma del presente documento de carácter restringido. Es sólo una primera aproximación y, por lo tanto, no está todo lo que debiera estar y hay vacíos en la información buscada. Sin embargo, es un trabajo que se hace por primera vez en Chile y que puede ser de gran utilidad para la Iglesia." (Introducción)
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"Chronologically arranged excerpts of articles in the Brazilian Press on Catholicism and society in Brazil." (commbox)