Individuals And Institutions Need To Communicate More: Bishop Chacko

JHABHUA, MAR. 11, 2008 (CBCI News):

“The whole Church is called to be a communications community, and hence all individuals and institutions should communicate more,” declared Bishop of Jhabua Chacko Thottumarickal here on March 10.

Bishop Chacko was speaking at an inaugural session of a two-day workshop organized by the Communications Commission of Jhabua and the CBCI Commission for Social Communications.

The communications workshop is being held on March 10-11, 2008.

“Communication is an essential dimension of the human person. We all want to communicate. It is an expression of our relatedness,” added Bishop Chacko.

“The mission of he church is to communicate the Good News. The CBCI plenary assembly in 2004 called us all to be a communicating church,” the Divine Word (SVD) Bishop reminded.

“Communication is not the prerogative of a few specialized people. It is not to be restricted to the handling of electronic equipments like camera, camcorder and broadcasting equipments only”, cautioned Bishop Chacko.

“Reaching out to the other is communication. Opening our minds with a listening attitude is communication. It is a two way process. When we do that, all our services become more fruitful,” affirmed the Bishop Chacko heading the recently formed Diocese.

“Many of our problems arise from the fact that we do not communicate or do it insufficiently. Many misunderstandings are due to lack of communication. I wish that we all become more communicative and thus become more effective in all that we do,” he added.