【慈幼通訊社
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2015
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3
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12
日澳洲布爾斯本訊】
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慈幼會安博神父(Ambrose
Pereira)已從所羅門群島前往澳洲，進行社會媒體研究，作為他勉勵青年工作的一部份。澳洲報章「天主教領導者」（The
Catholic Leader）刊登了一則與他的談話，從中可看到慈幼會的社會傳意方針。
安博神父在完成昆士蘭大學社會變化傳意博士學位後，他的願景使命更為清晰。「我希望青年運用社會媒體時，不僅用作回顧記錄自己愉快回憶的相片……卻要跨越自我，到外面去幫助他人。」
這位慈幼會士問道：「人們在各自的群體中，為不同的事情作出抗爭──貪污、剝削、氣候變化的衝擊等。我們的青年如何更好把這些關注帶到媒體中，來影響別人做好？此外，我們如何能幫助他們，更好的分享他們不論在信仰或是道德價值方面的想法，以及他們對這些事情的反省？如何最有效地運用臉書，Twitter或其他媒介如文章及錄影片剪輯？」
他總結時說：「如果我能幫助青年作這些事，即使是很簡單的，他們也能成為他們群體之中的傳教士。」
安博神父自1998年起，便成為所羅門群島的傳教士，並曾擔任所羅門群島天主教傳播處的負責人，直至2010年為止。他曾在所羅門群島不同地區，開辦媒體教育課程。
Kola Ridge鮑思高祈禱之家，開設了周末定期課程。就讀課程的學生，尤其是來自天主教學校的學生，均受益於這些短期課程，幫助他們對不同的媒體予以分析及評價。他同時負責開設Tetere的「鮑思高FM89.9頻道」，用以訓練來自北瓜達爾卡納爾島鄉村地區的青年電台主持人，製作及播放電台節目。
安博神父目前專注於他最近期一件工作。「我與學生展開了一個有關身分與夢想的攝影計劃。……一名揀選了一幅醫療人員操作儀器相片的女孩，她所作出的反省，令我深受感動，事緣她母親死於癌症，令她願意幫助他人。像這樣的經驗，賦予我很大的希望，教導青年正面地與媒體互動，有助改變整個社區。」
Teaching the young to interact with media
(ANS - Australia –Brisbane, 12 March 2015) – Salesian Father Ambrose Pereira has gone to Australia from the Solomon Islands to pursue social media studies, as part of his mission to encourage the young people. The Australian newspaper “The Catholic Leader” dialogued with him and from the chat emerges the Salesian approach to Social Communication.
Completing a Masters in Communications for Social Change at the University of Queensland, Fr Ambrose’s mission vision is clear. “I want our young people to use social media not merely to look back at pleasant photo memories of themselves (…) but to look beyond selfies and reach out to help others”.
“People in their communities are struggling with all sorts of issues – corruption, abuse, the impact of climate change and so on. How can our youngsters best bring these concerns out into the media and help make a difference for good? Also, how can I help them best share what they are thinking about, whether it be about faith or moral values and ways to reflect on these? What are the most effective ways to use Facebook, Twitter and other communication means such as articles and video clips?” the Salesian missionary asks.
“If I can help these young people to do these things, even in small ways, they will become missionaries to their own people” he concludes.
Fr Pereira has been a missionary in the Solomon Islands since 1998 and was director of Catholic Communications in the Solomon Islands till 2010. He conducted media education courses in various locations across the Solomon Islands.
Regular weekend courses were conducted at the Bosco House of Prayer in Kola Ridge. Students, particularly from Catholic schools, profited from short-term courses, helping them to analyse and appreciate the various fields of mass media. He was also responsible for initiating “Radio BOSCO FM 89.9” at Tetere, training young radio presenters from the villages of North Guadalcanal to produce and broadcast programmes.
Fr Pereira now focuses on his latest mission. “I worked on a photography project on identity and dreams with students. (…) I was very touched by the reflections of one girl who had selected a photo of paramedics with their equipment. She wrote that she had chosen the photo because she wanted to be a paramedic, because her mother had died of cancer and she wanted to help others. It’s experiences such as this which give me great hope for teaching the young to interact with media in positive ways which can help the whole community.”
The full article is available here.