Connected Toward Communion

We are living in a cultural shift: digital communication has reshaped the way weinteract with one another form and maintain relationships and gain knowledgeand understanding. How might we go about communicating the GoodNews of Jesus Christ in the midst of these changes to an emerging cultureshaped by digital media? This question addresses the whole church fromthe baptized faithful to pastoral ministers and the institutional structuresthat serve the church locally and globally.In Connected toward Communion Daniella Zsupan-Jerome traces the RomanCatholic Church's contemporary thought and practice of social communication fromInter Mirifica of the Second Vatican Council to the church's approach to communicatingfaith through social networking today. Throughout a key question forms acommon thread: how might we form pastoral ministers today for serving thechurch in the digital age and beyond?