PROVIDENCE — Today, technology provides the possibility of near instant communications into virtually every home on the planet. The Church is striving to use all of the modern means of communicating. The means are there at our disposal, but the dollar costs are very high. That is why the annual Catholic Communication Campaign Collection is so important. It supports national and local initiatives to share the Good News through the mass media.
The Office of Communications leads the Diocese’s internal and external communication initiatives to ensure the Catholic Church’s priorities in Rhode Island are effectively expressed in a variety of ways between Church leadership, churchgoers, employees, parishes, schools, the public and the media.
Resources from the Catholic Communication Campaign Collection are used to maintain the diocesan website www.dioceseofprovidence.org, providing the faith community with news and information about the work of the Church. A component of the communications strategy that is quickly growing is the diocese’s social media outreach, which boasts digital initiatives spread out over several of the popular social media websites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Vimeo.
Since 2011, using resources from the Catholic Communication Campaign Collection, the Communications Office has assisted parishes, schools and agencies in developing and redesigning their websites as well as training staff. Today, the office assists more than 30 parishes, 25 schools and 20 agencies - made possible with the generous donations to the CCC.
Please be as generous as possible in support of this vitally important ministry so we can continue to share the good news!
