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A Letter from Rev. Joseph K. Kalladan, Pastor


Sunday Bulletin - February 24, 2008

Dear Parishioner,

Last week I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Sr. Margaret, a member of the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Paul working in San Antonio. They are in the forefront in the U.S. with regard to Media Communication and its impact on society. She is on mission to ascertain the use of mass media communication in parishes, interviewing area pastors and other parish groups. After meeting with me, she also met with the Parish Evangelization Committee and had a wealth of information to share with us. Let me summarize a few salient points of her sharing. Mass media cuts across culture. Its speed and immediacy providing a variety of products, services and ideas has a very pervasive impact on everyone. Because of its strong sensory appeal, it minimizes the text based church teachings and does a great disservice to formation of conscience and faith. Due to its diabolical character, people are lead to relativism and subjectivism and the church is often marginalized. With particular reference to the teens in America, she stated that 93% of teens go online and 55% of them post personal information and of these 79% post their photos and over 60% have been personally contacted. The world we live in today is changing so rapidly and the impact on the modern means of communication is far reaching.

It is important for us to be aware of all this and consider what we can do to bring the message of Christ in these changing times. Jesus Christ has entrusted the Good News of the Gospel to live and to spread around us. Let us ask ourselves: “What can I do today in response to God’s call?

Fr. K.K.

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