Radio Veritas Asia
VAISCOM

 

 


Office of Social Communication (OSC)

 

 

 

Functions & Activities

Radio Veritas Asia

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To bring a Christian dimension to all communication activities and develop 'Social Communication' within the Asian Catholic community in order to support Christian living and the service of the Gospel.

- FABC Meeting, Johor Bahru (1983)


FUNCTIONS

  1. Collaborate and network with the Department of Communication of the Holy See in promoting the teaching of the Church, the World Communication Day, various Church documents on social communication
  2. Exercising on behalf of the FABC responsibility for the governance, administration and management of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA)
  3. Coordination and cooperation with --
  4. -- FABC Central Secretariat and other FABC Offices

    -- the Offices of Social Communication (OSC) in the FABC-member conferences

  5. Professional support for Asian Bishops on social communication concerns
  6. Promotion of research and study on Church and Social Communication in Asia
  7. Collaboration and networking with Catholic, Christian and secular media organizations such as:
  8. SIGNIS, International Catholic Association for Communication

    Associations of the Press, Publishing Houses, Writers, Artists

    Catholic and Christian News Agencies

    Catholic and Christian Universities and Academic Faculties of communication and media studies

    Other like-minded professional media organizations- Religious and Secular.

Objectives

  1. To promulgate within Asia the directives on social communication of the Holy See and the FABC
  2. To keep the Bishops of Asia abreast of developments in social communication, particularly those affecting the Asian Church
  3. To collaborate with the media organizations and activities of the Catholic Church in Asia
  4. To provide communication training for Bishops, priests, religious and apostolic workers
  5. To help and support national and regional conferences to develop pastoral plans and to establish communication Offices
  6. To help develop and support academic programs for pastoral/social communication formation through institutes like Veritas Asia Institute of Social Communication (VAISCOM)
  7. Seek and facilitate scholarships and consultancy services in social communication
  8. To coordinate with national and regional communication offices in devising ways and means to support evangelization and the ministries of the Church
  9. To promote collaboration with media religious and secular media organizations in Asia.

 

Activities

  1. FABC-OSC Bishops' Meet (BM) annual gathering of Chairman Bishops and Executive Secretaries of Episcopal communication Commissions/Offices in Asia
  2. Bishops' Institutes for Social Communication (BISCOM), workshops and training, seminars and animation programs for the bishops and bishops' conferences personnel on relevant "Church and Social Communication" subjects.
  3. Roundtables and Consultations among experts on relevant "Church and Social Communication" subjects and themes
  4. Collaborate with the FABC Central Office for the upkeep of the FABC Website
  5. FABC-OSC Book Series Publication and collaborate in the publication of "For All the Peoples of Asia" (FABC Documents).
  6. Radio Veritas Asia: effective planning and guidance for governance, administration, personnel, finance, evaluation, policy formulation and other acts
  7. Develop and support academic programs through Veritas Asia Institute of Social Communication (VAISCOM) for the pastoral formation of church leaders in Asia
  8. Network and collaborate with secular and religious media organizations through joint activities.

 

 

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Executive Board


Most Rev. Roberto Mallari

Bishop of San Jose

Bishop Chairman - FABC OSC

 

 

Bishop Members


Most Rev. Joseph Luechai Thatwisai

Bishop of Udon Thani

Bishop Member - FABC OSC

 

Most Rev. Raymond Wickramsinghe

Bishop of Galle

Bishop Member - FABC OSC

 

Most Rev. Peter Hla

Bishop of Pekhon

Bishop Member - FABC OSC

 

Most Rev. Peter Nguyên Van Kham

Bishop of My Tho

Bishop Member - FABC OSC


 

Fr. George Plathottam, SDB

Executive Secretary - FABC OSC

Radio Veritas Asia

Radio Veritas Asia Compound

PO Box 2642

Buick St. Fairview Park,

Quezon City,

Philippines 1166

Tel:  (+63 2) 8939 00 11

Fax: (+63 2) 8939 00 11

Email Add:
fabcosc@gmail.com
fabcosc@rvasia.org