Up-to-now activities02: Meeting of Christians and Cultures: John Paul II in Ukraine.A training course for print, radio, TV journalists engaged in the media coverage of the Pope’s visit to Ukraine was organized in collaboration with Catholic Information Agency (KAI), Foundation „Work of New Millennium” and Collegium Civitas.
Place: European Centre of Communication and Culture, Warsaw Dates: 31.03-09.04.2001 Number of participants: 26 (journalists from the main media of Kiev, Lviv, Vinnica)
The aim of the training course was sharing existing experience of Poland in the media coverage of the Pope’s pilgrimages which took place in different social and political contexts; sharing background information, visiting Cracow and Wadowice - important places connected with Cardinal Karol Wojtyła’s life and work.
Lecturers:
Prof. Jerzy Kłoczowski, The Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) „John Paul II and the face of the world, Central and Eastern Europe and Christianity”
Stanisław Opiela SJ, Moscow „The Holy Father’s visits to communist Poland in the years 1983 and 1987”
Film director Jacek Bławut – presentation of film extracts about the Pope’s pilgrimages
Andrzej Majewski SJ, former director of the Polish Section in the Vatican Radio, Rome „The Holy Father’s pilgrimages round the world seen „from inside”
Zbigniew Nosowski, editor-in-chief of the monthly "Więź"; Grzegorz Polak, Edipresse Polska „Personality of John Paul II and the media: pontificate and pilgrimages, media schemes and “charismatic personality”
Zdzisław Kijas OFM „Ecumenism: possibilities of dialogue between Christians from the West and East”
Film director Krzysztof Zanussi – projection of films „From the Far Country” and „Our God’s Brother”
Maciej Zięba OP, Institute Tertio Millenio „Social teaching of John Paul II; pontificate and political matters”
Adam Boniecki OP, editor-in-chief of "Tygodnik Powszechny", Cracow
Maciej Drygas, Collegium Civitas, Warsaw „The media in/and spirituality. Reflection on media presentation of human spiritual experience”
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