Social Media as Means Of Evangelization: A Case Study of Youth Apostolate in the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes of Guérin-Kouka, Kara - Togo.
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2022
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Tangaza University
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In our pastoral experience at St. Mary Immaculate parish of Mihang’o – Nairobi, I was confronted with the effectiveness of the social media in the evangelization work among the youths. When the covid - 19 pandemic came, and the governments decreed the total lockdown in many countries and the churches were all closed, we were all confused and disoriented; the churches were closed, and there was no way of gathering Christians for mass and spiritual activities. So, from this experience, I asked myself how can the Church evangelize the youths who are the future of the Church in this situation of total lockdown. I tried to see how the parishioners especially the youths can be reached out to since there is no more gathering and celebration of the Eucharist in the parish? To these questions, “a new way of evangelizing using the social media” came as a response. So, I thought of the importance of the social media in the evangelization work in the contemporary world and
especially in the environment of the youths. Thinking of the evangelization in this lockdown situation, I resolved to undertake research on the use of social media as means of evangelization among the youths: A case study of Youths Apostolate in the Parish of Our Lady of Lourdes of Guérin-kouka, Kara - Togo.