Volunteering at the center of Catholic Media Sunday
The Catholic Church is using the 45th Media Sunday on June 5 as an opportunity to continue last year’s «More Good News» campaign. This year, the focus is on volunteer work. The campaign was presented to the media on Tuesday in Bern.
"Even if not everything always goes well in the church, we do not want to overlook the many good things that are done - mostly on a voluntary basis," writes the Swiss Bishops' Conference in the media documents. The social value of volunteer work can hardly be overestimated.
According to Daniel Kosch, Secretary General of the Roman Catholic Central Conference, around 870,000 women and men do voluntary work in the Catholic Church. The Bishops' Conference is appealing to the population to share the "good news" they encounter in the church. On the homepage More-good-news.ch the contributions are collected.
The collection on Media Sunday benefits church media. The lion's share of 60 percent goes to the Catholic news agency Kipa. However, the collection also supports efforts to be present in the new media. Last year, the collection raised over 340,000 francs. (SDA)
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