Jakarta (AsiaNews) - Promoting the work of evangelization on the Internet, thanks to the voluntary contribution of young Catholics who share their stories and experiences of faith. The new challenge of the mission in Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country in the world, but home at the same time a living Christian community is on the web, and they are eager to respond to the task launched by the Church. Mary Dini is one example of this. The young woman, who works in the commercial sector recently attended a training course on writing, a "passion" cultivated since childhood, but in a personal way on her blog, despite the "big ambition" to "participate in mission of the Church in spreading the faith. " She described her "dream come true" when an article - after it had been edited - was posted on the Catholic portal Sesawi.net and in just one week has almost reached 6 thousand views.
On 30 September the association Bhumiksara Foundation, an NGO founded by the Jesuits in Jakarta in 1987 with the aim of promoting the work of young people, in collaboration with Sesawi, organized a one day writing course, which was attended by 16 adult workers in the public and private sectors. It is the second event promoted by the catholic site, after the meeting in mid-September in the parish of St. Francis Xavier in Toasebio, West Jakarta. With the collaboration of a dozen members of the editorial staff of Sesawi, workshop participants were able to study issues related to writing, with particular attention to the testimony of God's word through the internet.
The project of evangelization on the web is strongly supported by the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia (KWI), who first invited the leaders of Sesawi - first Indonesian Catholic portal, launched in June 2011 - to talk about their work. The meeting was attended by least 150 people, including a bishop, dozens of priests, nuns and lay people from 37 dioceses in the country. People involved in various ways - many of them volunteers - in the work of evangelization.
These meetings have provided positive feedback, because they offer the opportunity to learn techniques and philosophies of writing, helping bloggers to understand how to speak of Christianity and their personal testimonies of faith in the digital world. During the workshop, participants also prepared a short text in the set time of 45 minutes.
