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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015PRODUCED FORTHE DIOCESE OF BROOKLYNBY DESALES MEDIA GROUP#WCDnyc
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the2015 World Communications Day
TA B LE O F CO NTENTSSt. Francis de SalesPage 6Distinguished Communicator AwardPrior HonoreesWelcome MessagePage 7Conference SchedulePage 8About the Diocese of BrooklynPage 12The Most ReverendPage 13Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D.Bishop of BrooklynKeynote SpeakerPage 15Message of Pope FrancisPage 16for World Communications DayMensaje del Santo Padre FranciscoPage 18para Jornada Mundial de lasComunicaciones SocialesSpeakers and PanelistsPage 20Thank You to Our GuestsPage 29With Appreciation for Our SponsorsPage 30Venue MapPage 38Social Media InformationPage 39
ST. F RANC IS D E SALE SD I ST I N G U I SH E D CO M M UNICATO R AWARDP R IO R H O NO REES1997Charles W. Bell, New York Daily News1998Rich Lamb, WCBS-AM1999David Gonzalez, The New York Times2000Dick Oliver, WNYW-TV2001Ralph Penza, WNBC-TV2002The Most Reverend Thomas V. DailyBishop of Brooklyn2003Dr. William F. Baker, WNET-TV2004David Gibson, JournalistMaurice DuBois, WNBC-TV2005Bill Gallo, New York Daily News2006Dan Barry, The New York Times2007Hugh A. Mulligan, Associated PressFrancis X. Comerford, WNBC-TV2008Magee Hickey, WCBS-TV2009Joseph Zwilling, The Archdiocese of New York2010Jane Hanson, WNBC-TV2011Larry Kudlow, CNBCPablo José Barroso, Film Producer2012Christopher Ruddy, NewsmaxJoseph Campo, Grassroots Films2013William McGurn, Editorial Page Editor, The New York PostMonsignor James Lisante, Host, “Close Encounter”2014The Most Reverend Claudio Maria Celli, President of thePontifical Council for Social Communications6
Authentic communication and strongfamilies enable the Church and hermembers to better express needs, wantsand concerns to one another. As wehear in the book of Hebrews (10:24-25):“Let us consider one another in orderto stir up love and good works.” It is ourresponsibility as Catholics to share thismessage.Following Austen’s keynote speech,join us for a gathering with award-winningjournalist David Gibson of Religious NewsService, award-winning journalist JohnThavis, and our honoree, while they sharetheir experiences as “Vatican Insiders.”After lunch, we will present a livetaping of In the Arena, where I will bejoined by the Most Reverend NicholasDiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, andcontributors Grant Gallicho, AssociateEditor of Commonweal, and Ed Wilkinson,News Director of NET TV and Editor of ourdiocesan weekly newspaper, The Tablet.We also welcome Donald Clemmerof the USCCB, Angela Flood from theArchdiocese of Washington, Kenneth Gavinfrom the Archdiocese of Philadelphia,Joseph Zwilling from the Archdiocese ofNew York, and Stefanie Gutierrez, PressSecretary for our diocese, as they discussour Holy Father’s September pastoral visitto the United States.Pope Francis states in his WorldCommunications Day message this year:“The family, in conclusion, is not a subjectof debate or a terrain for ideologicalskirmishes. Rather, it is an environmentin which we learn to communicate inan experience of closeness, a settingwhere communication takes place, a‘communicating community.’”Thank you for joining our“communicating community” today.May 13, 2015Dear Friends,On behalf of the Diocese of Brooklyn,I would like to welcome you to the 24thAnnual World Communications DayCatholic Media Conference. This year, ourconference hopes to inspire new ways ofcommunicating the Gospel as we preparefor Pope Francis’ first pastoral visit to theUnited States, while also expanding on theHoly Father’s 2015 World CommunicationsDay message, Communicating the Family:A Privileged Place of Encounter with theGift of Love.It is with great delight that we honorAusten Ivereigh, author of “The GreatReformer: Francis and the Making of aRadical Pope” with our St. Francis de SalesDistinguished Communicator Award.His work has been heralded as the bestbiography of Pope Francis to date.Austen is a British writer, journalist andcommentator on religious and politicalaffairs. He founded Catholic Voices,an initiative to improve the Church’srepresentation in the media by training laypeople and clergy around the world. He isa former deputy editor of The Tablet, theBritish Catholic international news weekly,and served as Director for Public Affairsfor former Archbishop of Westminster,Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor.This year, our Holy Father haschosen “Family” as the theme forWorld Communications Day. Goodcommunication fosters strong familylife and strong families are indispensiblefor the work of the New Evangelization.Your brother in Christ,Reverend Monsignor Kieran E. HarringtonVicar for CommunicationsDiocese of Brooklyn7
P R E - CO N FERE NC E S ESS IO NS9:00 – 10:00 A.M.SESIÓN HISPANA: FORTALECIENDO LA FAMILIA HISPANASALON GPanel Discussion led byRev. Tomás Del Valle-ReyesFounder, Discoveringthe XXI Century;Author, Sabías que Producer and Director,La Tertulia Radio ProgramNatasha BisbalManager ofHispanic Relations,DeSales Media Group;Host and Producer,Tu Fe al DíaLuis Alejandro MedinaJournalist,WNJU Telemundo 47;Author,Mi lucha de Fe andCrónicas con JesúsMario J. ParedesDirector of CatholicMinistry, ABS;Chairman Emeritus,Catholic Association ofLatino Leaders (CALL)TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP: BUILDING THE PARISH NETWORKSALON HChristine MohanDirector of Digital Operations,DeSales Media GroupJohn-Mark de PalmaProject Manager,DeSales Media Group8Charlie HangerDigital MediaConsultant
CO N F ERE NC E S CH E D ULE10:00 – 11:00 A.M.Registration and RefreshmentsPROMENADE / DESALES EXHIBIT HALLGRAND BALLROOM11:00 A.M.InvocationReverend Monsignor Kieran E. HarringtonVicar for Communications11:05 A.M.Presentation of the St. Francis de SalesDistinguished Communicator Awardto Austen Ivereigh, Journalist and AuthorThe Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn11:15 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.Keynote AddressAusten Ivereigh9
CO N F E RE NC E S CH E D ULE12:00 – 1:00 P.M.VATICAN INSIDERS: COVERING POPE FRANCISGRAND BALLROOMPanel Discussion led byDavid GibsonCo-author, Finding JesusReporter, Religion News ServiceAusten IvereighHonoreeJohn ThavisReporter and Author,The Vatican Diaries1:00 – 2:00 P.M.LunchDESALES EXHIBIT HALL2:00 – 3:00 P.M.LIVE TAPING OF IN THE ARENAGRAND BALLROOMMonsignorKieran E. HarringtonHost, In The ArenaThe Most ReverendNicholas DiMarzioBishop of BrooklynEd WilkinsonEditor of The TabletNews Director ofNET TV10Grant GallichoAssociate EditorCommonweal
CO N F ERE NC E S CH E D ULE3:00 – 3:45 P.M.POPE FRANCIS IN THE U.S.AND WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOWGRAND BALLROOMPanel Discussion led byStefanie GutierrezPress Secretary,Diocese of BrooklynDonald ClemmerInterim Directorof Media Relations,U.S. Conference ofCatholic BishopsKenneth GavinDirector ofCommunications,Archdiocese ofPhiladelphiaAngela FloodSecretary forCommunications,Archdiocese ofWashingtonJoseph ZwillingDirector ofCommunications,Archdioceseof New York3:45 – 5:00 P.M.Networking ReceptionSALON C11
A B O U T T H E D IO CES E O F BRO O KLYN“The interaction of disparate cultures, the vehemence of the ideals that led theimmigrants here, the opportunity offered by a new life, all gave America a flavorand a character that make it as unmistakable and as remarkable to people todayas it was to Alexis de Tocqueville in the early part of the nineteenth century.”— John F. Kennedy, A Nation of Immigrantshis quote aptly capturesTthe history and essence ofthe Roman Catholic Diocese ofPope Emeritus Benedict XVI, andwas dedicated on May 13, 2014, byBishop DiMarzio. The faces of thepeople in the pews of St. Joseph’sreflect the diversity of the manycultures that call the Diocese ofBrooklyn home. It is also amongthe largest churches in Brooklynand Queens.Due to its multicultural anddiverse populations, Masses areregularly held in 33 differentlanguages across the Diocese,throughout 186 parishes with 211churches. Its 26 ethnic ministriespromote cultural events andprovide an opportunity forimmigrants to belong to the largercommunity while preserving andsharing their uniqueness andtraditions.Within its borders is the seventhlargest Catholic school district in theUnited States, with 86 elementaryschools and academies thateducate nearly 30,000 students.Last year, the Diocesecelebrated 16,542 Baptisms,12,125 First Communions, 9,351Confirmations and 2,267 Marriages.Brooklyn. Founded in 1853, theDiocese of Brooklyn sought toaddress the needs of the more thanfive million Irish Catholic immigrantswho, tired and poor, arrived at theport of New York in search of abetter life. Today, the Diocese ofBrooklyn continues its vibrant anddiverse history, home again to animmigrant population, this timedriven by Hispanics.The Roman Catholic Dioceseof Brooklyn serves the boroughs ofBrooklyn and Queens. It is presidedby the seventh and current Bishopof Brooklyn, His Excellency, theMost Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, achampion of immigrant rights.The boroughs’ combinedpopulation stands at 4.8 millionresidents, of which 1.5 millionidentify themselves as Catholics. Thediocesan cathedral is the CathedralBasilica of St. James in downtownBrooklyn. The Co-Cathedral ofSt. Joseph in Prospect Heightswas elevated in February 2013 bywww.dioceseofbrooklyn.org12
Born in Newark, New Jersey, onJune 16, 1944, His Excellency,the Most Reverend NicholasDiMarzio, attended the ImmaculateConception Seminary in New Jersey,was ordained a Roman CatholicPriest in 1970, and named Prelateof Honor by Pope John Paul II in1986. Bishop DiMarzio was ordainedAuxiliary Bishop of Newark in 1996,where he served as Vicar for HumanServices and directed their CatholicCharities. In 1980, Bishop DiMarzioearned a Masters in Social Work fromFordham University, and a Ph.D. inSocial Work Research and Policy in1985 from Rutgers University.In July of 1999, Bishop DiMarziowas appointed as the Sixth Bishopof Camden, New Jersey, and servedthere until October 2003, whenhe was installed as the SeventhBishop of Brooklyn. He is currentlya member of the Vatican’s PontificalCouncil for the Pastoral Care ofMigrants and Itinerant People,chairman of the board of the Centerfor Migration Studies, and theMigration Policy Institute board.Previously, he chaired the MigrationCommittee of the United StatesConference of Catholic Bishops(USCCB); as well as the CatholicLegal Immigration Network, Inc.,and Finance Committee of CatholicRelief Services. Bishop DiMarzio wasalso the U.S. representative to theGlobal Commission on InternationalMigration as our Nation’sCommissioner representative.Bishop DiMarzio has spent hisministry of over 40 years in theareas of immigration assistance andrefugee resettlement services. Hehas served as both an advocate forrefugees and immigrant concerns inpolitical forums, and as the initiatorand administrator of programs toassist refugees and immigrants withinthe U.S. and throughout the world.13THE MOST REVERENDNICHOLAS DIMARZIO,PH.D., D.D.BISHOP OF BROOKLYN@BpDiMarzio
TREV. MONSIGNORKIERAN E. HARRINGTON, V.E.VICAR FORCOMMUNICATIONSDIOCESE OF BROOKLYN@MonsignorHhe Reverend Monsignor Kieran E.Harrington, V.E., is Vicar forCommunications for the Dioceseof Brooklyn. He also serves as thePresident and Chairman of DeSalesMedia Group, a full-service mediacompany that includes NET TV,a cable television network thatcan be seen in New York Cityon Cablevision 30, Time WarnerCable 97 and Verizon FiOS OnDemand; The Tablet, the Dioceseof Brooklyn’s weekly newspaperwith a circulation of 75,000 and50,000 unique online visitorsper month; a monthly Spanishlanguage newspaper NuestraVoz with a circulation of 17,000;a technology division overseeingmore than 20 websites; as well asa public relations office servingecclesiastical needs.Monsignor Harrington hosts InThe Arena, a weekly series on WORradio, with world-renowned guests,intense debates and compellinginterviews covering various topicsand social opinions from a Catholiccultural perspective.Bishop Nicholas DiMarzioappointed Monsignor Harrington14to Vicar for Communications inDecember 2006.Monsignor Harrington alsoserves as the Rector of theCo-Cathedral of Saint Joseph inthe Prospect Heights section ofBrooklyn. He graduated cum laudefrom St. John’s University with adegree in Philosophy. He holds aMasters of Divinity degree fromthe Seminary of the ImmaculateConception and a Masters ofBusiness Administration from theN.Y.U. Stern School of Business.The Most Reverend Thomas V.Daily ordained him a priest at SaintJames Cathedral Basilica on June2, 2001. His Holiness Pope BenedictXVI elevated him to the rank of PapalChaplain with the title of ReverendMonsignor on September 3, 2009.The Diocese of Brooklyn, whichalso encompasses the borough ofQueens, is the eighth largest diocesein the United States with 1.5 millionCatholics. The only entirely urbandiocese in the country, it is the portof entry and home for millions ofimmigrants. The 86 Catholic schoolsand academies in the Dioceseeducate nearly 30,000 students.
r. Austen Ivereigh (pron. ‘ivory’),the co-founder and directorof the international media projectCatholic Voices (www.catholicvoices.org.uk), is a British writer, journalistand commentator on religious andpolitical affairs who regularly appearson TV and radio.He is known in the UnitedStates above all for two books:How to Defend the Faith WithoutRaising Your Voice: Civil Responsesto Catholic Hot-button Issues(published by Our Sunday Visitor,2012) and more recently his highlypraised biography of Pope Francis,The Great Reformer: Francis andthe Making of a Radical Pope(Henry Holt) which was publishedin the English-speaking worldand in Italy last Fall. He hasrecently returned from Chile andArgentina where he launched theSpanish-language edition of thePope’s biography, entitled El GranReformador. The New York Timesdescribes it as “a gracefully writtenand meticulously researchedaccount of Francis’ life.The bestEnglish-language biography of thepope to date,” and John L. Allen ofCrux as “masterful, indispensable,and gripping.”The biography draws on his1993 doctoral thesis from OxfordUniversity, published as Catholicismand Politics in Argentina, 1810-1960(MacMillan 1995). After a briefspell in the Society of Jesus as anovice, he was deputy editor ofthe international Catholic weeklyThe Tablet from 2000 to 2004,before going on to work as thepublic affairs director for the thenArchbishop of Westminster, CardinalCormac Murphy-O’Connor. He laterled a campaign for a pathway tocitizenship for migrants which ledto his book Faithful Citizens: APractical Guide to Catholic SocialTeaching and Community Organising(Darton, Longman & Todd 2010), ahighly-regarded primer for Catholicinstitutions seeking to influence thepublic square.In 2010, months before the visitof Pope Benedict XVI, he co-foundedCatholic Voices, a project to trainordinary people to make the casefor the Church on contentious issuesin the media, which has won praisefrom bishops and broadcasters alike.It is now in 16 countries, includingthe USA, Chile and Australia.Ivereigh divides his timebetween Catholic Voices and hiswriting, journalism and broadcastwork. He reports regularly for OurSunday Visitor in the US, and writesoccasionally for a large rangeof newspapers and magazines,including the Guardian and theSpectator in the UK, and the BostonGlobe and America in the US.15Photo credit: Linda IvereighDAUSTEN IVEREIGH, PH.D.JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR,THE GREAT REFORMER@AustenI
MESSAGE OF HISHOLINESS POPE FRANCISFOR THE 49TH WORLDCOMMUNICATIONS DAYCOMMUNICATINGTHE FAMILY:A PRIVILEGED PLACEOF ENCOUNTER WITH THEGIFT OF LOVE@PontifexThe family is a subject of profoundreflection by the Church and ofa process involving two Synods: therecent extraordinary assembly andthe ordinary assembly scheduledfor next October. So I thought itappropriate that the theme for thenext World Communications Dayshould have the family as its pointof reference. After all, it is in thecontext of the family that we firstlearn how to communicate. Focusingon this context can help to make ourcommunication more authentic andhumane, while helping us to view thefamily in a new perspective.We can draw inspiration from theGospel passage which relates thevisit of Mary to Elizabeth (Lk 1:3956). “When Elizabeth heard Mary’sgreeting, the infant leaped in herwomb, and Elizabeth, filled with theHoly Spirit cried out in a loud voiceand said, ‘Most blessed are you amongwomen, and blessed is the fruit of yourwomb’ ” (vv. 41-42).This episode first shows ushow communication is a dialogueintertwined with the language ofthe body. The first response toMary’s greeting is given by the child,who leaps for joy in the womb ofElizabeth. Joy at meeting others,which is something we learn evenbefore being born, is, in one sense,the archetype and symbol of everyother form of communication. Thewomb which hosts us is the first“school” of communication, a place oflistening and physical contact wherewe begin to familiarize ourselves withthe outside world within a protectedenvironment, with the reassuringsound of the mother’s heartbeat. Thisencounter between two persons, sointimately related while still distinctfrom each other, an encounter so fullof promise, is our first experience ofcommunication. It is an experiencewhich we all share, since each of uswas born of a mother.Even after we have come into theworld, in some sense we are still in a“womb”, which is the family. A wombmade up of various interrelatedpersons: the family is “where welearn to live with others despite ourdifferences” (Evangelii Gaudium,66). Notwithstanding the differencesof gender and age between them,family members accept one anotherbecause there is a bond betweenthem. The wider the range of theserelationships and the greater thedifferences of age, the richer will beour living environment. It is this bondwhich is at the root of language, whichin turn strengthens the bond. We donot create our language; we can useit because we have received it. It isin the family that we learn to speakour “mother tongue”, the language ofthose who have gone before us(cf. 2 Macc 7:25, 27). In the family werealize that others have preceded us,they made it possible for us to existand in our turn to generate life and todo something good and beautiful. Wecan give because we have received.This virtuous circle is at the heart ofthe family’s ability to communicateamong its members and with others.More generally, it is the model for allcommunication.The experience of this relationshipwhich “precedes” us enables the family16to become the setting in which themost basic form of communication,which is prayer, is handed down. Whenparents put their newborn children tosleep, they frequently entrust them toGod, asking that he watch over them.When the children are a little older,parents help them to recite somesimple prayers, thinking with affectionof other people, such as grandparents,relatives, the sick and suffering, andall those in need of God’s help. It wasin our families that the majority ofus learned the religious dimension ofcommunication, which in the case ofChristianity is permeated with love, thelove that God bestows upon us andwhich we then offer to others.Even after we have come intothe world, in some sense we areSTILL IN A WOMBwhich is THE FAMILY.A womb made up of variousinterrelated persons: the family isWHERE WE LEARNwith othersTO LIVEdespite our differences.In the family, we learn to embraceand support one another, to discernthe meaning of facial expressionsand moments of silence, to laughand cry together with people whodid not choose one other yet are soimportant to each other. This greatlyhelps us to understand the meaningof communication as recognizing andcreating closeness. When we lessendistances by growing closer andaccepting one another, we experiencegratitude and joy. Mary’s greeting andthe stirring of her child are a blessingfor Elizabeth; they are followed by thebeautiful canticle of the Magnificat, inwhich Mary praises God’s loving planfor her and for her peopl
earned a Masters in Social Work from Fordham University, and a Ph.D. in Social Work Research and Policy in 1985 from Rutgers University. In July of 1999, Bishop DiMarzio was appointed as the Sixth Bishop of Camden, New Jersey, and served there until October 2003, when he was installed as the Seventh Bishop of Brooklyn. He is currently
