tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86144778701402637442024-09-14T05:15:44.372-04:00NISCORT Forumyour Passion our ExpertiseNISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-55493679147307086242014-05-22T05:01:00.002-04:002014-05-22T05:25:55.002-04:00Adieu to Final Year MABJ students <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]> NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-87845393058090463822014-05-16T06:37:00.000-04:002014-05-16T06:47:29.701-04:00Documentary Presentation by second year MABJ Students On 15th May 2014, the students of MABJ (Masters in Broad cast Journalism) screened their final documentary production as part of their practical exam. Each of their documentary depicted different issues of the society. On this occasion, the director of NISCORT, Fr. George&nbsp; Plathottam, SDB congratulated the MABJ students for this video production. There were nine documentaries presented NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-46875222405243731942014-05-06T09:15:00.002-04:002014-05-06T09:26:23.031-04:00Five Days Workshop on Storytelling <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-8270611367717362532014-05-06T09:02:00.001-04:002014-05-06T09:27:37.941-04:00One Month Videogrphy Course for the diploma in Pastoral Communications Students are guided by Fr. Biju for video shooting Students learning editing softwares As part of the diploma in Pastoral Communications, a month Videography Course was organized for the students. Eighteen students participated this full one month course. It included basic introduction to video technology, scripting for video production, film studies and spirituality of NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-62696350160672682962014-05-02T08:59:00.003-04:002014-05-02T09:01:49.359-04:00New age of social Networking Facebook Facebook allows users to continuously stay in touch with friends, relatives and other acquaintances wherever they are in the world, as long as there is access to the Internet. WhatsApp WhatsApp Messenger is aproprietary, cross-platform instant messaging subscription service for smartphones. WeChat WeChat provides multimedia communication with text messaging, hold-to-talk voice NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-90637073157175757642014-05-02T08:46:00.001-04:002014-05-02T08:53:17.806-04:00CHURCH IN MYANMAR The Church’s ministry and mission are to communicate the Good News of Salvation and God’s love to all his creatures. In creating human beings in His image and likeness God gave them the ability to create communicative relations with each other (Gen 1:26). The Catholic Church in Myanmar consisting of the Bishops, Priests, Religious and Lay Faithful form a family united in faith and witness in NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-78453976150418070992014-05-02T08:45:00.004-04:002014-05-02T08:52:09.051-04:00Bangladesh-Catholic Church in Communications Brief Introduction: Bangladesh is situated in the North-Eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, bordered in the west, north and east by India,in the southeast by Myanmar and in the south by the Bay of Bengal. The area of the country is 14, 77,570 square kilometres (56,779 squaremiles). The country is covered with a network of rivers and canals forming a maze of interconnecting channels. The NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-12876948305818912052014-05-02T08:41:00.003-04:002014-05-02T09:04:01.028-04:00Morality of Media Human life has two folds, life and death. Similarly the process of communication, we can find two effects good and bad. We cannot avoid moral reflection in our daily lives. Our life is full of choices and it demands some reflection on right and wrong. Culture proposes moral practices and norms usually in unreflective form, which shapes our moral reflection. In the society moral choices NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-85162820999117096032014-05-02T08:34:00.000-04:002014-05-02T08:52:19.218-04:00Inter Mirifica - Changing World of Communication Inter Mirifica the Vatican II Decree on the means of Social Communication, offer important insights and instruction on the proper use of the “means of social communication,” including the press, movies, radio, and television. The principles of the document can easily extend to the Internet, smart phone applications, and other modern channels of communication. Much has changed in the world NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-51734476109974362062014-04-13T03:09:00.005-04:002014-04-13T03:11:05.548-04:00ENVISIONING MEDIA 2025 A two day National Seminar “ENVISIONING MEDIA 2025” was held at Don Bosco, Okhla, New Delhi on the 21st and 22nd February 2014. It was jointly organised by the CBCI Office for Social Communications and the Society of St. Paul. Mr. Cyril John, Chairman, Asia-Oceania Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services led the prayer. Fr. Michael Raj, SSP, Provincial Superior, welcomed the participants to theNISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-60076333293688943012014-04-13T01:58:00.003-04:002014-04-13T03:11:53.258-04:00Inauguration of the Diploma course in Pastoral Communication The ‘Diploma in Pastoral Communication Course’ was inaugurated on 3rd February 2014 at NISCORT. Before the Holy Eucharist Fr. George Plathottam,&nbsp;Director, NISCORT introduced&nbsp;Monsignor Romanus Secretary to&nbsp;Apostolic Nuncio Pina-ccio to the students&nbsp;and expressed his words of welcome. Then&nbsp;the Holy Eucharist was preceded with&nbsp;the lighting of the Lamp invoking NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-63263899202351801962012-10-03T07:05:00.002-04:002013-11-07T02:22:37.105-05:00Deacons Trained in Pastoral Communication New Delhi (CBCI News): Today's world largely controlled by social communication media requires communication skills. To address this need, a two-week Pastoral Communication course was held at the National Institute for Social Communications Research and Training (NISCORT) for fifteen deacons, &nbsp;September 9-12. The programme was led by NISCORT director Fr. George Plathottam and assisted by NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-26021740649394372012012-10-03T06:57:00.003-04:002013-11-07T02:18:55.527-05:00Workshop at NISCORT Underlines Importance of Public Relations for Effective Pastoral Ministry New Delhi : Realizing the importance of good Public Relations, 29 priests and Religious holding responsibility for Public Relations in their respective dioceses and religious congregations came together at NISCORT to attend a 3-day workshop on Public Relations to hone their skills in this vital area. The three-day workshop, September 24-26, was organized by NISCORT in collaboration with theNISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-54189771730018985002012-04-25T23:34:00.000-04:002012-04-25T23:37:57.633-04:00Pastoral Students end the course to Begin Communicating CPC Pariticipants - 2012 The Pastoral Communication Course organized from January 23rd. 2012 to March 30th. 2012 had fourteen participants: priests, religious sisters and laymen from different dioceses, congregations and regions of India. The objective of the course was to enable the participants not only to pick up basic communication skills but also the vision of Pastoral Communications, NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-49017820825449567732012-03-07T22:05:00.001-05:002012-03-07T22:09:06.834-05:00Niscort braces itself for ‘Transition’Vaishali: As the nature prepared to welcome the spring after the dark and cold winter, the documentation group headed by Mathew presented-‘The Transition’ at Niscort here today. Presenting the documentation in three formats- the print, audio and video, the leader explained, “The transition to spring season is a symbol of hope, rebirth, renewal and regrowth.” He applied the same meaning to the Fr. Jackson Louishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10149786623042786089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-83307918152772860592012-03-02T01:21:00.000-05:002012-03-02T02:20:36.396-05:00Documentation - Jan & Feb 2012 The theme of the newsletter for the month of February is TRANSITION. Transition simply means “the process or a period of changing from one condition to another”, as defined by the oxford advance learner’s dictionary. This word is used in different fields for different connotations. In the field of literature it is a general aspects of writing style that signal changes in a story with the use ofNISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-31699949576101803982011-10-21T23:03:00.002-04:002011-10-21T23:04:10.159-04:00Alien Visits NISCORT - DocumentationVaishali (Ghaziabad), Oct. 14: The students’ team led by Selva Malakia presented ‘Udaan’, documenting the events and activities of the past one month at Niscort, on the 14th of October, 2011. The print, radio and video formats of the documentation brought out the theme effectively. However, the highlight of the presentation was the video depicting the visit of an alien to Niscort, who is NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-39552463347430049472011-10-02T03:11:00.009-04:002012-03-02T01:41:50.461-05:00Msgr. Paul Tighe's Visit to NISCORT Msgr. Paul Tighe at NISCORT A Transcription of the talk given by Msgr. Paul Tighe at NISCORT on the 1st of October, 2011 You probably have seen documents and heard people talking of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. But sometimes it is hard to know what it is and what we are supposed to do. I always begin with saying what we are not. We are not the Vatican's Press Office. As NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-34728754749231961432011-09-30T02:17:00.001-04:002011-10-02T23:53:55.597-04:00If You Cannot Make it, then Fake it!Vaishali (NCR-Delhi), Sept.23: A documentary- Conspiration Theory: Did we land on the moon? &nbsp;was screened at NISCORT here today during the World Around This Week session. Mr. Sudhir Tandon at NISCORT Mr. Sudhir Tandon, the former deputy director of Doordarshan, who animated the session began by explaining what a documentary is. He defined it as- ‘a record of facts which can be verified andNISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-34604155362675040982011-08-18T10:04:00.002-04:002011-10-02T23:53:05.380-04:00NISCORT Bids Farewell to its Longest Serving DeanVaishali (Ghaziabad), Aug.17: National Institute of Social Communications, Research And Training (Niscort), organised a heart warming farewell to Fr. John Edappilly the outgoing Dean of studies. Rt. Rev. Salvadore Lobo the Bishop of Baruipur,&nbsp; and a large number of his friends, acquaintances, several prominent media persons, the priests and nuns from the neighbouring institutions, the staff NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-45190182153247827642011-08-18T02:57:00.003-04:002011-08-19T02:18:55.848-04:00Bye Bye Dear Father! I'll never try to hold you back&nbsp;
I wouldn't try controlling you&nbsp;
If it's what you want&nbsp;
It's what I want&nbsp;
I want what's best for you&nbsp;
And if there's something else that you're looking for&nbsp;
I'll be the first to help you try&nbsp;
Believe me when I say&nbsp;
It's hard to say goodbye&nbsp; Dear Rev. Dr. John Edappilly, The above lyrics from Celine Dion’s song aptly NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-81914546283250223412011-08-16T02:20:00.003-04:002011-08-16T03:23:14.269-04:00Re-Inventing the Soul of IndiaI am a worried man and I ask any man on the street, “How goes everything with your life?”- The answer is invariably- “I am a worried man”! That explains the state of affairs, in our State- India, which marks the 64th anniversary of its freedom from the Colonial Masters. Not everyone though agrees with the statement- ‘we are a free country’. The nation is enchained by the plagues of poverty, NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-7218679930697762222011-08-12T08:17:00.001-04:002011-08-12T08:18:45.783-04:00Farewell and Thanks to Rev. Dr. John Edappilly, CMI We, the staff and students of NISCORTCordially invite you to the Farewell and Thanksgiving&nbsp;Programme forRev. Dr. John Edappilly, CMIformer Dean of Studies at NISCORT to be held on WednesdayAugust 17, 2011, at 10.30 am. Your esteemed presence is&nbsp;earnestly solicited for the function.Please do join us for the lunch.NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-2648236835992749862011-08-11T02:59:00.004-04:002011-08-11T07:38:25.286-04:00New Members of the Residential FacultyA cordial welcome to the new members of the residential faculty Fr. Devassy Kollamkudyil Sdb Course Coordinator Fr. Dominic D'Abreo Registrar &amp; PRO Sr. Vincentia FSMA Catering In-charge Sr. Fidelis FSMA Hostel Warden NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614477870140263744.post-61557898762743222962011-08-10T23:56:00.003-04:002011-08-11T02:18:47.128-04:00NISCORT Pledges to Promote Human Values in the MediaVaishali (Ghaziabad), Aug.8: “The Dharma of media is the promotion of human and divine values”, reminded His Excellency Gracian Mundadan, the Apostolic Visitator of the Syro Malabar Church in Delhi while addressing the staff and students of National Institute of Social Communication and Research Training (NISCORT) Centre here today. Inaugurating the academic session 2011-12, Bishop Mundadan gave NISCORT FORUMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08474501589561426952noreply@blogger.com0