Cristiana Tamagnini, coordinator of the Communication Office of the Diocese of Beja, argues that communication can be a tool for unity and belonging for diocesans. In an interview with ECCLESIA Agency, she explains that she intends to make this area a pastoral partner, bringing together people who feel distant from the Diocese or have little connection to other parishes. The responsible party states that communication can evangelize and unite geographically dispersed people.
The Diocese of Beja is the second largest diocesan territory in Portugal, with approximately 12,300 square kilometers, covering 14 municipalities in the district of Beja and those of Grândola, Santiago do Cacém, and Sines, in the district of Setúbal. Cristiana Tamagnini acknowledges that the diocese presents different cultures, such as between Barrancos, on the border, and Vila Nova de Milfontes, by the sea, but believes that shared information can unite people and the Diocese.
Cristiana Tamagnini has been coordinator of the Communication Office for just over a year and leads a team of five volunteers: Francisca Carvalhal and José Tareco (graphic designers), Márcio Guerra (linked to audiovisual work), and journalist Ana Teresa Alves. With a background in agricultural engineering, she defines herself as someone concerned about communication in the Church and feels there is space on social media to evangelize.
The responsible party will participate for the first time in the National Social Communications Days, which take place on September 24th in Leiria, promoted by the National Secretariat of Social Communications on the theme 'For a grammar of encounter.' Cristiana Tamagnini states she wants to learn, know good practices from other dioceses, and understand how she can expand, improve, and grow communication in the Diocese of Beja.
