Communication Department serves as a link between ACWECA and its National Associations as well as with other key stakeholders like bishops, dioceses, donors, partners and other like-minded organisations. As such, it will contribute to all matters related to communication.

Because of the huge potential that lies in the Mass Media, Pope John Paul II in one of his Apostolic letters called the Church to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the communications media as “pathways to intensify communion and to render more penetrating the proclamation of his word” (John Paul II, The Rapid Development, 2005).

With this in mind, the Department seeks to carry out the following responsibilities:

Be at the service of all the other ministries (activities) within the Organisation, playing a strategic and vital role in planning, coordinating and executing other activities more effectively. In other words, the communication department will endeavour to collaborate with the other programmes and or departments to achieve the goals of ACWECA.

Make communication formation of our members, other pastoral personnel and all the faithful in the media culture the primary task of our department, without neglecting the other aspects of public relations and production. This will be done through organising/sharing knowledge and skills in communication with the sisters who participate in all our formation programmes.

And in order to achieve these, the Communication department will create linkages with

• National Associations and Institutes of Consecrated women in the region
• Diocesan communication departments and news media outlets both Church and secular in the region.
• International Union of Superiors General, (UISG)
• With the Holy See and other episcopal conferences, especially AMECEA, IMBISA and Episcopal conferences in regions outside ACWECA.