VOCATIONS CRISIS?
(Portuguese with English subtitles) Nowadays in Europe there is much talk about a “Vocations Crisis”, as the number of priests and sisters have been declining in the last years. In spite of that, the existence of increasingly committed lay people in Church is obvious. We automatically link the word “vocation” with “priestly vocation”, but, in fact, the entire humanity has a vocation, a call from God.
My video is a journalistic approach to exploring the concept of “Vocation” in a deeper meaning.
Contest: 2013 Goodness Reigns “Share the Story”
Created By: Inês Rocha
Location: Maia, Porto, Portugal
Experience Level: Moderate
Filmmaker Age: 21
Video Length: 6 min 52 sec
Filmmaker Bio:
I’m 21 years old, recently graduated in “Communication Sciences: Journalism” at the University of Porto.
I did my curricular internship in Jornal de Notícias, one of the biggest newspapers in Portugal, in its online section. There, I made content production to the website of the newspaper (video and text reports).
During these three months, I developed essential skills to my career: news writing, filmmaking, video editing, synthesis skills, etc.
Before this working experience, however, I tried to develop my skills in other newspapers and in a TV channel. I was a collaborator in Jornal Universitário do Porto, in the webradio Jornalismo Porto Rádio and in the cyberjournal Jornalismo Porto Net. I completed an internship in Canal180, a portuguese TV channel focused on culture and arts.
I am passionate about the audiovisual, the multimedia journalism and about creative writing. I believe it’s possible to make journalism in a creative way and, sometimes, almost artistic. I like to tell stories through images and to use the literary rules to tell real stories.
I believe in the future of a good journalism, which offers new things, in spite of always giving the public what it wants to read. I believe in an educative journalism, which resists the pressure of economic competition.
Also, I’m a Christian and a lay missionary of a congregation (http://www.misionerasdelsantisimo.org/) and I try to use my professional skills to evangelize.
Cast and Crew:
Respondents:
Leonel Claro (missionary priest)
Maricruz Ortiz (missionary sister)
Miguel Peixoto (lay missionary and engineering student)
Torquato (consecrated layman and professor)
Teresa Valente (lay missionary and family doctor)
Ricardo Ascensão (lay missionary and school secretary)
Music:
Dexter Britain – The Time to Run
Spider + Octopus – Deep Sea Diver
Oskar Schuster – Sneeuwland
(The music is under Creative Commons licenses.)
Film by Inês Rocha
YOUCAT/Catechism Inspiration:
I was inspired by the theme of “Vocation,” particularly #138 and #139 of the YOUCAT.
