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Repository	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark
Ref No	RCS/SJW/COM/1/1
Title	Wonersh Communications Course: Policy and Correspondence
Date	1972-1983
Level	Item
Description	There was a Communications Studio (WTV) at the Seminary from September 1975. Fr. John Stapleton, who had previously worked for the BBC was instrumental in setting it up. He head of the Communications Department until 1982. The aims of the Communications Course are listed as: 1. To understand the mission of the Church to communicate the Gospel by all possible means in the world of today. 2. to be inspired to aim at a high degree of excellence as a personal communicator of the Word and to acquire skills necessary to communicate effectively. 3. to study and understand something of the ways in which society is influenced by the means of social communication. The documents comprise a project plan for the establishment of the Communications Studio, 1972; summary of the facilities and training offered by WTV; correspondence relating to John Stapleton's involvement with the course; articles by Stapleton, 'Why Communications?' and 'Communications, not so much a programme....'.

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