Membership - SIGNIS Caribbean

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The SIGNIS Caribbean Membership is made up of Members and Associate Members. Those may include persons working within their diocese communications’ office, Catholic communications organisations or even those involved in the media who hold the values and mission of the association.

In 2023, its Membership included the following dioceses & organisations -:

ANTIGUA –
- Diocese of St John’s, Basseterre
ARUBA/CURACAO –
- Diocese of Willemstad
BAHAMAS –
- The Diocese of Nassau
BARBADOS –
- The Diocese of Bridgetown
BELIZE –
- Diocese of Belize City
  - - 2 Associate Members
DOMINICA –
- Diocese of Roseau
  - - 1 Associate Member
GRENADA –
- Diocese of St. George’s-in-Grenada
  - - 2 Associate Members
- Good News Catholic Radio
JAMAICA –
- Diocese of Mandeville
ST LUCIA –
- Archdiocese of Castries
ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES –
- - - Diocese of Kingstown
SURINAME –
- - - Diocese of Paramaribo
TRINIDAD –
- - Antilles Episcopal Conference
    - 1 Associate Member
  - Archdiocese of Port of Spain
  - Audioworks
  - CAMSEL (Catholic Media Services Ltd)
    - 1 Associate Member
  - Caribbean School for Catholic Communications (CSCC)
  - Living Water Community
  - Trinity Communications Network

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Executive board

Period 2023 – 2027

The SIGNIS Caribbean Executive Board is elected every four years at the Annual General Meeting.This was held in Feb. 2023.

The current Executive is made up of – President: Lisa Bhajan, Vice President: Msgr. William John-Lewis, Secretary: Kathleen Maharaj and Treasurer: Ruben Wong. Also recognized as part of the Executive is the Canonical Advisor: Bishop John Persaud and the AEC’s General Secretary: Fr. Don Chambers.

The voting members, or the Board of SIGNIS Caribbean are made up of representatives or delegates from the various (Arch)dioceses as well as Catholic organisations within the Caribbean region.

lisa bhajan

President

(trinidad)

msgr. william john-lewis

Vice President

(DOMINICA)

kathleen maharaj

SECRETARY

(TRINIDAD)

RUBEN WONG

TREASURER

(BELIZE)

BISHOP JOHN PERSAuD

CANONICAL ADVISOR

(BISHOP OF MANDEVILLE)

fr. don chambers

aec general secretary

(jamaica)

SIGNIS ALC is made up of 14 National Associates from Latin America and the Caribbean – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

SIGNIS Caribbean is not considered a National Associate of SIGNIS ALC but rather, since it is made up of the 19 non-Spanish-speaking AEC dioceses, is recognised as a Sub-Region of SIGNIS ALC. SIGNIS Caribbean has its own Board Members with its own Executive.

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board of directors

Period 2022 – 2026

The present Board of Directors was elected on July 16th, 2022, within the framework of the Continental Assembly of SIGNIS ALC that took place in the city of Panama.

Carlos Ferraro

President

(argentina)

ALEJANDRO CARO

Vice President

(CHILE)

marjorie refray

first director

(peru)

naive frias

second director

(dominican rep.)

Alejandro Gomes

third director

(brasil)

alexander davila

Forth director

(ecuador)

substitute directors

Manuel Rodriguez

cuba

beatrice gonzalez

mexico

omar bogado

Paraguay

lauren branker

trinidad

victor fernandez

costa rica

fr nestor briceno

venezuela

In several countries of the world there are media (radio stations, TV, newspapers, magazines, publishing companies, digital media) that belong to the Catholic Church – agents that encourage pastoral communications in the various ecclesiastical jurisdictions, often participating in communion in ecclesial teachings. These include professionals engaged in secular media.

From that identity, (ecclesial belonging and communion) embracing the aims of SIGNIS – which at the moment is the only communication organization recognized by the Holy See – many communication associations have chosen to be members. It is recognized and admitted in the canonical statutes that they are eligible once they have received recognition by the Bishops’ Conferences of the respective countries. (Article 4, 4.1.1 Canonical Statute of SIGNIS).

Presently SIGNIS recognizes the membership of National Associations in approximately 100 countries around the globe.

Membership application forms

The benefits to belonging to the SIGNIS Caribbean family are far-reaching.

To be connected to the largest international network of Catholic Communicators.

To network with others in your media field regionally through the DESKS.

To be connected to the mission & vision of the AEC Communication Commission.

To be exposed to training, conferences, competitions, and funding opportunities.

You can join SIGNIS Caribbean as a Member or Associate Member by completing and submitting the Application Forms below.