Inquietar tries to position the animation of vocations within the digital ecosystem of the Order, through the web page www.inquietar.com and the social networks Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify . As a whole, Inquietar intends to be a proposal of communication of the Gospel under the prism of vocation, aimed at young people, especially those linked to the Augustinian Recollect family.
After five years, the Inquietar project is already positioned on the various digital communication platforms as a benchmark in vocation promotion. It has a clear graphic line and a communication style that favors diversity.
In addition, a relevant aspect has been the joint work with the Mexican artist Bernardo Ramonfaur, who has designed many of the new images of Augustinian and Augustinian Recollect saints that are circulating in the social networks.
Inquietar has published numerous resources that are available on the web page. It should be noted that, with some frequency, these materials are downloaded by the Order’s vocation ministers and also from various ecclesial contexts.
The Order endorses Inquietar as a serious project and supports it with means and resources. Likewise, an alliance has been established with the Order’s Commission for Communication and Digital Evangelization.
The project has gone beyond the borders of the Order, putting itself at the service of the Church from the Augustinian Recollect charism and many of its publications connect with the interests and concerns of the young Augustinian Recollects.
However, how do you accompany people who show interest in your proposals or ask questions? How do the Inquietar platforms accompany people who show interest in their proposals or ask questions?
As is the case in practically all social networks enabled for interaction, there is a team of three people -two religious and one layperson- directly responsible for responding to concerns raised through private messages or e-mail.
In practice, any of the three respond to the best of their ability, according to time zones and their other obligations.
It is worth mentioning that if any person comments by message or email that he/she is interested in beginning an accompaniment for discernment, he/she will be answered with a more personalized email or message .
If you respond to this message, you are given the opportunity to contact the general coordination of the Order’s vocation ministry.
When this occurs, basic information is requested from the interested party:
- Full name
- E-mail address
- Place of residence
- WhatsApp Number
- Current occupation
With this information, the general coordination of vocation ministry contacts the vocation promoter closest to the interested person.
For this purpose, it is essential to have an updated agenda of the Order’s vocation promoters. If the interested person has a strong motivation and is determined to continue, these first steps facilitate direct contact between the person and the vocation promoter responsible in each country.
From this moment on, the vocation promoter will be in charge of giving continuity to the concerns of the interested person, according to the procedures of the vocation ministry of each country.
*Article written by Fr. FabiĆ”n MartĆn for the Yearbook 2024.