Approaches to Communication Spirituality in Community Life via Teresa of Avila’s The Way of Perfection

Ms. Ureta is currently a Provincial Extended Councilor of the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines. She is also a media professional and a member of the Province’s Communications and Ongoing Formation Commissions. Ms. Ureta graduated with a degree in AB Communication Arts from De La Salle University in 1985 and received her MA in Theology major in Social-Pastoral Communication (cum laude) from the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School in 2017. She is also an independent book author and publisher, a freelance journalist, lecturer, and strategic communications consultant.

Ms. Ureta shared that the spiritual community is an essential life source for our continued growth, as this is where we derive nourishment and support. It is also here, among brothers and sisters, that we practice extensively as Christian communicators.

She also shared what St. Teresa emphasized in “The Way of Perfection,” the three qualities that can be transformed into approaches of communication spirituality: detachment, love of neighbor, and humility.

In her talk she examined three communicative qualities that played in our daily experiences in community, as well as identified some barriers to life-giving communication, as aligned with St. Teresa’s writings.