Salt + Light<br/><br/>

The week starting April 25 and ending May 1 is dedicated as ‘National TV Turnoff Week’ in the United States every year. This year is the 11th year since inception. A non-profit group called the TV Turnoff Network organized this activity. It is estimated that there are 7,600,000 people across the U.S. who participate in ‘TV Turnoff Week’.<br/><br/>

High quality television programs can be valuable, especially when they are designed for young audiences. However, when we waste time to watch endless television programs without exercising control, we not only impede the development of independent thinking, but also the chance to communicate with other people.  With respect to children, excessive television watching also affects their ability to concentrate.<br/><br/>

During a statement to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in 2003, Pope John Paul II asserted that high quality television programs can “encourage the heart and soul, and resolve hatred”.<br/><br/>

Two years ago following World Youth Day, a Catholic television network was established in the archdiocese called “Salt+Light Television”. The network is entirely devoted to religious programs, and it is available in Toronto on Rogers Digital Cable Channel 617.  Currently, a few youths in our parish in cooperation with Salt+Light Television are in the middle of producing a 10-chapter program about the Chinese Catholic community in Toronto. Please anticipate and look out for the arrival of this program. For more information about this network call: 1-888-764-3771 or visit the website www.rogers.com or www.saltandlighttv.org.<br/><br/>

May we put our resources to good use to further God’s Kingdom on earth.