Strategi Komunikasi Gereja Katholik Santo Yoseph dalam Menghadapi Pandemik Covid-19 di Kalangan Kaum Muda

Abstract

The Corona Virus has spread throughout the world. WHO advises every country leader to enact a program to stop the spread of Corona viruses such as work from home and stay at home. The Indonesian Government implemented the program and found negative effects such as mental health disorders in society. The Catholic Church of Saint Yoseph also adopted the program and saw that the program had an impact on young people who were working because they found stress and were worried about the layoffs and the activities were disrupted. The study was conducted to determine the communication strategy of the Catholic Church of Saint Yoseph in the face of a Covid-19 pandemic among young people using qualitative descriptive methods, data collection techniques using semi-structured, in-depth interview techniques, observations and documentation. The study concluded that the strategy used was to provide positive activities such as live streaming Misa, online catechesis, rosary Prayer, sharing with the members of the Catholic people and personally by using social media such as Instagram, YouTube and WhatsApp.