The type of communication relationship that is established with the e-mail looks like the dialogue, the speed with which messages are delivered and the lack of formality that accompanies the writing. An extraordinary mass media, means of communication, the first true and great globalization, which recovers the typical characteristics of written text - intentional construction of a single author - but it is a text often written quick to grap, which calls for a response just as fast, which has the flavor of dialogue and the eye-look. The mail, as in real life, is reserved. It is used a lot, even by the consecrated, women and men. Why? How? With such positive effects? What purpose having targeted? This means of communication, easy to use, can become a bridge for growth, for the support, for building and construction, together, some projects for the Kingdom.

The mailing list is an amazing opportunity to come together around a topic of interest, from various parts of the planet. Those who subscribe to a mailing list receives on own electronic desk, even daily, the latest news on their professional or pastoral interests. Other forms of asynchronous communication are participating in a forum, virtual space in which "lurk/post" messages, which remained over time. It allows you to investigate subjects with the help of various people, as well as exchange ideas and opinions. The chat is instead a system of participation in synchronous, where the communication occurs in real time with the possibility to talk to two or more people. Here the messages are not permanent. The chat is excellent in teaching and training, to organize events and collect signatures.

The key phrase of the moment is online social networking, or online social networks. Building social networks via the Internet results in billions of connections among everyday people living with Facebook, MySpace, Skype, Windows Messenger or other digital environments borderless, they do communicate, create and maintain live reports. In this borderless network, where we find the young consecrated people?

Committed to promoting a culture of respect, dialogue and friendship in view of the Kingdom? Loaded of joy to witness virtually, in the words, the love of God, after having testified in their own little piece of land where they really live? To be actives in the "networks" is a new way to practice what always existed, creating links. Armed with this "need" for young people, young consecrated persons are perhaps asking about the new call to evangelize in the media culture from the reality of youth? Where are the young people today? How do they communicate? Is it possible to plan an evangelizing and vocational presence thanks to social networks?

Leaving a mark of ourselves through the chat, it becomes visible to everyone when you use a personal or corporate blog. With this blog, you will be put in touch with far away physically people, but often close to their ideas and their points of view. With them we share thoughts and reflections on the various situations as rarely the blog are single-issue. You can express your creativity freely, interacting directly with other bloggers. Thanks to the personal blog young people find the taste to write, to dig their own thoughts and feelings, to practice in introspection, to share their emotions and thoughts. As you can discuss on a blog! As you can refine the religious issues in light of the life today, with comments, with the collection of opinions and testimonies of young religious men committed and credible. Web 2.0 has opened the possibility of evangelization, I am absolutely convinced, even in virtual worlds.

Why not ride the example of those who work pastorally in virtual worlds, perhaps in a community of young people who gather around a multiplayer game? The community calls "gaming communities" are multiplying on the Net. Are there - wisely, of course! - means wanting to reach those young people, otherwise unattainable, to provide opportunities for dialogue and exchange. The ease of contact and familiarity that is created with young people who are part of the same community network is a prerequisite and an invitation to educational exchanges.

So many things to say and how many times to register the love of God through the use of the Internet to communicate! From messengers sent to preach glad news and tidings to the poor we can build a mailing list which makes getting out the Word’s comment of the next day, we can attach a symbolic photo engraved on the beauty of the Word that explains to people the love of God, that shares thoughts of faith, love’s certainty and desire of hope. The community is the evangelical prophecy because it shows how people of different ages,
mentality, functions and responsibilities can live happily together, sharing the most demanding guidelines of existence, work hard to build the Kingdom of God in the history embracing diversity as a mutual enrichment.

We are living today a lifestyle that involved research of the relational dimension. I am referring to those thinkers who have exposed the personalistic dimension of the dialogue: Mounier, Buber and Levinas.

Mounier insists on the centrality of the person who is called to respond to a task, which is inserted in a specific historical situation and that is called to fulfill in the community. Buber emphasizes the dialogic role of the relationship based on listening to the other. Dialogue is the foundation of I-Thou relationship as much as the "we" of community: the tension dialog in this case in the community. Levinas has introduced the themes, both now and complex, the 'face' and 'other'. In philosophical terms - but also training - this involves a shift from humanism of the ego to a humanism of the other. The search for deep relationships, anchored to the Word of God, will take us to overcome the use of Internet for communication only oriented to consumption and personal gratification, will lead us to consider the preciousness of time that eludes us between the toes when we are in a social network.

For all (young and not so young consecrated, together), the cause of the Kingdom is the pearl of great price to win at all costs. The convergence and unity of the community (young religious and not so young) are so focused on the mission. In the community that cares about the "small" of the Kingdom we can easily compare how and about the real sensitivity of service. Indeed, the comparison itself is cause for joy that is witness that we are of God, that we work in his view, that we are for humans and that we want them happy. Even using the communication opportunities of the Internet. We want to be competent with technology and witnesses against the faith and love of God, as expressed Karl Rahner: "We must ask ourselves seriously and specifically whether in our minds and our hearts there is a bit of space for innovation and the future."

N. NEGROPONTE, Essere digitali, Sperling-Kupfer, Milano 1995.