Building Integrity for Mission
The Church of God is convoked in Synod. The path entitled “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission” was solemnly opened on the 9th – 10th of October 2021 in Rome and then in each particular Church.
A basic question prompts and guides us: How does this “journeying together,” which takes place today on different levels (from the local level to the universal one), allow the Church to proclaim the Gospel in accordance with the mission entrusted to Her?
RENEWAL and continuing formation are more than synonymous terms. They seem to mean one and the same thing. There are many religious who expect this ‘ongoing formation’ to solve all their present and future problems. They believe that it will ensure perseverance and fidelity, provide a bulwark which will safeguard their own proper identity against the host of changes which threaten to erode it; that it will reveal the secrets of self-education and creativity, and enable them to see what provision should be taken for the future. Read more …
In his article, Leading from Within, Parker Palmer reflects on five ways spiritual leaders tend to cast ‘shadow’ rather than ‘light’ in their ministry of leadership. In this presentation, Gerardine Doherty, fdnsc offers her interpretations on some of the ways these realities are casting ‘shadows’ in today’s church.
PRISMA (Project Instruction for Sustainable Management) is the Claretian Training platform providing Project Management and Fundraising training primarily to Catholic Religious around the world and their mission collaborators.
We are glad to announce our next Basic Training focused on Africa called PMF Basic EF 2021. The training will be conducted in English and French with simultaneous translation, and it will take place from 8th to 13th November 2021.
Centre for Safeguarding at St. Paul University Ottawa, Canada. This is a one day English language seminar on adult victims of sexual abuse. October 15, 2021. Cost is $50 CAD. You may need to book quickly as seats are limited In this interactive workshop, we will review relevant aspects of a significant shift that seems to be occurring in the context of clergy sexual abuse. Based on clinical observations from The Southdown Institute, a mental health treatment centre for clergy and vowed religious, we will explore the issue of the sexual abuse of vulnerable adults.
In Section 3 we looked at each of the motivational forces; Values and Needs. Now we will consider the various values, that mould and shape our whole life of faith as MSC, what Jules Chevalier calls the sentiments of the Heart of Christ. Our starting place is to understand the nature of values and the different kinds of values that influence human behaviour.
Faith and Praxis Associates International is holding a Leadership Development Program in 2022. All enquires directly to Faith and Praxis Secretary.
On August 23, the Meeting of the First Five Years of the Province of Rio de Janeiro began in Juiz de Fora (MG), composed of the accompanier, Fr. Ruaro Cândido, and the following companions: Fathers Adeilson, Alisson, Bruno, Eliezer, Fábio Júnior and Magno Luís, and the Deacons Pablo, Patrick and Roney.
This is the second section of a series on deepening self-understanding in service of the Mission. In order to live our lives with a degree of ‘normal’ emotional integrity it is necessary to develop the capacity to ‘step-back’ from the self stuck in reactive emotional states.
This is the first section of a series on deepening self-understanding in service of the mission. They are offered for your own self-reflection and personal, spiritual and professional growth.