Building Integrity for Mission
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.
Greetings to our MSC confrères around the world and special thoughts and blessings on this day of the Anniversary of the death of our beloved founder, Fr. Chevalier. The following text is worthy of our ongoing reflection. It is in part the homily given by the Superior General, Fr. Abzalón, during our Feast Day community celebration of Mass with members of the Italian Province, including Fr. Mario Scalici, MSC, the Italian Provincial and the four formandi of the province. We trust you all had joyful and inspiring celebrations and that you can use the following words to help inspire you in your mission.
This is the seventh section in this series of reflections on self-understanding for the sake of mission. We now proceed to explore the dynamics of needs that are consistent and those that are inconsistent, and why. This will shed light on why our behaviour some times puzzles us, when we know what we should do but we fail to do so.
At the Generalate level we often hear the cry for more energy to be given to ongoing formation. Well, this week 13 MSC from different entities around the congregation, began the first online MSC Ongoing Formation Facilitators Training. Course Participants come from Venezuela, Southern Africa, U.A.F, India, Philippines, Spain and Australia.
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.
Though ageing can be a painful, stressful time for many people, Brian Gallagher finds consolation in a new perspective on life, as he ages. The Joy of Ageing reflects on the joys and the struggles, the memories and the dreams as we grow older. Brian finds a tempered joy even in the inevitable diminishment of ageing. He writes from his own experience and after many years of listening to others as a spiritual guide. This book offers a clear Christian approach to ageing: it is a major contribution to a spirituality of ageing.
Heart of Life Centre for Spiritual & Pastoral Formation is a work of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, was founded in 1983. It offers a ministry in spirituality, the formation of spiritual directors and pastoral supervisors, spiritual direction, pastoral supervision, and reflection events. Because of its international reputation, participants from Australia and overseas attend Heart of Life’s formation programs in spiritual direction, supervision and spiritual leadership. The Centre’s Siloam and Spiritual Leaders programs are accredited by Yarra Theological Union (YTU) and the University of Divinity. Heart of Life is located in Malvern in Melbourne, Victoria. Read our latest news here:
SUPERVISOR (Part-time) in the Siloam Program for the Formation of Spiritual Directors at Heart of Life Centre for Spiritual & Pastoral Formation. Heart of Life, a work of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, was founded in 1983. It offers a ministry in spirituality, the formation of spiritual directors and pastoral supervisors, spiritual direction, pastoral supervision, and reflection events. Because of its international reputation, participants from Australia and overseas attend Heart of Life’s formation programs in spiritual direction, supervision and spiritual leadership. The Centre’s Siloam and Spiritual Leaders programs are accredited by Yarra Theological Union (YTU) and the University of Divinity. Heart of Life is located in Malvern in Melbourne, Victoria.
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.
Religious vocation is a complex reality. As we try to live our vocation with ever deepening integrity we discover that not all our motivations are always what they seem. Even as we believe ourselves to be acting out of the highest religious and spiritual values possible to us when we make our vocational choices, we are not always aware of the ways in which those choices are influenced by social factors that require adherence to certain norms and come with a personal cost. Social psychologists have found people are highly susceptible to social influences as demonstrated by classic experiments in obedience and conformity. Why do people conform?