Spiritual Exercises for Church Leaders: Participant's Book (Project of the Woodstock Theological Center) - Tapa blanda

Leckey, Dolores R.; Minaert, Paula

 
9780809141630: Spiritual Exercises for Church Leaders: Participant's Book (Project of the Woodstock Theological Center)

Sinopsis

Spiritual Exercises for Church Leaders is a dynamic leadership program aimed at the growing number of new church leaders--lay ecclesial ministers, parish volunteers, diocesan agency heads--along with pastors and deacons and those charged with transmitting the faith. The program, which grew out of the Church Leadership Program of the Woodstock Theological Center, starts with an emphasis on gratitude, the foundation of spiritual growth, and then moves through the steps needed for authentic leadership. Readers, alone or in groups, are encouraged to examine concepts such as being attentive, exploring, discerning, and being responsible, supported by the spiritual insights of St. Ignatius of Loyola and Bernard Lonergan. Benefits of this program: --facilitator's guide and participant's book all in one volume. --field tested in a number of settings. --extends a proven program to a wider audience.

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Reseña del editor

Spiritual Exercises for Church Leaders is a dynamic leadership program aimed at the growing number of new church leaders--lay ecclesial ministers, parish volunteers, diocesan agency heads--along with pastors and deacons and those charged with transmitting the faith. The program, which grew out of the Church Leadership Program of the Woodstock Theological Center, starts with an emphasis on gratitude, the foundation of spiritual growth, and then moves through the steps needed for authentic leadership. Readers, alone or in groups, are encouraged to examine concepts such as being attentive, exploring, discerning, and being responsible, supported by the spiritual insights of St. Ignatius of Loyola and Bernard Lonergan. Benefits of this program: --facilitator's guide and participant's book all in one volume. --field tested in a number of settings. --extends a proven program to a wider audience.

Biografía del autor

Dolores R. Leckey has been a senior research fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center since 1998 where she is currently coordinator of a new project, Theology in the City. She served twenty years as executive director of the Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Recipient of numerous awards, including twelve honorary doctorates, St. John's University Elizabeth Ann Seton medal, Washington Theological Union's distinguished service award, Leckey is author of nine books and general editor of Just War, Lasting Peace: What Christian Traditions Can Teach Us. The mother of four and grandmother of seven, with her late husband she is a founder of the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing. She resides in Arlington, Virginia, where in 2003 the Commission on the Status of Women named her a "Person of Vision."

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