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Leadership Roundtable Newsletter |
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| Dear Friend of the Leadership Roundtable, |
As we approach the great feast of Pentecost we celebrate the many talented people - laity, men and women religious, deacons, priests and bishops - who collaborate in ministry to our Catholic Church.
This is a time of great hope for our Church. The extraordinarily positive and hopeful pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI was indeed a needed gift to the Church in the US.
Last week in Orlando 1,200 lay ministers, deacons, priests and bishops gathered at the National Ministry Summit to focus on leadership in the Church. As evidenced in this newsletter the Leadership Roundtable continues to develop resources to equip and strengthen these leaders in their management of the Church.
These are all signs of hope that the Holy Spirit is transforming our Church and renewing the face of the earth.
Kerry Robinson
Executive Director |
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Free Assessment Tool for Parish Ministry |
 The Leadership Roundtable has developed a tool to assist parishes in assessing the strengths and opportunities for improvement in parish life and ministry and in discerning how best to strengthen and improve parish strategies and practices.
This tool's use of Balanced Scorecard® methodology enables parish leaders to frame their assessment in terms of the parish's values in seven dimensions of its ministry and management:
1. Development of Leadership Capacity
2. Quality of, Access to, and Satisfaction with Ministry
3. Governance, Consultation, and Decision Making
4. Planning, Structure, and Systems
5. Communications: Internal and External
6. Participation in the Life of the Church
7. Financial Resource Development
Click here to access the parish assessment scorecard on our free ChurchEpedia website. |
| Ministry Summit Calls for a Culture of Accountability |
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"Create a culture of accountability through performance reviews for all ministers - ordained, religious and lay - that reflect the application of best practices of emerging models of parish leadership."
That was one of the key recommendations from over 1,200 lay leaders, deacons, priests and bishops who gathered in Orlando last week for a national ministry summit on emerging models of pastoral leadership.
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| Engaging the Faith Community in Leadership |
Following last year's focus on human resource development, the primary theme of this year's Leadership Roundtable annual membership meeting is Managerial Excellence: Engaging the Faith Community in Leadership in the Church Today.
Topics to be explored will include strategic planning, the current challenges of changing demographics and declining financial capability, and the need for excellence in Church leadership.
Our deliberations will lead to specific strategies and practical recommendations for strengthening the leadership capacity and effectiveness of Catholic Church leaders - lay and ordained.
Click here to download free proceedings from our previous Leadership Roundtable meetings. | |
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| Featured Video |
 Fr. Kevin McDonough, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of St. Paul - Minneapolis, lays out four principles for promoting excellence in diocesan and parish leadership.
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| Featured Member |
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Fr. Bill Byron, SJ
 Fr. Bill Byron a member of the Leadership Roundtable and contributor to our Restoring and Strengthening Trust initiative, received an Award for Outstanding Catholic Leadership from the Catholic Leadership Institute. |
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| Papal Visit - Healing and Hope for the Church |
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The week before the pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI, Leadership Roundtable executive director Kerry Robinson called for the Pope to bring healing and reconciliation to the Church in the US. View report
Through the Pope's words and actions, in his addresses to the bishops, priests and lay faithful, and especially through his meeting with victims of clergy sexual abuse, a message of hope was indeed conveyed.
 The work of the Leadership Roundtable was also featured during WNBC's live broadcast of the Pope's address to young people at St. Joseph's seminary in New York as well as the Washington Post's webcast during the papal Mass at Nationals Stadium in Washington, DC. |
| Formation Opportunities |
Vincentian Center for Church and Society
St. John's University, Queens, New York
For priests nominated by a diocese or religious order. Brochure.
 Center for the Study of Church Management
Villanova University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
July 7-11, 2008. Church Management Institute
For lay and ordained leaders nominated by bishops or religious superiors. Presented by nine Leadership Roundtable members led by Center director, Professor Chuck Zech.
 Advanced Pastoral Leadership Program
St. Mary's Seminary's Center for Continuing Formation in Baltimore, Maryland.
July 28-31, 2008 - Human Resources in Parishes
For seminarians and priests ordained less than five years . Leadership Roundtable members Fr. David Couturier, OFM Cap, and Dr. Carol Fowler, are the facilitators.
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