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The mission of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management is to promote excellence and best practices in the management, finances and human resources development of the Catholic Church in the U.S. by greater incorporation of the expertise of the laity.
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| The work of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management is centered on three guiding principles. These principles are grounded in church teaching. |
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| 1) The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management will provide an avenue for greater incorporation of the expertise of all the faithful, especially in the areas of church management, finance, and human resources. By virtue of baptism, lay people have not only the right but the duty to offer their gifts and talents in service of the church. |
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“The freedom for lay people in the Church to form such groups is to be acknowledged. Such liberty is a true and proper right that is not derived from any kind of "concession" by authority, but flows from the Sacrament of Baptism, which calls the lay faithful to participate actively in the Church's communion and mission” (Christifideles Laici - Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation on The Vocation and The Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World, 1988, 29.)
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“Christ's faithful have the obligation to provide for the needs of the Church, so that the Church has available to it those things which are necessary for divine worship, for apostolic and charitable work and for the worthy support of its ministers” (Code of Canon Law, Canon 222.1, 1983.)
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| 2) The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management seeks to work in collaboration with the U.S. bishops and other church leaders, promoting dialogue and fostering the full utilization of the unique gifts of lay experts in management, finance and human resources. |
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“Christ's faithful may freely establish and direct associations which serve charitable or pious purposes or which foster the Christian vocation in the world, and they may hold meetings to pursue these purposes by common effort” (Code of Canon Law, Canon 215, 1983.)
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“In the context of Church mission, then, the Lord entrusts a great part of the responsibility to the lay faithful, in communion with all other members of the People of God. This fact, fully understood by the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council, recurred with renewed clarity and increased vigor in all the works of the Synod: ‘Indeed, Pastors know how much the lay faithful contribute to the welfare of the entire Church. They also know that they themselves were not established by Christ to undertake alone the entire saving mission of the Church towards the world, but they understand that it is their exalted office to be shepherds of the lay faithful and also to recognize the latter's services and charisms that all according to their proper roles may cooperate in this common undertaking with one heart’" (Christifideles Laici, 1988, 32.)
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| 3) The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management will seek to identify best practices in the areas of management, finance and human resources that can help address specific needs within the church. The organization will then work together with all of the faithful to further fulfill the church’s mission by promoting, adapting and applying these best practices. |
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“Christ's faithful are at liberty to make known their needs, especially their spiritual needs, and their wishes to the Pastors of the Church. They have the right, indeed at times the duty, in keeping with their knowledge, competence and position, to manifest to the sacred Pastors their views on matters which concern the good of the Church. They have the right also to make their views known to others of Christ's faithful, but in doing so they must always respect the integrity of faith and morals, show due reverence to the Pastors and take into account both the common good and the dignity of individuals.” (Code of Canon Law, Canon 212.2-3, 1983).
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“Christ's faithful have the obligation to provide for the needs of the Church, so that the Church has available to it those things which are necessary for divine worship, for apostolic and charitable work and for the worthy support of its ministers. They are also obliged to promote social justice and, mindful of the Lord's precept, to help the poor from their own resources.” (Code of Canon Law, Canon 222, 1983)
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“The same spirit of personal responsibility in which a Catholic approaches his or her parish should extend to the diocese and be expressed in essentially the same ways: generous material support and self-giving. As in the case of the parish, too, lay Catholics ought to have an active role in the oversight of the stewardship of pastoral leaders and administrators at the diocesan level.” (Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response – The US Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Stewardship, USCCB, 1993, pg. 35.)
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