The recent conclusion of the Module Three pilot course in Santa Severa, April 2023 was a significant milestone for the Discerning Leadership (DL) Program. Building on the previous DL formations, this Third Module formation aimed to cultivate Discerning Leadership...
In the last few months, the Discerning Leadership Program was offered to over 100 leaders from various countries across Asia. The program had two formations in Bangalore, India, for 70 religious leaders, among whom there were 38 men and 32 women from India and Nepal....
Just a few weeks ago, the Discerning Leadership Team and Faculty wrapped up their residential formation programs for another year. This year, an italian-speaking cohort joined the English and Spanish groups bringing our alumni to just about 200. As a way to end the...
To create a Culture of Trust in our teams and organizations makes a huge difference in the well-being of the people involved, their collaboration, and their productivity. This capacity is particularly important in a time when change and adaptations are the new normal,...
In addition to the formation courses in English and Spanish that has held for 3rd year, the Discerning Leadership Program has offered, for the first year, the formation in Italian in order to better respond to Vatican Officials and other Church Managers in Rome. Also,...
PRESENCING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR MISSION Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Two by two, Jesus sent the 72 out ahead of him (Luke 10:1-23). With few provisions and, it would seem, little preparation, they were sent to cure the sick and announce the...
PRESENCING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR MISSION Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Two by two, Jesus sent the 72 out ahead of him (Luke 10:1-23). With few provisions and, it would seem, little preparation, they were sent to cure the sick and announce the...
PRESENCING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR MISSION Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Two by two, Jesus sent the 72 out ahead of him (Luke 10:1-23). With few provisions and, it would seem, little preparation, they were sent to cure the sick and announce the...
Boston College offers a MOOC (massive open online course) on Common discernment and decision making in a Synodal Church. This Course includes some of the most relevant topics and speakers on this area, some of them are: Responsibility and Teamwork by Nathalie...
The Discerning Leadership (DL) Program hosted on Friday May 6th the first in-person gathering for its Alumni. This get-together was held at the Jesuit General Curia in Rome and was attended by 15 church leaders from religious congregations and Vatican dicasteries....
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Fr. Giacomo Costa SJ did studies in philosophy and theology, and he also obtained a master's degree in Political and Moral Sociology at the EHESS in Paris.
He is the responsible for Formation at the Society of Jesus.
Prof. Rafael Luciani received his licentiate and doctorate in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and a degree in educational sciences with a philosophical orientation from the Universidad Católica "Andrés Bello" in Caracas (Venezuela). He also studied philosophy at the Salesian Pontifical University in Rome and did post-doctoral work at the Julius Maximilians Universität in Würzburg (Germany).
Nathalie Becquart serves as Undersecretary of the Secretariat of the Synod of the Bishops since March 2021.
Robert J. Bies (Ph.D., Stanford University) is Professor of Management and Founder of the Executive Master’s in Leadership Program at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. In addition, Dr. Bies is a co-author of the book, Getting Even: The Truth About Workplace Revenge—And How to Stop It.
Professor Bies’s current research focuses on leadership, the delivery of bad news, organizational justice, and revenge and forgiveness in the workplace.