Lent is a liturgical season that calls us for inner conversion and transformation. We need to let go of habits, practices, and actions in order to make space for God to bring forth more life, light, and greater fruit within ourselves and with and for others. In the...
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Empowering Leaders across Asia
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....
Updates and Alumni Gathering
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...
Series on Trust
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,...
The Discerning Leadership Program also speaks Italian
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,...
Course on Common Discernment in a Synodal Church by Boston College
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...
Growing Beyond Polarization – Fr. David McCallum
One of the most painful and challenging issues we face within our societies and the Church is the degree to which we have become fragmented and polarized in our perspectives and separated in our relationships. How do we as discerning leaders understand the dynamics...
Action Learning – Formation
Last week, the Discerning Leadership Core Team and three other members of its Board and faculty (Sr. Pat Murray ibvm, Fr. John Dardis SJ, and Fr. Mark Ravizza SJ), had the opportunity of being trained in a methodology called "Action Learning" by one of their founders,...
Alumni Gathering – Discerning Leadership
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....
Synodality, Leadership, and Vulnerability – UISG Assembly
“A new style of leadership is crucial" Sr. Nathalie Becquart at the UISG Plenary Assembly 2022 During the week of May 2nd, the Union of International Superior Generals (UISG) of women religious, celebrated the plenary Assembly 2022 with more than 500 participants, and...