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Card. Luis Antonio Tagle – To walk humbly with God
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, provided a testimonial and spiritual...
Pope appoints Nathalie Becquart Under-Secretary at Synod of Bishops
Pope Francis has appointed Sr Nathalie Becquart and Fr Luis Marín de San Martín to be the Under-Secretaries of the Synod of...
Card. Michael Czerny – The Church becoming Synodal
Cardinal Michael Czerny, Undersecretary for Migrants and Refugees for the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human...
Courses 2020
The second part of the Discerning Leadership 2020 Courses were held in December for both English (7th-10th) and Spanish...
Rebuilding from Covid-19: Discerning Leadership Promotes a New Way for Re-enchanting the World
One of the notable things highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic is that the many decisions arising from it, whether pertaining to...
Massimo Faggioli – From Episcopal Collegiality to Ecclesial Synodality
Massimo Faggioli, Professor of Historical Theology at Villanova University in US, and author and columnist, offered a bright...
Rebuilding from Covid-19: Discerning Leadership Promotes a New Way for Re-enchanting the World
One of the notable things highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic is that the many decisions arising from it, whether pertaining to emergency responses, minimizing transmissions, or building back better, inevitably involve diverse viewpoints, contrasting options, and...
Massimo Faggioli – From Episcopal Collegiality to Ecclesial Synodality
Massimo Faggioli, Professor of Historical Theology at Villanova University in US, and author and columnist, offered a bright speech entitled "From episcopal collegiality to ecclesial synodality. What it means for Pope Francis in the reform of the Church" for the...
Course Participants Testimony
In this video, the Spanish Course participants share their testimonies about the Course, and in particular regarding the following topics: Discernment, Living Integrally, Synodality, and Tools for Synodality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5lDqT2wtX8
Card. Gianfranco Ravasi: A Culture of Synodality in the Church
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, offered a deep and very rich speech about "Building a Culture of Synodality in the Church" for the Spanish Course participants at the General Curia of the Society of Jesus on September...
English Course – 1st Module
The English version of the Program for Discerning Leadership was carried out this October from Monday 21st until Thursday 24th with 35 participants (16 women, 19 men) including 26 religious, 2 Diocesan Priests and 7 Laypeople. It was prepared to be run in person, but...
Spanish Course 1st Module – Press Coverage
The Spanish version of the Program for Discerning Leadership was carried out with 24 participants (11 women, 13 men) including 19 religious, 2 Diocesan Priests and 3 Laypeople. Thanks to the superb preparation and facilitation by our faculty from ESADE and Deusto...
1st Spanish Module – Press Release
“Top MBA schools collaborate with the Church leaders towards synodality” A course combining the best practices of contemporary leadership and management with the rich resources of Catholic spirituality takes place the week of 22nd – 25th September at the Jesuit...
Ignatian Coaches Network
In order to “Support the development of spiritually mature, discerning leaders who are capable of building a synodal Church”, we are setting up a Network of Ignatian Coaches who will be available to accompany and coach the diverse Church leaders who have taken part in...
Testimony of Sr. Pat Murray, ibvm
These past months have been very demanding ones as we watched the Covid-19 virus spreading across the world. Here in Italy, as in so many other places, we have seen the devastating effects as the numbers of infections and deaths rose daily. This pattern has continued...
Bishop Christophe Munzihirwa: witness to inner freedom and spiritual discernment
Rigobert Kyungu Musenge SJ recently defended his doctoral thesis at the Institute of Spirituality of the Gregorian University. His subject was Msgr. Christophe Munzihirwa, Jesuit Bishop of Bukavu, assassinated on 29 October 1996. More precisely, the aim was to...
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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.