Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Greetings and peace as we enter into the 22nd year in the Third Millennium! I am reminded of Pope Francis’ remark from his 2015 address to an ecclesial assembly in Florence when he said, “we are not only living in an era of change,...
The Jesuit Schools Network invited Fr. David McCallum, S.J., the Executive Director of the Discerning Leadership Program, to a virtual conversation about synodal leadership and Pope Francis's vision for a synodal church. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el5m6lWTdjQ
Last week we had the 1st module with our English cohort of the Discerning Leadership 2021 Program and we couldn't be happier with the result. It was from Monday 28th until Thursday 1st at the at the Pontifical Gregorian University, and there were 26 participants (14...
We are very happy to welcome a new cohort of the Discerning Leadership Program (Programa de Liderazgo Discerniente in Spanish) during this first module in Spanish (8th - 11th) at the Pontifical Gregorian University. There is a very rich group of 27 participants (13...
Fr. David McCallum is interviewed in Il Sole 24 Ore by Pierangelo Soldavini and Francesco Pagano. You can find the interview in English by clicking here
“What needs to be done today is to accompany the Church in a deep spiritual renewal. I believe the Lord wants a change in the Church.” Pope Francis This February we launched the Accompaniment for Discerning Leadership network, a worldwide community of practitioners...
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, provided a testimonial and spiritual reflection to the Discerning Leadership participants on how Synodality in the Church has to be a humble walking with God. The talk is...
Pope Francis has appointed Sr Nathalie Becquart and Fr Luis Marín de San Martín to be the Under-Secretaries of the Synod of Bishops. Sr Nathalie, has spoken of her delight, saying it is a call to “serve the Universal Church” and she is on the “edge of a new adventure...
Cardinal Michael Czerny, Undersecretary for Migrants and Refugees for the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, provided a theologically rich and prophetic reflection to the Discerning Leadership participants on Synodality in the Church and how it...
The second part of the Discerning Leadership 2020 Courses were held in December for both English (7th-10th) and Spanish (15th-18th) cohorts. In the English course participated 34 Church leaders (16 women and 18 men) and 24 in the Spanish (11 women and 13 men),...
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.