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
To access to the full "Speak boldly, Listen Carefully" Article of Austen Ivereigh published on Commonweal please click here Austen Ivereigh, exposes in an article published on Commonweal Magazine his experience and reflections of the Synodal process. The article...
Rafael Luciani and Serena Noceti wrote a relevant article on the topic of Synodality in the Catholic Church from the II Vatican Council until today. The article starts with a framing of the concept of Synodality, and how it is a "Constitutive Dimension" of the Church....
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...
This Article was originally published at La Croix International Ecclesial synodality is something very old and, at the same time, something very recent. It is an integral part of the tradition of the Church. As the report of the International Theological Commission,...
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.