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...
Synodality
Jesus: Our Model for Leadership in the Church
How does Jesus inspire our understanding of discerning leadership? In this video, part of the Boston College Online Course on Synodality, Fr. David brings a Christological focus to the way that leadership in the Church is supported and challenged by the example that...
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...
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,...
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....
Fr. David McCallum SJ on Synodal Leadership
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
Speak Boldly, Listen Carefully – Austen Ivereigh Article
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...