Gowdie, Jill - Holding the Deep Story

Holding the Deep Story
Leading for Mission and Identity
Dr Jill Gowdie
Now characterised by staff who have multiple
commitments and are part of multiple
communities
That generation of ex-religious who have provided
leadership is approaching retirement
Ecclesial loyalty is declining
• A world of story choice
• A modern world … that has become a
postmodern world
• An ecclesial world that has less and less
traction in a post-modern landscape
• A generation of seekers
As leader, you hold in trust the deep story.
You hold up this story like a mirror. You
invite the group to claim it as the pattern
of its most genuine identity. You invite
each person to look deeply and to
discover his or her own part in it. (Mary Bechtle)
What’s the gold in this situation?
It’s got to be real! Personally meaningful
It’s got to be anchored! Ecclesially faithful
It’s got to have reach! Strategically effective
Catholic educational leadership
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‘spiritual renaissance’
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‘internal journey’
’ (Wheatley, 2002)
‘spiritual intelligence (Zohar and Marshall, 2000)
‘visionary leadership’
’ (Vaill, 1998)
‘servant leadership’
’ (Greenleaf, 1977)
‘transcendental leadership’
’ (Cardona, 2000)
‘core spiritual leadership’
’ (Hawley, 1995)
‘values led leadership’
’ (Barker, 2004)
‘authentic leadership’
’ (Duignan, 2002)
the X factor!
“People of the Way”…
‘One-ing’ is the way of The mystic ....
(Julian of Norwich)
The Christian of the future will be
a mystic or (he/she) will not exist
at all. (Karl Rahner)
Victoria Leuven Research
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Challenges entailed in Recontextualizing:
to recontextualize our own personal faith;
to select, train and support school staff
who are prepared to implement this
recontextualization;
to develop a recontextualized curriculum of
evangelization and catechesis. (Didier)
Re-confessionalisation
Secularisation
LETTING GO OF CATHOLIC IDENTITY
That little man....
Christian Values Education
LOOKING FOR COMMON GROUND WITH FAITH AND CULTURE
Re-contextualisation
Message/Intention:
We light a candle to shine in the darkness
for our dear, dear friend, (K) in the tragic
loss of her beautiful daughter (M) and one
of our brilliant Catholic educators. O God,
hold her close.
JMG
SPECIAL INTENTION COMMUNITY
Prayer/Mantra:
May the flame of my prayer rise to heaven
Like incense on the wind
And may the angels and all the saints
Hear my prayer;
And circle round in wisdom and love.
Amen
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Staged
Models
Models in
Education
Religious
Life
Model
Narrative
Models
Spiral
Models
Models
in
Ministry
Towards a new model of spiritual
formation for Catholic educators and
leaders
Conversion – the transformative process of One-ing
Affirmative Way Original Oneing
Our minds were created to reflect the wisdom of Christ in God.
Purgative Way Oneing Through the Cross
Letting go of the limits of our intellectual certitude
Illuminative Way Becoming One in Love
Our search for knowledge opens us to new and deeper insights
There is a maturing ability to act from a place of inner freedom
Unitive Way Being in Love
(adapted from Lonergan by Kerrie Hide)
Balancing Spiritual Dwelling and Seeking
(Shults & Sandage, 2006, p. 33)
Fowler’s Stage Model
4. Synthetic–Conventional
15–21, plus some adults
Formation of personal identity and shaping of personal definition of faith
External sources such as school, work, friends, media and personal reflection
Internal conflict between personal beliefs and social expectations
5. Individuative–Reflective
Young adult - Unique, individualistic worldview
Independent critical thinking; beginning to balance self, others and higher power
Desire to integrate worldviews of self and others
6. Conjunctive
Mid-life and beyond - Value direct experience while affirming others’ beliefs
Increasing appreciation of symbols and myths; meaningful learning experiences
Desire to reconcile the untransformed world and the personally-developed
transformed vision and loyalties
7. Universalising Faith
Few ever reach
Disciplined activist seeking to impact and transform the social order
Consciousness of complex universal issues; loss of egocentric focus
Spiral Models
Affiliative
faith
Searching
faith
Mature
faith
Kessler’s Spiral Model
Narrative Models (Korthargen 1994)
Formation Models in Ministry
• USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, (2005). ‘ Coworkers in the vineyard of the Lord: A resource for guiding
the development of lay ecclesial ministry’.
• Thiessen (2005) re-shapes the elements named in the USCCB
framework as connection (to self, community and creation),
compassion (growing from knowledge and experience) and
contribution (service)
• Zanzig (2004) offers a four-step model described as a formation of
discipleship: inspiration (through the witness of others); imitation
(conscious daily practice); integration (into personal identity); and
identification (in a way that sees the transformation of self).
• Rosov (2001) offers a pedagogy of spiritual formation. Four key
components are identified for facilitating spiritual formation:
reflective deliberation; teaching text for meaning; discipling; and
creating community.
Models within Education
• The formation for evangelisation model
developed by James Mulligan (2004),
• The spirituality/virtues seminars model
developed by Patricia Earl (2003)
• The reflective retreat model (Courage to
Lead/Teach) developed by Parker Palmer
(1997)
A Head Heart and Hands Formation
“The one great word of love and life
that fills all the spheres of my soul…”
(Karl Rahner)