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Diocese of Broken Bay
Synod Project Team
17 October2011
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Agenda9.00 am: Welcome, Prayer, Purpose9.15 am: Synod Update9.30am: How we will work together today9.45am: Designing a process to guide the next consultation
phase:- deconstructing the narratives- developing the questions
11.00am MORNING TEA11.20am: Testing and refining the process12.00pm : Our approach…. “walking with!”
- project template to capture observations 12.40pm: Illustrating and elucidating the messages
- follow- up resource support12.55pm Where to from here?1.00pm CLOSE© M. Leahy Integroe Partners
Where are we up to in the Synod Process?Nov 2010 – Consultation and data
gathering April 2011 (over 4000 responses)
3 & 4 June – Synod Gathering (over 100 people)
20 August- Working Party finalised
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3 Synod Statements have been finalised..
“we now turn our attention to looking at places, groups, program etc in the Diocese where the Synod statements are already
being realized.”
To discern the key factors that will enable the realization of the
statements.
Next consultation phase of the Synod….
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What will be outcome?
“At the conclusion of the Synod, the statements and our analysis should provide Bishop David with both the people’s vision for the future of the Diocese and some information about the environment and factors which need to be in place in order to work towards that vision.”
To inform future planning at: diocesan, agency, parish
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Purpose of TodayClarify the role of the Project Team:
individually and collectivelyDevelop a shared understanding of the
research frameworkDevelop a process to support this next
consultation phase by:looking at a variety of examples of where the
statements (or part thereof) are already a reality
determining the ‘questions’ to support a process of ‘accompaniment.’
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IntegratingFaith and
Life
Reaching Out
Engaging and
Participating
GOMAKEDISCIPLES
CURIA
CURIA
CLERGYCLERGY
PARISH
PARISH
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Loving CreatorEnfold us in your light and love
Make us receptive to your wisdom and your inspiration
Guide us in everything we think, say and do.Help us to listen and discern.
May your light and love radiate from our beings,So that each of us may share fully in your
Wisdom.Amen
Integrating Faith and Life
Engaging and Participating
Reaching Out
Leadership Communication•Catholic identity •Being in and of the world•Relevance•Leadership in ministry•‘Catholic voice’•Moving forward•Future oriented•Transformation•etc
•Belonging and contributing to the community of baptized•Growth and nourishment of individuals and community in faith and action•Leadership•etc
•Go Make Disciples” •Reaching out and welcoming in, within and outside the community:•Stewardship•Ecological sustainability•Social Justice
Action for justice•Living the Gospel•etc
SYNODSTATEMEN
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SYNOD STATEMEN
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Integrating Faith and Life
We, the people of the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay, strive to live as a
communion whose mission is both to deepen its faith in Jesus Christ, and to
live and proclaim God’s message of transformation and hope in changing and
challenging times.
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Engaging and Participating
We, the people of the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay, strive to live as a
communion of vibrant eucharistic communities, seeking to welcome the giftedness and value of each person as we journey and grow in our Christian discipleship, and as we contribute to
building the unity of the Body of Christ.
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Reaching Out
We, the people of the Catholic Diocese of Broken Bay, sharing in the Mission of
Christ, strive to reach out to all. We are called to give generously: serving those
in need; seeking peace and justice; caring for creation and boldly
proclaiming Christ present in the world.
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How will we work together
Discernment
Accompaniment
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6 Principles of DiscernmentGather good dataLet your heart educate your mind.
Have a soft heart but a hard head.
Keep all possible options open Lay aside all biases and blocksMaintain a community and climate of prayer and contemplation .
“Discernment” by Peter J. KreeftProfessor of Philosophy Boston College
http://chevalierbhavan.wordpress.com/author/chevalierbhavan/
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be present, be open, listen & hear
reflect and contemplateshare the fruits of your
contemplationquestion to seek
clarificationengage your imagination
suspend judgment
Working together requires us to……
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No one has a monopoly on the Spirit
No one has all the wisdom Everyone has a different
piece Everyone has some of the
wisdom Mary McKinney OSB “Sharing Wisdom”
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Diocesan MissionDiocesan Mission
What?What? How?How?
Synod Statement
or element of Statement.
Key PrinciplesKey Principles© Mary Leahy
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Mary Mac’s PlaceDe -constructing the Narrative:
WHY; WHAT; WHO; HOW
What does the project overview tell us?What questions does it raise?
What has enabled the project?How has it been sustained?
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Project(description)
Why?(reason for the
initiative)
How?(practices, processes,
approaches, strategies)
What…The
Journey?(steps along the
way?)
Who?(individuals/
groups)
Mary Mac’s Place
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Deriving questions:
To guide your observations:See, hear, sense/feel
To evoke responses
To dig a bit deeper
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Discernment Accompaniment
be present, be open, listen & hearreflect and contemplateshare the fruits of your contemplationquestion to seek clarificationengage your imaginationsuspend judgment
Walking with.Listening toEmpathising with one’s
storyEvoking a response Enhancing self worth and
wellbeing
The Emmaus story of a resurrected Jesus walking with friends, Luke 24:13-35, places accompaniment, including the leadership context,
in a positive inter-relationship.
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What personal strengths will you draw on?
What will you find challenging?
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Project Planning
1. Preparing
2. “Walking with”
3. Discerning
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Illustrating the key messagesNatalie
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Where to from here?
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