Summer Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership, June 10-13, 2013

Prayer and Leadership 

INTRODUCTION

This sixth year of the Summer Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership brings together leaders and aspiring leaders from schools and parishes to focus on the centrality of prayer for Catholic educational leadership—authentic and effective leadership in this area rests on and flows from prayer. 

This theme was chosen to help schools and parishes implement the new “National Defining Characteristics of Effective Catholic Education.”  The following Defining Characteristics for Catholic education programs will be addressed thoroughly in this Institute.  They:

  • Are centered in the Person of Jesus Christ,
  • Contribute to the evangelizing mission of the Church,
  • Are steeped in a Catholic worldview,
  • Are sustained by Gospel witness,
  • Are shaped by communion and community.

The Institute is intentionally practical.  It begins with an extended experience of small community prayer that is valuable in itself but that also provides an experiential foundation on which to build the rest of the Institute.  Participants then receive numerous resources and extensive instruction in developing a culture and communities of prayer in their contexts.  Finally, with assistance from the facilitator and others, participants begin to build the framework for a culture and community of prayer that is appropriate to their context and inspired by the charism—whether of their parish, diocese, or founding religious community. 

The Summer Institute is co-sponsored by the Office of Catholic Schools and the Office of Religious Education of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and by the Loyola Institute for Ministry.  It takes place June 10-13 on campus at Loyola University New Orleans.

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OUTCOMES

In addition to the defining characteristics above, upon successful completion of the Institute, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize the importance of prayer for themselves as educational leaders,
  • Infuse a culture of prayer into their educational settings,
  • Develop small, ongoing communities of prayer directed to their educational settings,
  • Train others in establishing communities of prayer,
  • Gather material about process and prayer,
  • Receive credit from the Office of Religious Education either for the “Administrator as Spiritual Leader” requirement, or continuing education (renewal) credit, or for “Spirituality,” both basic and advanced (if needed),
  • Receive optional Loyola graduate or CEU credit. 

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