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Foundation course

Foundation course. Equipping Laity for Ministry. Faculty Contact info. Denice Foose, MBA, BCC dfoose@archgh.org Rev. Theodore (Ted) M. Smith, D.Min. theodoremsmith@gmail.com. Foundation course. Admission Process Assignments – Ministry & Class Curriculum – Introduction.

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Foundation course

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  1. Foundation course Equipping Laity for Ministry

  2. Faculty Contact info Denice Foose, MBA, BCC dfoose@archgh.org Rev. Theodore (Ted) M. Smith, D.Min. theodoremsmith@gmail.com

  3. Foundation course Admission Process Assignments – Ministry & Class Curriculum – Introduction

  4. Ministry assignments FOUNDATION COURSE

  5. Pastoral Context – their selection 3 Ministry hours / week Coordinate w/ Lay Chaplain EMs – only as “PV” while in training “PASTORAL VISITOR” Designated Title

  6. REQUIRED READING CLASS ASSIGNMENTS

  7. Classic introductory text 36 years, still in print! Theory and Dynamics 6 major types of loss All Our LossesAll our Griefs Kenneth Mitchell Herbert Anderson

  8. Grief The spiritual, psychological and physical impact of any significant loss or change.

  9. Types of loss Material – physical object / surrounding Relationship – ending of opportunities… Intrapsychic – emotional image of oneself, “what might have been”

  10. Types of loss Functional – muscular / neurological function Role – specific social role, retirement Systemic – interactional system, kids leaving for college

  11. Required writing CLASS ASSIGNMENTS

  12. Personal grief events (2 pages) Identify types of loss Challenging Submit to Faculty only; Faculty notates Grief narrative After Reading All Our Losses All Our Griefs

  13. 2 Verbatim / any pastoral “talk” Submit to faculty Faculty notate Occasionally verbatim discussed in class Verbatim Following Course Guidelines

  14. 2 one-page Reflections 17 Competency “topics” w/ brief guidelines Submit to Faculty for comment Competency Reflections Diocesan Competencies

  15. Sample Reflection Guideline Human 1.4 Forgiveness & Reconciliation

  16. REFLECTION GUIDELINE Reflect upon this dimension of human life that has been revealed in your ministry or your experience of others. How has your expression of gratitude or experience of gratitude been demonstrated?

  17. Admission process “RETIREMENT” AGE

  18. Spiritual Autobiography Recommendation letter from parish Priest Virtus training 1:1 interview, 60 mins. Requirements

  19. Motivation – other centered? Compassion Empathy Openness & Adaptability Sin and Illness Admission Criteria Assessing Charisms and Motivation

  20. Interview: Designed to foster relaxed interaction Questions: Openness to learning Admission process INTERVIEW

  21. I Thessalonians 1:4 “…knowing, brothers loved by God, how you were chosen.” (New American Bible) Respond to god’s “call” Conceptual Assumption

  22. Natalie “SENSE OF CALL”

  23. Kathleen a. cahalan, PhD Prof. Practical Theology St. John’s School of Theology & Seminary

  24. Collegeville Institute Seminars Five-year Study 100’s Interviews of Laity “What would a lifelong perspective do to our understanding of vocation?” Calling All Years Good: Christian Vocation throughout Life’s Seasons

  25. Participants’ response • Limited experience of God as “Caller” • “Vocation” – referenced young adulthood • “Calling” – (youth) discount or couldn’t interpret

  26. Additional findings Most did not: • Pray about their callings • Adopt listening practices to hear God • Find language of vocation compelling

  27. Cahalan asserts: Found in Stories Everywhere in Stories “Language of calling” Where is it found among laity?

  28. Vignettes from stories • Meaningful relationships • Being given something to do • Purposeful work, skills, abilities as gifts

  29. More Vignettes from stories • Struggles through transitions • Aspiration to serve • Give self to God’s people for God’s purpose

  30. Similar Findings!! • Few used words “calling” or “vocation” • Many spoke of desire to give self to God’s people for God’s purpose our interviews In light of Dr. Cahalan’s Study

  31. Top reasons 55+ volunteer: • Meaning and purpose • Intellectual return • Collaborate with a team Denice’s MBA Project Nation-wide Survey 1,000’s of Volunteers

  32. Mary Catherine Bateson Author & Cultural Anthropologist

  33. Composing a Further Life Bateson’s metaphor for late adulthood: Atrium

  34. BATESON’S “ATRIUM” QUOTE “A new room is added into one’s life, a room at the center of the others, which is open to the sky.” As quoted by Cahalan

  35. Lacks sufficient sensitivity for a diverse religious and spiritual population Redirect their discernment process “No” interview

  36. Curriculum INTRODUCTORY PHASE Foundation Course

  37. Summary of 3 Catholic-related essays Dictionary of Pastoral Care & Counseling, Rodney Hunter (Ed.) 1990 Catholic Pastoral Care Post Vatican II Perspective

  38. Catholic Pastoral Care “Vatican Council II and PC,” Maria McCarthy, Ph.D. “RC Theological Ed. & PC Movement” “Roman Catholic PC,” Fr. Regis Duffy

  39. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Introduction to HIPAA, guidelines for ministry Handout from www.Reference.com HIPAA

  40. BASICS OF PASTORAL CARE NEXT UP

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