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Transitioning

Transitioning. For. Tomorrow. Our Challenge:. How do we sustain our mission and identity as we face the reality of our ageing and the declining number of available ministry positions ?. I can be upgraded- Can you???. Smart aleck computer!. The average person today

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Transitioning

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  1. Transitioning For Tomorrow

  2. Our Challenge: How do we sustain our mission and identity as we face the reality of our ageing and the declining number of available ministry positions?

  3. I can be upgraded- Can you??? Smart aleck computer!

  4. The average person today will have eleven jobs in his/her lifetime Most people change careers three to four times in their lifetime

  5. Transitioning for IHM’s • Look at your gifts and skills – • Rekindle your passion and dreams • How do the choices I make today/we • make today affect persons who are • in need in our time? What choices must we make as we live out our commitment to God and God’s people?

  6. I can be upgraded- Can you??? Smart aleck!

  7. Leadership Training

  8. Today’s Realities • Upheaval in our institutions • Diverse needs of the vulnerable • Decrease in religious vocations and • ageing of current members • Fewer “mentors” • Fewer administrative opportunities • Members living/ministering apart • from other members

  9. Leadership Training for Our World • Mercy Leadership Development Program • Inter-Congregational Collaborative Initiative • for Leadership Development • Preliminary IHM Leadership Sessions - 2012

  10. Oh, my goodness! I can’t believe Sr. Esther has more friends than I. She must have already “upgraded” and signed up for Leadership Training!

  11. Councilors & Membership 2010 451 Sisters Sr Amy Zychal 135 Sr Mary Jo Gallagher 33 Sr Susan Hadzima 131 Sr Kathryn Clauss 152 2011 438 Sisters Sr Ellen Maroney 175 Sr Chris Koellhoffer 75 Sr Rosemary Goulet 188

  12. Age Distribution & Location Age Total OLP IHM Ctr. On Mission

  13. Age Distribution & Location Age Total OLP IHM Ctr. On Mission

  14. Age Distribution 0 1 7 21 42 63 66 41 12 17 7 1 1 1 1

  15. On Mission 65-69 70-74 75-79 60-64 80-84 50-54 55-59 85-89 45-49 90-94 40-----------25

  16. Membership & Location

  17. Our Work,the Work of the Spirit

  18. Ronald Rolheiser • The lack of time to cultivate an interior life • The struggle for interiority andprayer inside a culture that constitutes a virtual conspiracy against depth and serenity

  19. Parker Palmer To become a school of the Spirit, mind and soul, we must create a micro-climate of quietude.

  20. Mary Oliver Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.

  21. 12,144

  22. Number of miles our leadership team traveled for Moving Forward • 2,606 by car • 9,538 by air

  23. 300+

  24. Number of Sisters present

  25. 13

  26. Number of sessions of Chapter 2010: Moving Forward

  27. 6

  28. Number of states in which sessions were held: • Delaware • Florida • Maryland • New York • North Carolina • Pennsylvania

  29. 2

  30. Number of countries in which sessions were held: • United States • Peru

  31. Beyond calculation

  32. Number of snacks consumed by the leadership team on the road

  33. Priceless

  34. The experience of gathering, praying, and sharing life together

  35. What we discovered along the way • Our living into a new reality in our time is a clear continuation of our IHM history

  36. This new reality involves a corporate grieving of what we have let go and a corporate gratitude for what God is revealing that we should hold onto, the essence of our lives together

  37. We are willing, patient, and open to live with uncertainty – embracing the “IT”, the emerging reality

  38. We are aware that the call to deeper contemplation and the desire for it is bubbling up in Congregations all over our world

  39. Evenings of Prayer 2010 - 2011 • September: Living the Questions • October: An Empty Place at the Table • November: Founders’ Day • December: Finding Time, Advent Evening • January: Vocation, An Encounter with Jesus

  40. February: Prayer for Haiti • March: Communal Celebration of Reconciliation • April: Contemplating the Heartbeat of Creation • May: Being a Blessing

  41. E-courses • Welcoming Prayer: Consent on the Go (Contemplative Outreach) • Practicing Spirituality in Winter • Practicing Spirituality with Brother David Steindl-Rast • Contemplation with Richard Rohr (Center for Action and Contemplation)

  42. E-courses • Creating a Monastery of the Heart (Joan Chittister) • Practicing Spirituality with Henri Nouwen • Practicing Spirituality in Summer • Spiritual Practices for Hot Weather!

  43. Moving Forward Together • Advent and Lenten Reflection Guides, Journey • Contemplation: the Bridge to Justice • OSP IHM Retreat – July 2011

  44. Moving Forward Together • The prayer and witness of each Sister and Associate for the life of the world • Conversation Circles • Mission Groups – all that we heard in our opening prayer

  45. Moving Forward: to come “Joining God’s Prayer in Me” An experience of contemplative praying with Rose Mary Dougherty, SSND October 15, 2011

  46. Moving Forward: to come “Praying with the Mystics” Nancy Hawkins, IHM March 24, 2012

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