A World of Mystery Communion and Change of era Mission 15 minutes - - PDF document

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2019

GOVERNANCE SYM SYMPOSIUM

26 & 27 AUGUST 2019

C AT H O L I C H E A LT H A U S T R A L I A www.cha.org.au

Stewards of the Mission encountering a ‘Change of Era’

Governance: Co-responsibility for Mission

Adj Assoc. Professor Anthony Gooley

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Outline of the presentation

Part One

• 25 minutes input
• Mystery and sacrament
• Communion and

Mission

• 15 minutes discussion

Part Two

• 25 minutes input
• Governance
• Change of era
• 15 minutes discussion

A World of Mystery

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The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;…

God’s Grandeur, Gerard Manly Hopkins

Just six numbers- fine tuning of the universe

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Light Particles and wave at the same time.

Mystery-Sacrament

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Sacramental imagination.

Andrew Greely

The Christian of the future will be a mystic or he[she] will not exist at all.

Karl Rahner

Church

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…the Church is in Christ like a sacrament

• r as a sign and

instrument both of a very closely knit union (communion) with God and of the unity

• f the whole human

race,…

Lumen gentium 1

GOD HUMAN BEINGS

Already from the beginning of the world the foreshadowing

• f the Church took place….In the present era of time the

Church was constituted and, by the outpouring of the Spirit, was made manifest. LG 2

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The Church, which the Spirit guides in way of all truth and which the Spirit unified in communion and in works of ministry, …a people made one with the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Lumen gentium 4

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Structured Hierarchical communion Mystical Body of Christ Visible assembly Spiritual community Earthly church Heavenly church

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One complex reality

…it is compared to the mystery of the incarnate

Word…the visible social structure of the Church serves the Spirit of Christ

Lumen Gentium 8

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BOTH AND

“Institutional church” “Official church” “The Vatican” The Church “The bishops/pope”

The individual bishops, however, are the visible principle and foundation of unity in their particular (local) churches, fashioned after the model of the universal Church, in and from which churches comes into being the one and only Catholic Church.

Lumen Gentium 23

…the Sacred Council teaches that bishops by divine institution have succeeded to the place of the apostles, as shepherds of the Church, and he who hears them, hears Christ…

Lumen Gentium 20

Thus the divinely established ecclesiastical ministry is exercised on different levels by those who from antiquity have been called bishops, priests and deacons.

Lumen Gentium 28

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Bishops, as vicars and ambassadors of Christ, govern the particular churches entrusted to them… The pastoral office or the habitual and daily care of their sheep is entrusted to them completely; nor are they to be regarded as vicars of the Roman Pontiffs, for they exercise an authority that is proper to them,… …the Holy Spirit unfailingly preserves the form of government established by Christ the Lord in His Church

Lumen gentium 27

And the Sacred Council teaches that by Episcopal consecration [ordination] the fullness of the sacrament

• f Orders is conferred,…

Lumen Gentium 21

…one is constituted a member of the Episcopal body in virtue of sacramental consecration [ordination] and hierarchical communion with the head and members of the [episcopal] body.

Lumen Gentium 22

Communion-Mission

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Communion is mission

The mission has a Church.

The mission of Christ has a Church.

The communion and mission which the Father, gave the Son in the Holy Spirit has a Church.

koinwnia Koinonia Communio Communion

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“Communion and mission are deeply connected...to the point that communion represents both the source and the

• utcome of mission.”

Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Christifidelis laici, 1988

COMMUNION MISSION

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Jesus the Christ continues his mission The communion of the Church is sent on mission Expressed in:

• Hospitals
• Schools
• Universities
• Youth work
• Advocacy for

vulnerable

• Parish
• Diocese
• Other

The theological foundation for co-responsibility.

• Hospitals
• Schools
• Universities
• Youth work
• Advocacy for

refugees

• Advocacy for

the vulnerable

• Parish
• Diocese
• Other

Jesus the Christ Continues his mission The communion of the Church is sent on mission.

(Ecclesial mission)

Apostolic Religious Institutes: Sisters of Mercy, St John of God Sisters, Sisters of Charity, Christian Brothers, Marist Brothers etc. (PJP) (M)PJP- Non-vowed members

• There is no civil or

canonical entity called the Catholic Church.

• There are only the local

churches (dioceses), a public juridical person

• All ecclesial ministry
• ccurs within a local

church and is related to the apostolic ministry of a local church

Supreme authority in the universal Church

The bishops together with the Bishop of Rome (pope).

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Some implications for RI and MPJP

• Pontifical or diocesan

MPJP are each within and for the local Church

• Need to foster

collaboration with the local bishop

• Local bishop needs to

foster collaboration with RI and MPJP

• The local bishop

supervises (watching brief, solicitous) all Catholic ministries The Church (RI, MPJP) does not have hospitals, community medical services and aged cares services etc. because there are people who are sick or aged or in need of some care… The Church cares for the sick, aged and those in need because the Church seeks to incarnate the love of God in the world. Catholic institutions like hospitals, aged care facilities, schools etc. exists because

• f

the sacramental principle- a visible sign of an invisible reality of grace.

Questions

• How

Discussion

How does this understanding of communion and mission challenge us to think about our ministries? What implications are there for understanding our roles in governance when we apply a ‘sacramental imagination’ to the task? How do we communicate this communion and mission focus through our strategic planning and decision making as governors of ecclesial ministries?

Governance

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Not so long ago most Catholic schools, hospitals, aged care and community services were governed, administered and staffed by mostly members of ‘apostolic’ or active Religious Institutes .

An evolution

Collaboration

• Governance and leadership
• f ministry by RI
• Invitation to non-vowed lay

people to assist in advisory boards

• Out of necessity-

diminishment- invitation to governance

• Out of necessity- MPJP

Co-responsibility

• Recognition of shared

ecclesial mission of all the baptised

• Clergy, Religious and lay

each in different ways responsible for mission

• Entrust governance out of

conviction

• Entrust the reserve powers
• f governance to non-

vowed members

Canon law

• Both/and
• Enabler of mission
• Via juris- the law provides

a mechanism (M)PJP- centre

• Via facti- RI make use of

the provision- periphery

• Congregation for

Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies Apostolic life (CICLSAL)

CIC 1983

Canon law

• 1917 first codex
• 1917-Vatican II three

key canonical problems

• Role of the bishop
• Relationship of RI to

bishop and local church

• Relationship of

universal and local church

Today many Catholic (ecclesial) ministries are likely to have governors, (board directors and trustees), that look more like this.

Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies Apostolic Life ICLSAL Bishop and local church (diocese) MPJP Holy See (Diocese of Rome)

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The term laity is here understood to mean all the faithful except those in holy orders and those in the state of religious life specially approved by the Church. These faithful are by baptism made one body with Christ and are constituted among the People of God; they are in their own way made sharers in the priestly, prophetical, and royal functions of Christ; and they carry out for their own part the mission of the whole Christian people in the Church and in the world.

Lumen Gentium 31a

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18-19th Century Growth of apostolic/active religious A way of life AND a ministry “Ministerial RI” Prophetic Institutional Approved Supervised By ecclesiastical authority

BOTH/AND

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20th Century Growth of PJP a ministry “Ministerial PJP” Prophetic Institutional Approved Supervised By ecclesiastical authority

BOTH/AND

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Co-responsibility requires a change in mentality, particularly with regard to the role of the laity in the Church, who should be considered not as "collaborators" with the clergy, but as persons truly "co-responsible" for the being and activity of the

• Church. It is important, therefore, that a mature and

committed laity be united, who are able to make their own specific contribution to the Church's mission.

Benedict XVI, 6th Assembly of the International Catholic Action Forum on August 10, 2012

MPJP/Trustees/canonical governors- Primary responsibilities

• Reserve powers (inherited from RI on behalf of the

Church)

• Responsible for ecclesial mission
• Ecclesial prudence
• Ability to mandate and assure formation throughout

the organization

• Personal spirituality and willingness to develop it

further

• Public witness to social and ecclesial realities related to
• ur ministries, i.e. Catholic sector
• Positive and clear relationship to Board of Directors

TRUSTEES/MPJP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ECCLESIAL MISSION

Co-responsible for mission MISSION- THE CENTRAL KPI

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Trustees are co-responsible for mission with directors. They must avoid the appearance and reality of shadow directors. Creating the right relationships in communion is essential for effective mission leadership of both groups.

• The primacy given to the call of every Christian to

holiness

• The responsibility of professing the Catholic faith
• The witness to a strong and authentic

communion

• Conformity to and participation in the Church's

apostolic goals

• A commitment to a presence in human society

John Paul II, Christi fidelis laici, 1988

"Criteria of Ecclesiality" for Lay Groups

• Ecclesiality
• Competence
• Mission alignment
• Desire for ongoing formation for mission-

ecclesiology, canon law, moral theology, spirituality, heritage story,…

“Provisional Criteria for Trustees/Directors"

“We’re on a mission from God.”

The Blues Brothers

CATHOLIC MISSION CATHOLIC IDENTITY

BOARD DIRECTOR TRUSTEE

Era of Change

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Reception of Vatican II

• Vatican II at 50
• Pope Francis 100 year

reception, following John H Newman

• Mature reception is

commencing now

• Who will bring it to

maturity? Those in their 20’s and 30’s now

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The Second Vatican Council was a Council about the Church and nothing but the Church understood as a communion (koinonia).

Final Report Extra-Ordinary Synod 1985

A council

• f

reform, bringing both continuity and change. Vatican II is far ahead of us and we need to catch up with its vision.

Benedict XVI

A church which is less self- referential.

Francis

The Eucharist [hence the Church] is never fully complete while there are still so many in this world who are poor.

Benedict XVI

Era of Change for Canon Law

• Adjusting to a new

reality of lay ecclesial governors

• Relationship between

local church and MPJP

• Guidelines on selection

criteria?

• A subset of CICLSAL?

Era of Change for MPJP

• What has our experience taught us so far?
• Are the relationship and co-responsibility clear between

trustees and directors?

• How do both trustees and directors relate to and

demonstrate co-responsibility for and to the mission?

• How has the relationship with local church (diocese)

developed?

• What adjustments if any are required for the statutes of the

MPJP?

• How do MPJP find a voice in church and society?

Era of Change… “third generation” of ecclesial

• governors. Who will they be…what are their

needs…how will we invite them…and form them?

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 What mechanisms or structures are in place in your experience of MPJP to manage a variety of relationships; local church, directors, other Catholic entities? What needs to be developed? (mission in communion)  Have your trustees and board embraced the ‘new mentality’? What is the lead driver or mind set?  How can MPJP find a voice in church and society?  The next generation? What is the long term recruitment, selection and formation strategy?

Thank nk you.

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