Mission, Vision, Values - Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools
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A Vision of Faculty/Staff
Formation
Alice I. Hession
Director of Sponsorship
Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools
www.xbss.org
History
Members of Religious Communities –
Novitiate and Community Room
No formation for lay faculty – Osmosis
“To Teach as Jesus Did”
Issues of Faculty Staff Formation Today
Three perspectives on
Evangelization
Those up close to us and curious about spirituality but
with little religious experience; now they are in our
culture—Never before
The faithful who still need life-giving experiences to
reconnect with saying yes to God; “The New
Evangelization” which is on-going adult faith
formation.—Once more with feeling
Those who have all the words but not the Word, don’t
get the heart of the Good News, need remediation.
Often have been hurt by Christian communities—In
need of healing
NCEA – 2000 - Michael Horan, “Evangelizing the School”
Questions for Reflection
What do we know about the faith
journeys of faculty/staff?
What relevance is the personal faith
journey to the role of teacher/staff
member in a Catholic school?
The Courage to Teach
Parker Palmer
“Teaching, like any truly human activity, emerges
from one’s inwardness, for better or worse. As
I teach, I project the condition of my soul onto
my students, my subject and our way of being
together. The entanglements I experience in
the classroom are no more or no less that the
convolutions of my inner life. Viewed from this
angle, teaching holds a mirror to my soul. If I
am willing to look at that mirror, and not run
from what I see, I have a chance to gain selfknowledge – and knowing myself is as crucial to
good teaching as knowing my students and my
subject.”
Institutional Needs
Catholic Identity
Culture of Your School
School Legacy
Goals and Values
“The Religious Dimension of Education
in a Catholic School”
In the 1988 document, it states.. “ From the first
moment that a student sets foot in a Catholic
school, he or she ought to have the impression
of entering a new environment, one illuminated
by the light of faith…The Gospel spirit should be
evident in a Christian way of thought and life
which permeates all facets of the educational
program.”
“The Catholic School” # 43
“The achievement of the specific aim of the Catholic school
depends not so much on subject matter or methodology
as on the people who work there. The extent to which
the Christian message is transmitted through education
depends to a very great extent on the teachers. The
integration of culture and faith is mediated by the other
integration of faith and life in the person of the teacher.
The nobility of the task to which teachers are called
demands that, in imitation of Christ, the only Teacher,
they reveal the Christian message not only by word by
also by every gesture of their behavior. This is what
makes the difference between a school whose education
is permeated by the Christian spirit and one in which
religion is only regarded as an academic subject like any
other.”
Educating Together in
Catholic Schools- # 25
“Catholic educators need a ‘formation of the
heart’: they need to be led to that encounter
with God in Christ which awakens their love
and opens their spirits to others, so that their
educational commitment becomes a
consequence deriving from their faith, a faith
which becomes active through love… It is only
in this way that they can make their teaching
a school of faith, that is to say, a transmission
of the Gospel, as required by the educational
project of the Catholic school.”
Ronald Rolheiser, The Holy Longing
“Everyone has a spirituality, either a life-giving one or a
destructive one… Spirituality is about being integrated
or falling apart, about being within community or being
lonely, about being in harmony with Mother Earth or
being alienated from her. Irrespective of whether or
not we let ourselves be consciously shaped by any
explicit religious idea, we act in ways that leave us
either healthy or unhealthy, loving or bitter. What
shapes our actions is our spirituality.” …”It is about
what we do with our spirits, our souls.”
Ronald Rolheiser, The Holy Longing
…“A healthy soul must do two things. It must put
some fire in our veins; keep us energized, vibrant, full
of hope… Second, a healthy soul has to keep us fixed
together. It has to give us a sense of who we are,
where we came from, where we are going, and what
sense there is in all of this.”
Models of Faculty Formation
Two approaches
Formational
Thematic
Formational
Concerned with the faith
journey of individual
Thematic
Concerned with the
values a school holds and
the process by which a
faculty member comes to
accept and espouse those
values
Faculty Formation
Dimensions of Formation Programs
Elements of Content for Formation Programs
Models
Applications in School Settings
Dimensions of Formation
Elements of Faculty Formation
Message
Community
Service
Prayer & Liturgy
The Legacy of your school in
Catholic education
Moral Formation
Missionary Perspective
Adapted from Our Hearts Were Burning Within US,
US Catholic Bishops, 1999
Message
- Understanding the basic
teachings of the Catholic
faith
- Importance of Scripture
- Social Justice and the Dignity
of the Human Person
- Current Church teachings
Community
Growth in personal relationships
Celebration of gifts, talents, and
life’s blessings
Recognition and involvement of
family
Service
Personal service to those in need
Social action
Global call
Prayer and Liturgy
Understanding of role of
liturgy in Catholic life
Practices of Catholic piety and
devotion
Shared personal prayer
Opportunities of contemplation
and meditation
The Unique Tradition
of Your School
Mission, Vision, Values
Spirituality
History
Xaverian Spirit
Mission, Vision, Values, Calls, Goals,
and Criteria of Xaverian Brothers
Sponsored Schools
Spirituality of Theodore James Ryken
Fundamental Principles of the
Xaverian Brothers
History of Xaverian Educational
Mission
Xaverian Brothers Today:
Contemplative Stance in the World
and Mission to the Poor and
Marginalized
Moral Formation
Appreciation of Christian values
and moral norms
Christian ethics
Clarification of current
religious and moral
questions in light of faith
Missionary Perspective
Evangelization
Ecumenical dialogue
Global Perspective of Mission
Models of Faculty Formation
Two approaches
Formational
Thematic
Formational
Concerned with the faith
journey of individual
Thematic
Concerned with the
values a school holds and
the process by which a
faculty member comes to
accept and espouse those
values
Formational Approaches
Evangelization Model
Pre-Evangelization
Contact
Evangelization
Connection to People, History, Value
Community
Experiences, Ritual
Commitment
Service, Responsibility
Formational Approaches
RCIA/Conversion Model
Pre-Catechumenate
Initial Formation
Catechumenate
Specific Formation
Enlightenment
Ritual
Mystagogia
Discipleship
Formational Approaches
Servant Leadership Model
Awareness
Transformation
Leadership
Stewardship
Thematic Approaches
Teaching as Ministry Model
The Church’s Call to Ministry in Education
Ministry to Whom
My Gifts and Talents in Ministry
Christian Community
Thematic Approaches
School Culture
Selecting
Conditioning
Training
Measuring and Rewarding
Shared Values
Legends and Folklore
Role Models
Culture.com by Neuhauser,
Bender and Stromberg
Thematic Approaches
Legacy Model
History of those who have gone before
Local legacy of Catholic education
Current vision and values
Reflection on mission
Thematic Approaches
Xaverian Legacy Model
Theodore James Ryken and the History of
the Xaverian Brothers
The Twelve Xaverian Brothers Sponsored
Schools
Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools Mission, Vision, Values, Calls and Goals
The Call to be Missionary
“Reading the Signs of the Times”
Application to School Settings
Faculty Formation Committees
Membership - 5-10 members including at least one
administrative contact person
Develop a vision of faculty formation for the school
Coordinate Elements of Faculty Formation
Message, Community, Service, Liturgy & Prayer, Moral
Formation, Missionary Perspective, Unique tradition of your
school
Sample Structures
1,100 students – 80 faculty
450 Students – 35 Faculty
Formation Committee - 8-10
Formation Committee – 5
including Campus Minister
including Assistant Principal
- Retreat
- Prayer
- Social
- Cultural
- Prayer
- Social
- Service
- Schools for Justice
- Retreat
- Book Discussion
- Mentoring
Sample Structures
650 Students
50 Faculty
Director of Mission - Chaplain to the Faculty
3 Spiritual Directors – outside of school
Retreat – Theme from sessions with
spiritual directors – personal spirituality
Formation Committee - 8-10
- Christian community activities
- Service
Challenges
Formational Approach
Unique faith journeys
Planners – Background in Spirituality and
Personal Development essential
Thematic Approach
Academic Orientation
Integration of personal faith and information
Questions for Reflection/Discussion
Do you have an operating model, formational or thematic, of
Faculty/Staff Formation in your school?
What are the specific goals of your program?
What particular elements have been the focus of your
Faculty/Staff Formation efforts in the past few years? Why? What
elements have not been included? Why?
How would a model supplement and inform Staff Development
and Faculty Supervision processes?
Has/will your Board support the Faculty/Staff Formation effort
with sufficient resources?
“The Catholic School”
“To commit oneself to working in accordance with
the aims of a Catholic school is to make a great
act of faith. Only one who has this conviction
and accepts Christ’s message, who has a love for
and understands today’s young people, and who
appreciates what people’s real problems and
difficulties are, will be held to contribute with
courage and even audacity to the progress of
building up a Catholic school.”