Women in the Church in the Archdiocese of Adelaide

An Appreciative Perspective

Please tell of a highlight experience of men and women working together in mutuality and respect in the church It might be your own experience or something you have observed.

Women Religious –

Congregational Leaders of Australian Religious Institutes Significant Leadership group in the Archdiocese of Adelaide With an emphasis on the poor and marginalised Works of the Congregations – Education – Health Care – Welfare – Pastoral Ministry

Women in leadership currently

Parishes

Religious & Lay Women have been Pastoral Directors in the diocese over many years.

Current Pastoral Directors are: Julie Staszyc - Kangaroo Island Ms Anne McGlade – Albert Park/Pennington Mrs Patricia Brady – Adelaide Hills parish

Role of a Pastoral Director

Teaching Office Sanctifying Office Pastoral life of the community Administrative Function

Women in parish leadership

Women as pastoral associates Women Principals and RECs – shaping faith for families and staff, educating and leading the church for the present and future Women Principal Consultants – advising schools and wider parishes Women in leadership of pastoral councils Women in charge of finances – Brighton Hallett Cove What would you add?

Women in leadership of the Archdiocese Two women chancellors Ms Jane Swift Ms Cathy Whewell Director of Finance Ms Annette Fidge Vicar for Religious Sr Ruth Egar rsm Director of Pastoral Resource Team Ms Anne Rhodes

Roles & Responsibilities

The Chancellor will exercise leadership by: Exercising significant leadership in strategic planning and its implementation across the Archdiocese Contributing effectively and proactively to the Leadership Group of the Archdiocese, chaired by the Archbishop, Contributing strategically and creatively to the Executive of the Curia, and Management Group as peak bodies of the Archdiocese

Director of Finance – roles and responsibilities Will provide leadership and co-ordination of strategic financial management and prudential resource management across all of the Church’s South Australian agencies and entities The role is an executive level role involving responsibility for the overall management of the Archdiocese in accordance with the plan of the Archdiocesan Finance Council and Canon Law.

Archbishop Bishop Moderator of the Curia Vicar General Chancellor woman Chancellor woman Director woman Director Male Director male

Pastoral Leadership – Anne Rhodes Leading the team to work with deaneries and parishes to further their missionary and pastoral life for the future Leading and implementing key areas for action – World Day of the Sick, World Youth Day, Multicultural events Integrating spirituality, culture, neighbourhood church and pastoral planning across parishes Building new initiatives for a changing church – Diocesan Pastoral Council & Family Centred Church

Women in social leadership Pauline Connelly - Deputy Director Centacare Prue McEvoy – Chair of the Child Protection Council Sue Cain – Director of Professional Standards Kathy Grieve – Manager of the OHS&W Exempt Licence

Women in Education

Sr Catherine Clarke – Chair of SACCS Helen O’Brien – Deputy Director of Education Monica Conway – Director of Faith Formation CEO Jenny O’Brien – Office for Worship Sr. Bernadette Kiley – Coordinator Leadership CEO Principal consultants Principals RECs

Women in leadership in parishes Women pastoral associates Sacramental formation Liturgical preparation and education Pastoral life of the community Engaging families in faith formation Training local leaders Identifying and forming new leaders

Women in leadership in the wider church Women chaplains Mel Monfries – prison ministry Jill Hutt – prison and hospital ministry Helen Thacker – Calvary Health Care Annette Heinemann – Coordinator Calvary Care Jane Marshall – hospital ministry Dorothy Lee – Glenside Mental Health Services Sr. Marie Britzner – Disability SA Catherine Smith – hospital ministry Sr. Anne Dolan – hospital ministry Pat Peake – Southern Cross Care Anyone you would like to add?

Women in Training & Education Sr. Patricia Fox RSM - Associate Director of Formation Ms Julie Trinidad – Ministry Formation Program Coordinator Sr. Elizabeth Morris RSJ – Rural Ministry Responsible with Fr. Paul Cashen for formation of Deacons and Pastoral Directors and Associates across the Archdiocese Women teaching in Religious education and theology RE Team Catholic Education Catholic Theological College staff Office for Worship Spiritual Directors

Formation for Ministry

Ministry Formation Program is attracting women to leadership by : Taking the same fundamental approach to women’s call to leadership as has always been the process for men seeking ordination – discernment and public authorisation Providing high quality training and formation for leadership Increasing the number of pastoral directors for the Archdiocese

Strategies for increasing women in leadership Keeping the public eye on examples of women in leadership in the church Southern Cross Increasing re-numeration, conditions of employment and responsibilities Setting women up for success in pastoral roles Increasing re-numeration, conditions of employment and responsibilities

Other possibilities -

Exploring mentoring for women in leadership Identifying the ways in which women and men are working well together in mutual relationships and identifying the conditions that make that possible – then encouraging those conditions across the Archdiocese Your ideas…………

Next Steps -

Clarity about what we want to achieve Examples of best practice / highlight experiences Your ideas……..