http://www.nlrcm.org/ News related to the mission of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. Government & Organizations Non-Profit en Copyright 2007 info@nlrcm.org (NLRCM) michael.oloughlin@nlrcm.org (Michael O'Loughlin) http://www.nlrcm.org/images/rsslogo.jpghttp://www.nlrcm.org/ Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:23:38 GMT Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:23:38 GMT RSS DreamFeeder v 2.1.0 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.com The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management hosted 18 workshops for participants to learn about best management practices at the Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership in Baltimore last week, including a special daylong event exclusively for US bishops. Bishop Timothy Senior, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was one of over a dozen bishops to attend the workshop on church management, an opportunity for bishops to collaborate with their peers and senior lay executives about ways to enhance the management structures and processes in their dioceses. Following the opening prayer, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) James Dubik, a Leadership Roundtable trustee, offered insight on leadership lessons he learned from his career in the US Army. Bishops spent most of the day in small groups with lay facilitators exploring topics such as strengthening Catholic schools, collaboration, strategic planning, communications, and finance. Bishop Senior called the Leadership Roundtable "an opportunity to reflect upon the very important aspects of the ministry of the Church, most especially, the administration of the Church as the Church responds to crises with collaborative solutions." Michael Brough, the Leadership Roundtable's director of strategic engagement, praised the event's host, Baltimore's Archbishop William Lori, and the bishops in attendance for committing time to strengthening management. "When Archbishop Lori approached us and invited us to lead these sessions, we responded by asking bishops about the kinds of managerial challenges that keep them up at night, and then assembled a team of lay experts to lead them through their discussions and identifying successful practices they could apply," he said. "Ultimately, the bishops themselves craft their own solutions with insight from the facilitators who all have senior leadership experience and expertise." Topics from the sessions designed for Mid-Atlantic Congress participants included strategic planning, communications, leadership development, and human resource development. Each workshop was led by a Leadership Roundtable trustee, member, or staff, all lay experts working in the field. Now in its second year, the Mid-Atlantic Congress provides an opportunity for 1,300 parish, diocesan, and Catholic nonprofit leaders to explore issues of leadership, management, diversity, faith formation, and other issues facing the Catholic Church. Learning takes place primarily through plenary sessions with keynote speakers, panel presentations, and breakout sessions led by experts working in the field. The event is hosted by the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Association of Catholic Publishers, in partnership with the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/DKs9jg7gjBY/mac03152013.htmFri, 15 Mar 2013 4:00:00 ET manual:1244129018625:43538453352871115:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/mac03152013.htm In the days leading up to the conclave, management was on the minds of Cardinals and reporters covering this historic story. The Leadership Roundtable was ready, providing education and background to pundits, offering on-the-record quotes from staff and members, and serving as a general resource to the media and the Catholic world. Here is a collection of stories in which we played a direct role and other articles that show just how important management and administration were in the international conversation. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/90iYmPKYu_4/popefrancis.htmFri, 15 Mar 2013 1:00:00 ET manual:1244129018625:43538453352871113:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/popefrancis.htm Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, joined Catholics across the world in welcoming Pope Francis: Service, humility, advocacy for the poor, mercy, prayerfulness, simplicity and grace: these are among the immediately evident characteristics of the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis. The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management celebrates the election of Pope Francis and joins the faithful throughout the world in prayer for blessings upon his leadership. We look forward to supporting him as he assumes the profound managerial responsibilities of his pontificate. Please contact info@nlrcm.org for more information.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/tg21GSjLMQc/francis03142013.htmThu, 14 Mar 2013 1:00:00 ET manual:1244129018625:43538453352871111:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/francis03142013.htm Earlier this morning, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would resign effective February 28, 2013. Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, released this statement: "We offer our prayers to Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of his courageous announcement to retire at the end of this month. We admire his acknowledgment of the physical, mental and spiritual strength such leadership requires and respect the candor and humility of his personal assessment. "We thank him for his service to the Church and join him in his hope that his successor be elected with recourse to prayer and grace. We look forward to welcoming his successor, a leader charged with managing a global institution serving the spiritual needs of more than one billion Catholics while extending pastoral and charitable ministry to many millions more."]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/CkQV-aSFZY0/benedict021113.htmMon, 11 Feb 2013 1:00:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871109:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/benedict021113.htm Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Allentown, PA, spoke about the need for effective diocesan strategic planning to a group of bishops at a meeting hosted by the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management during the US Conference of Catholic Bishops Fall Meeting in Baltimore this week. "We cannot separate the universal call to holiness from the universal call to mission," Bishop Barres said. He praised the Leadership Roundtable staff that assisted the Diocese of Allentown, calling the process "sincere, skillful and helpful" and noted the "sophisticated analysis, which was financial, strategic and very direct. It was extremely helpful in pushing our analysis and quite frankly in pushing some of our tough decisions." Reflecting on the New Evangelization and the Year of Faith, efforts championed by Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop Barres said that the Catholic Church must strive for excellence in all that it does, including managing its temporal affairs. "Why shouldn't the universal sacrament of salvation, what we call the Catholic Church, the hope of humanity in the twenty-first century, with all our challenges, why shouldn't it have outstanding management, accounting, and investment strategies?" he asked. He went on, "If we responsibly manage the gifts we've been given, we are in service to the New Evangelization. If we're working transparently as best we can and working toward that incrementally, that's going to have a big impact on the different dimensions of the New Evangelization."]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/bx_EhB94e30/usccb11152012.htmThu, 15 Nov 2012 1:00:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871107:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/usccb11152012.htm William F. Raskob, Chairman of the Board of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA), today announced that Alexia K. Kelley has been appointed the next president and CEO of the organization. She succeeds Dr. Francis J. Butler, who served as president for over three decades and retired earlier this year. "Alexia has a distinguished record of leadership and service in the church, the nonprofit world and government. Her strong commitment to her faith, a history of enabling younger people to develop their leadership, and a keen understanding of the broad scope of the nation's religious and charitable organizations will serve our network of grant makers well," said Mr. Raskob. Kelley brings a wealth of experience in various sectors to FADICA, including time at the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), leading nonprofits, and serving in the White House's Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/Xc8eWYFoGuw/Alexia-K-Kelley-Appointed-President-of-FADICA.aspxThu, 15 Nov 2012 1:00:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871105:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.fadica.org/main/News/tabid/123/ctl/ArticleView/mid/454/articleId/64/Alexia-K-Kelley-Appointed-President-of-FADICA.aspx More than 25 leaders of archdiocesan affiliates gathered at the Pastoral Center on Nov. 2 to create connections, learn about archdiocesan resources, discuss common challenges, and review operational best practices that increase organizational sustainability. In attendance were representatives from archdiocesan schools, including Cristo Rey Boston, Trinity Catholic Academy, Pope John Paul II Academy and Marian High School, and from Church ministries such as the Planning Office of Urban Affairs, Regina Cleri Residence, iCatholic Media, Pontifical Mission Societies, St. Ann's Home, Life Resources and the Massachusetts Catholic Insurance Group. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley began the session with Mass in Bethany Chapel commemorating the Feast of All Souls Day. "We are here to learn best practices at being effective stewards of our temporal goods," he stated in his homily. "Effective stewardship today involves strong boards, transparency, and a good system of internal controls." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/Lysx7tE4otQ/articleprint.aspFri, 9 Nov 2012 5:11:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871103:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://thebostonpilot.com/articleprint.asp?ID=15311 The Leadership Roundtable's John Eriksen is quoted in this article about challenges facing Catholic schools: A growing Hispanic population in the church has affected the demand for Catholic schools, according to John Eriksen, educational director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. "You're seeing more focus in the leadership among dioceses of Catholic schools for Catholics and the formation of the next generation of Catholics. I think in times of scarcity people are asking the question, why are we investing this money in kids and in ministries which aren't necessarily forming the next generation of Catholics?" ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/sswyUdVNlZI/1204411.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2012 1:32:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871101:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1204411.htm CHICAGO--Mid-Western Catholic leaders representing the Church and various industries gathered at DePaul University in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Monday for a Regional Roundtable on Church management, finance, and human resource development. The event was hosted by the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and DePaul's president, Fr. Dennis Holtschneider, CM. Msgr. Wayne Prist began the event by relaying a message from Cardinal Francis George, in which he called the Leadership Roundtable's mission a "wonderful thing" and "thank[ed] God for the work [they] do everyday." The Leadership Roundtable has deep ties to the Church in Chicago. Geno Fernandez, principal at McKinsey and Co., and a Leadership Roundtable trustee, served as a local host for the event. He is joined on the board by fellow Chicagoans Fr. Jack Wall, president of Catholic Extension, and until very recently, Dr. Carol Fowler, who retired this summer as the head of human resources for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Fernandez said that many pastors have expressed a desire for assistance in managing their parishes, and in response, he explained, the Leadership Roundtable created a program with Seton Hall University in New Jersey to gather new pastors together for a week-long series of workshops and seminars. The Toolbox for Pastoral Management, now in its third year, has attracted priests from all over the nation, including many from the Mid-West. The alumni of this program then stay connected virtually through CatholicPastor.org, an online learning community exclusively for Catholic priests. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/mJCMikQtu28/chicago092612.htm Wed,26 Sep 2012 3:52:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871101:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/chicago092612.htm Pope Benedict XVI has urged Church leaders throughout the Americas to forge closer bonds of communion between all members of Christ's Church in his Homily delivered at Vespers in the Cathedral of Leon, Mexico. In particular, he called for greater attention to the formation of lay faithful who must never be considered "second class citizens" in the Church.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/MtRb1fKno90/pope-laity-are-not-second-class-citizens Wed, 05 Sep 2012 1:22:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871099:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-laity-are-not-second-class-citizens Read the August newsletter for updates on ESTEEM, the next Regional Roundtable event in Chicago, media coverage, and newly appointed staff members]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/4YqnizKpiIc/1110849161613.html Thu, 29 Aug 2012 2:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871097:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs011/1101324785683/archive/1110849161613.html Catholic News Service reported on the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's decision to turnover the financial management of its Catholic school system to a private foundation. From the article: John Eriksen, director of the schools program for the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, told Catholic News Service that entering into such an arrangement required "courage and humility." Eriksen said that, until he took his new job in July, he had been superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Paterson, N.J., which had a similar arrangement. "We saw some significant short-term gains. We saw some short-term pain as well," he noted, but "over time, it has worked better and better." He said dioceses are trending to the model used by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. "You talk about functionality, you talk about Catholic colleges and universities, which are some of the highest-functioning temporal entities within the church," Eriksen added. "Now K through 12 is starting to catch up." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/RCvJ66LWAlw/1203545.htm Thu, 30 Aug 2012 2:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871095:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1203545.htm The Archdiocese of Boston, a past recipient of the Leadership Roundtable Best Practices Award for its Financial Transparency Project, responded in a letter to the editor in The Economist, refuting claims made in an article that is mismanaged pension funds. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ZuSqbH6cJ54/21561104 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 2:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871093:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.economist.com/node/21561104 The Economist published a report of the state of finances in the Catholic Church in the US. Fred Gluck, former managing director at McKinsey and Co., and Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, both founding trustees of the Leadership Roundtable, were interviewed for the article about the importance of using best practices. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/cVsKkuT9IyY/21560536 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 2:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871091:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.economist.com/node/21560536 Topics include the 2012 Annual Meeting recap, an update from the latest Toolbox for Pastoral Management, and a link to the 2012 Annual Report ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ZPJFrsFeWfQ/1110547875027.html Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:15:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871089:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs011/1101324785683/archive/1110547875027.html The Vatican is mostly compliant with international transparency and anti-money-laundering standards, but its bank still lags in monitoring suspicious activities or carrying out sufficient due diligence, according to a report issued Wednesday backed by the Council of Europe. The 241-page report by Moneyval, a committee of financial experts that evaluates measures to combat money-laundering and terrorist financing, praised the Holy See for having come "a long way in a very short period of time" but also noted that "further important issues still need addressing in order to demonstrate that fully effective regime has been instituted in practice." The Vatican, whose secretive bank has been embroiled in scandals in the past, acknowledged on Wednesday that the reform process would take time but pledged to pursue change in its efforts to present a more modern, and open, image of its guarded financial institutions. "We take both the praise and criticism contained in the report with seriousness," Msgr. Ettore Balestrero, the Vatican's under secretary of state, said at a news conference here Wednesday. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/uAPRsdBxYO8/vatican-bank-criticized-in-report.html Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:18:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871087:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/business/vatican-bank-criticized-in-report.html?pagewanted=print WASHINGTON--The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management presented the 2012 Leadership Roundtable Best Practices Award to Catholic Charities USA and its president, Rev. Larry Snyder, at the 2012 Leadership Roundtable Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Catholic Charities USA was recognized for its commitment to sound managerial and financial practices that enable it to fulfill its mission of serving and advocating on behalf of the poor more effectively. "Catholic Charities USA is a visionary organization that works with individuals, families and communities to help alleviate poverty at the individual level and to challenge the structures that can cause so much suffering," said Kerry Robinson, executive director of the Leadership Roundtable. "We chose to honor Catholic Charities and Fr. Snyder to highlight the important work that they do. It is only through effective management of people and resources that they are able to serve so many so well." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/0Bf_wGvyEAs/CCUSA07092012.htm Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:18:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871085:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/CCUSA07092012.htm One of our trustees, Dr. Kathleen McChesney, is part of a conference called "Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis" at Santa Clara University (CA). Learn more by visiting the conference's website and please attend if you're in the area. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/TLXJ-X6k0rk/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:43:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871081:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.scu.edu/ecppm/cpd/clergyconference/schedule/ Click to read the lastest update from the Leadership Roundtable. Learn more about Managing for Mission, the 2012 Leadership Roundtable Annual Meeting. Download free resources from the Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Management. And stay up to date on ESTEEM as students from across the nation gather for the 2012 capstone conference in New Haven. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/9ZnxP1-2yQA/1109640618687.html Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871079:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs011/1101324785683/archive/1109640618687.html Kerry Robinson, M.A.R., executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, will be the guest speaker when Misericordia University holds its 86th annual Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 19 at 2 p.m. in the Anderson Sports and Health Center on campus. A baccalaureate Mass will precede the ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in the Anderson Center. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/OdyGmGXwlDg/news_full.cfm Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:49:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871077:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.misericordia.edu/news/news_full.cfm?news_id=53547 [Leadership Roundtable Founding Trustee] Francis J. Butler -- who usually worked quietly behind the scenes but may have been as influential as almost any other layperson in the U.S. Catholic church over the past 40 years -- retired Feb. 3 after 32 years as president of FADICA, Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities. During his tenure, FADICA and its member foundations and donors have played key roles in some of the most fruitful Catholic initiatives of recent decades in the United States and abroad. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/yfmzSH6kI0U/donor-group-saw-expansion-under-longtime-leader Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:48:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871077:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/people/donor-group-saw-expansion-under-longtime-leader Fr. Rex Hays, CM: Several months ago I realized that in the not too distant future, I would be called upon to be a pastor. Rather than wait until that happened, I decided to begin preparing myself. I searched for training programs which I thought would be plentiful and easy to find. I was wrong. This seems surprising given that a pastor is essentially the CEO of a million dollar (or larger) organization, especially if the parish has a school. There are many expectations placed on pastors that we never learn about in the seminary. While the transition from being parochial vicar to pastor is assumed to be quite natural, there are many surprises awaiting a new pastor. I wanted to be as prepared for these as possible. After several searches, I found "Pastors for A New Millennium: A Toolbox for Parochial Management [now The Toolbox for Pastoral Management]. This weeklong workshop held at the St. Alfonso Retreat Center in Long Branch, NJ, is sponsored by Seton Hall University in collaboration with the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. Thanks to funding from Lily Endowment, there is no cost to participate in this workshop other than transportation. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/tls-8fGiEGQ/Toolbox_Rex_Hays.pdf Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:53:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871075:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/documents/Toolbox_Rex_Hays.pdf Co-chairs Paul Henderson, board member of the Association of Catholic Publishers, and Father John Hurley, executive director of the Department of Evangelization, announced that 50 scholarships donated by the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management are available to cover the cost of the registration fee for qualified participants at the 2012 Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership (MAC). The MAC will be held March 8-10, 2012 at the Hilton Hotel in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It is co-sponsored by the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Department of Evangelization. "This partnership with Leadership Roundtable takes us one step closer to engaging a broad cross section of parish leaders at MAC and, hopefully, beyond," Henderson said. The scholarships are intended to support those who are in financial need due to economic hardship; have experience at a leadership level at a parish or diocese, are committed to continuing to minister at that level and represent diverse cultural backgrounds. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/-K8nC-Zx5FE/mac112811.htm Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:53:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871073:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/mac112811.htm ESTEEM, Engaging Students to Enliven the Ecclesial Mission, a national campus ministry program that prepares young adults to serve as leaders in the Catholic Church, was honored by the Catholic Campus Ministry Association for its efforts in developing future leaders. Archbishop Henry J. Mansell of Hartford accepted the award on behalf of ESTEEM at a November 15 reception held during the fall assembly of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. "For the hundreds of participants and alumni, ESTEEM works. They feel confident in their Catholic faith, and they are ready to serve the Church at every level. By living out their faith joyfully, these students serve as witnesses to their friends and family," said Katie McKenna, who serves as program coordinator for ESTEEM. "We are heartened that CCMA recognizes the value of ESTEEM, and we look forward to its continued growth as we bring more sites online." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/KQ6lOw7JeW0/esteem112811.htm Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:50:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871071:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/esteem112811.htm The incoming chair of the US Catholic Bishops committee on Catholic education told brother bishops gathered at a strategy session hosted by the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management in Baltimore on Sunday that "the wind is at our back" but the moment to act to save Catholic schools is now. Most Rev. Joseph McFadden, bishop of Harrisburg, thanked the Leadership Roundtable for its contribution to Catholic education, and said that while there is no "silver bullet" to save Catholic schools, a serious focus is needed from key stakeholders on issues of marketing, development, and the mission of Catholic education. "Our commitment to teaching the Catholic faith" will solve the crisis, McFadden said. He said that "there is much to learn" about the tools and resources used by parishes, dioceses, and Catholic nonprofit organizations locally, and that the next step is connecting key stakeholders to one another nationally to share ideas and best practices. In addition, he said, it is imperative that priests share in the vision of strong Catholic education, as their voices are "very important in terms of leadership." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/MjkbkojOvmE/usccb112811.htm Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:48:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871069:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/usccb112811.htm The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth plans to invest $50 million over a decade to add parishes and schools and renovate and expand existing ones to help accommodate the growing number of worshippers. The number of Roman Catholics in the diocese is expected to increase from 710,000 to 1.2 million by 2030, making it one of the fastest-growing in the country. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/d4B1j4L-JMA/catholic-diocese-of-fort-worth.html Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:36:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871067:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/11/06/3504800/catholic-diocese-of-fort-worth.html U.S. bishops will vote during their Nov. 14-16 annual fall meeting in Baltimore to renew a resolution to support yearly voluntary financial reporting by a diocesan bishop to the archbishop who heads his ecclesiastical province. The resolution has been proposed by the Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), chaired by Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois. The resolution would be in effect from January 2012 through November 2016. The first such resolution was passed by the bishops in 2000. It was renewed by the bishops in 2004 and again in 2006. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/5yvW2k1Wyoc/11-208.cfm Thu, 17 Oct 2011 03:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871065:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.usccb.org/news/2011/11-208.cfm New York Archdiocese Schools Superintendent Timothy McNiff said pastors will no longer run Catholic schools under a massive reorganization in the Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island and upper counties. The areas will be broken into 10 "regions" overseen by local boards composed of religious and lay people that will make all financial decisions for the schools. "The boards are not going to be advisory, they're going to be what I call deliberative," said McNiff in a wide-ranging interview with the Daily News last week, before he presented the plan to pastors and parochial school parents in the Bronx. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/mT4-ox1pUro/ny-archdiocese-schools-chief-timothy-mcniff-lays-catholic-schools-plan-article-1.977426 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871063:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/ny-archdiocese-schools-chief-timothy-mcniff-lays-catholic-schools-plan-article-1.977426 After six pivotal years, Joe Flannigan will step down as president of the National Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Those who have worked with Flannigan are quick to praise his outstanding leadership. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/uAdwGMJUb-k/st-vincent-de-paul-society-president-steps-down Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871061:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/st-vincent-de-paul-society-president-steps-down A series of articles from the National Catholic Reporter on Catholicism in the US today. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ToNEx3RcNus/AmericanCatholics Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871059:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/AmericanCatholics In a quiet modification of a traditional format, the Vatican has dropped most of the individual private meetings between Pope Benedict XVI and bishops making their "ad limina" visits to Rome. The unannounced change was instituted earlier this year, apparently in an effort to reduce the scheduling burden on the 84-year-old pope and to help cut through the backlog of "ad limina" visits, which are supposed to be made every five years by heads of dioceses. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/KYLym8K5Dnw/1104151.htm Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871057:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1104151.htm Convened by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs [and co-sponsored by the Leadership Roundtable], the leadership of 15 national and regional Hispanic Catholic organizations met at the Mexican American Catholic College (MACC) in San Antonio, Texas, September 26-28, with the purpose of identifying emerging leadership as well as strengthening collaboration and reinforcing existing structures that have been particularly helpful to the growth and development of Hispanic ministry in the country. A special emphasis was given to helping these organizations to achieve financial stability, internal capacity and organizational development. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/wVEt9VsFHrk/11-188.cfm Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871055:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.usccb.org/news/2011/11-188.cfm There is a crisis in the not-for-profit sector. Since the great recession began, donations to the largest charities in the U.S. have dropped by billions - down 11% in 2010 alone, according to a recent report from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. This was the worst decline since the Chronicle began ranking its "Philanthropy 400" list of America's largest fund-raising charities in 1990. Leaders of philanthropic and other non-profit organizations naturally blame the economy for this problem, and many expect things to get worse as the economic malaise drags on. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/h9QVopDaE7s/the_cure_for_the_not-for-profi.html Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871053:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/10/the_cure_for_the_not-for-profi.html The Rev. Jason Makos had an idyllic start as a priest. After ordination and theological studies in Rome, he spent four years as an associate pastor at a parish in the Archdiocese of Boston, immersed in ministry. He said Mass. Visited the sick. Delivered homilies. Celebrated the sacraments. "It was great," Makos said. "It was almost 100 percent priestly, pastoral work. Each day, I enjoyed the priesthood more and more." But in October 2010, Makos, then 33, was appointed pastor at the Church of the Holy Ghost in Whitman, Mass. Considered a medium sized parish in heavily Catholic Boston, the church serves 2,400 families and draws more than 1,100 people to six weekend Masses. The parish's only priest, Makos oversees an 11-person lay staff, from business manager to custodian. It was as though overnight he became the CEO of a small business, with more on his plate than just next Sunday's homily. "It was an eye-opener," Makos said. In making the transition to pastor, Makos has been able to take advantage of a new resource: a 360-degree leadership-development feedback tool customized for use by Catholic clergy and lay leaders. Makos is one of 15 recently ordained pastors in the Boston Archdiocese who are using Catholic Leadership 360 as part of a new initiative launched by the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. The feedback tool focuses not on religious or spiritual matters but on broader leadership skills, especially in managing the temporal affairs of the church.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/oA-UM2INb0U/leadership-360 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871051:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.faithandleadership.com/features/articles/leadership-360 Much to their parents' surprise, a growing number of 20-somethings are embracing old parts of the Catholic tradition on their own terms. He may be only 22, but Sam Dowd has already worn many hats in his parish, St. Mary's in Holliston, Massachusetts: youth group member, service trip participant, maintenance guy, confirmation class teacher. A recent graduate of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, last year he participated in a new [Leadership Roundtable] program called ESTEEM (Engaging Students to Enliven the Ecclesial Mission), which aims to keep young adult Catholics engaged in church leadership roles after college. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ZZ7AR8NWueg/retro-actives-religious-practices-millennial-catholics Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871049:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.uscatholic.org/life/2011/08/retro-actives-religious-practices-millennial-catholics More than a mere tool for scheduling the hours of the day, effective time management is an essential skill for leadership, says retired Army Lt. Gen. James Dubik. Without it, leaders are rudderless, captive to the urgencies of the moment, always reacting to the most recent crisis and the demands of others. "At the executive level, time is your most important asset," said Dubik, now a consultant for and board member of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. "Everybody wants a piece of your time." As he rose to the top levels of Army leadership in a 40-year career, Dubik found it increasingly difficult to squeeze into a day everything that he needed to do, personally and professionally. About 10 years ago, he customized his own approach to time management, drawing upon two popular time-management books. Without it, he would have been "like every other senior executive who is captured by the immediate and the urgent and not necessarily the important."]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/y-igMVRSVWA/james-dubik-managing-the-asset-time Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871047:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.faithandleadership.com/multimedia/james-dubik-managing-the-asset-time Catholic Charities of Buffalo raised $10.6 million in its latest appeal, reversing four straight years of declining giving and exceeding its campaign goal for the first time since 2007. A jubilant Bishop Edward U. Kmiec thanked Western New Yorkers for their generosity at a morning gathering Wednesday on the front lawn of the human service organization's headquarters on Delaware Avenue. This year's appeal total exceeded by more than $100,000 a goal of $10.5 million established in January. It also brought an end to a recent string of difficult campaigns that failed to reach target. The appeal may have been Kmiec's final one as Buffalo bishop. He submitted his resignation letter to Pope Benedict XVI in June, and the pope may accept the resignation and appoint a new bishop prior to the launch of next year's appeal. Kmiec took some personal satisfaction in seeing the appeal on an upward trend again, but he said that ultimately, exceeding the goal is about being able to assist more of the area's neediest people.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/Sea1W4i74O4/article494944.ece Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:30:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871045:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article494944.ece From the article: The Cristo Rey Network received a 2011 Best Practices Award June 22 from the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management during its annual meeting in Washington. Kerry Robinson, the group's executive director, presented the award to Jesuit Father John Foley, the network's executive chair, and Robert Birdsell, president and CEO of Cristo Rey Network. Robinson called the schools "hopeful examples of what Catholic education can achieve when people and institutions pull together, both intellectually and financially, to support students and the communities where they live." She praised the Cristo Rey Network for its "dedication to support urban students who have limited access to adequate college preparation." The leadership group also gave a 2011 Best Practices Award to Frank Butler, president of Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, for his leadership and service to the church.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/st25ZFLVCd4/1102544.htm Thu, 30 June 2011 05:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871043:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1102544.htm Similarly, in the wake of one wretched sexual abuse revelation after another, some of the most influential Catholics in the United States have come together to do what they are able to do. Where [reformer priest Fr.] Sweetser is a David, they are collectively a Goliath. The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management (NLRCM) formed out of an initial meeting in 2004. Today the board includes figures as varied as Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of Sen. Edward Kennedy; Father Edward Malloy, C.S.C., president emeritus, University of Notre Dame; Geoffrey Boisi, former Wall Street investment banker; retired Lt. Gen. James Dubik; and Dr. Charles Geschke, chairman of the board of Adobe Systems. The organization works collaboratively with other Catholic groups to improve management protocols in parishes, dioceses, and nonprofits.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/qANh7S0OMhM/business-schooled-experts-weigh-church-management Thu, 30 June 2011 05:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871041:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.uscatholic.org/church/2011/05/business-schooled-experts-weigh-church-management From the article: he goal is to adopt, to the extent possible, best practices from the business and nonprofit sector so as to more effectively utilize parish resources in service to the mission of the church, according to Peter Denio, coordinator of the Standards for Excellence project at the National Leadership Roundtable for Church Management. Best practices include transparency and accountability in planning, financial reporting, and decision-making; collaboration with lay experts; good communication practices; thoughtful protocols (including child protection procedures) instead of "the way we've always done it"; and evaluating performance so as to improve. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/pjVpfSNF0Pk/parish-works-business-practices-church Thu, 30 June 2011 05:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871039:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.uscatholic.org/church/2011/05/parish-works-business-practices-church NEW HAVEN-When she graduated four years ago as the valedictorian of a Catholic high school in Chicago, Marysa Leya received a present from her biology teacher. It was a hand-painted crucifix, intended for her college dorm room, with a note from him on the back urging her, "Be sure to stay as grounded and awesome as you are now." Before leaving the Midwest for Yale University here, Ms. Leya also got some parting advice from her grandmother. "Don't lose your faith," Ms. Leya, 22, recalls being told, "out there on that liberal East Coast." In their divergent ways, Ms. Leya's teacher and grandmother were expressing the conventional wisdom about religious young people heading off to college. Exposed to Nietzsche, Hitchens, co-ed dorms and beer pong, such students are almost expected to stray. Just as surely, the standard thinking goes, their adult lives of marriage and parenthood will bring them back to observance. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/H1_fNqHDSQQ/from-around-the-church.html Tue, 24 May 2011 05:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871037:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/from-around-the-church.html#esteem Who can doubt that the fortunes of charter schools are on the rise? Philanthropists both liberal and conservative have been showering money on charters, viewing them as a promising alternative to traditional public schools because of their relative freedom from union contracts and education bureaucracies. The number of charter schools across the country has soared. Charters have even inspired movies, including the 2010 documentary Waiting for "Superman," which tells the story of several successful charter school networks in Harlem-where black and Hispanic parents, desperate to avoid the awful public schools, enter their children in lotteries to try to secure seats in the charters.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/BKOGmNUZitE/21_2_catholic-schools.html Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871035:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.city-journal.org/2011/21_2_catholic-schools.html#ss During my six years as an accidental bureaucrat, after spending twenty-five years in the private sector, my friends often wondered how I could do it. They routinely asked versions of the question: doesn't government move too slowly for you? My standard reply was that, yes, the public sector moves slowly - but then, big companies don't move so quickly either. And come to think of it, I teased my friends in higher education, colleges and universities move more slowly than either business or government! The point is, all institutions move slowly. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/RIEsdXq3ljw/business_models_arent_just_for.html Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871033:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/04/business_models_arent_just_for.html Boston University School of Social Work Dean Gail Steketee has announced that [Leadership Roundtable trustee] Victoria Reggie Kennedy-attorney, health care proponent, and wife of late Senator Edward M. Kennedy-will be the keynote speaker at the School of Social Work Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 20. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/U4AjZfBKyRE/ Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871029:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.bu.edu/ssw/2011/04/11/victoria-reggie-kennedy-to-give-ssw-commencement-address/ Church giving is beginning to rebound from challenges posed by the recession, according to a new survey involving mostly Protestant churches. In the third annual "State of the Plate" survey, which included responses from more than 1,500 congregations, 43 percent of the responding churches said donations were up in 2010, 39 percent said they were down and 18 percent said they remained the same as the year before. "There is good news here but also some continuing bad news," said Brian Kluth, founder of Maximum Generosity who began the State of the Plate surveys in 2009 to measure the effects of the recession on church giving. Christianity Today International and the Evangelical Council for Financial Responsibility joined with Kluth's group in soliciting responses to the latest survey from among their constituencies. Because the three organizations work primarily with Protestant congregations, most of the responses came from evangelical (24 percent), Baptist (23 percent), nondenominational (21 percent), mainline Protestant (13 percent) or charismatic/Pentecostal churches (12 percent). Only 2 percent of the responding congregations described themselves as Catholic or Orthodox. But a Catholic expert in giving said the survey results might or might not reflect Catholic giving patterns. "Despite the economy, people support causes to which they feel the most attachment and engagement," said James K. Kelley, president of the International Catholic Stewardship Council. Noting that giving increased during eight of the 10 years of the Great Depression, Kelley said "offertory collections should not be down at this time" as long as churches are welcoming and community-building places that educate parishioners properly about the need to return their time, talent and treasure to God. Church giving is beginning to rebound from challenges posed by the recession, according to a new survey involving mostly Protestant churches. In the third annual "State of the Plate" survey, which included responses from more than 1,500 congregations, 43 percent of the responding churches said donations were up in 2010, 39 percent said they were down and 18 percent said they remained the same as the year before. "There is good news here but also some continuing bad news," said Brian Kluth, founder of Maximum Generosity who began the State of the Plate surveys in 2009 to measure the effects of the recession on church giving. Christianity Today International and the Evangelical Council for Financial Responsibility joined with Kluth's group in soliciting responses to the latest survey from among their constituencies. Because the three organizations work primarily with Protestant congregations, most of the responses came from evangelical (24 percent), Baptist (23 percent), nondenominational (21 percent), mainline Protestant (13 percent) or charismatic/Pentecostal churches (12 percent). Only 2 percent of the responding congregations described themselves as Catholic or Orthodox. But a Catholic expert in giving said the survey results might or might not reflect Catholic giving patterns. "Despite the economy, people support causes to which they feel the most attachment and engagement," said James K. Kelley, president of the International Catholic Stewardship Council. Noting that giving increased during eight of the 10 years of the Great Depression, Kelley said "offertory collections should not be down at this time" as long as churches are welcoming and community-building places that educate parishioners properly about the need to return their time, talent and treasure to God. Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:01:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871027:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml Individuals carrying more than 10,000 euros (about $14,000) into or out of Vatican City State must declare the amount to proper authorities under a new law aimed at meeting international norms against money-laundering and financing terrorism. The new measures to guarantee financial transparency in the Vatican went into effect April 1 and reflect the latest European Union regulations. At the end of 2010, Pope Benedict XVI established the Financial Information Authority, an independent agency to oversee monetary and commercial activities of all Vatican-related institutions, including the Vatican bank. At the same time, the Vatican promulgated a new law that defined financial crimes and established penalties -- including possible jail time -- for their violation.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/4cl_4hfxAjA/1101303.htm Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:58:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871025:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1101303.htm In the fall of 2007, word quietly spread through the nation's capital that a dozen Catholic schools run by the Archdiocese of Washington were in dire financial straits. These were not just any schools. The specter of closure had haunted these 12 before, when financial problems had surfaced a decade earlier. At that time, the archbishop of Washington, James Cardinal Hickey, had refused to allow the shuttering of any more schools serving the poorest families in his archdiocese. His solution was to create a unique arrangement whereby these schools would pool resources in order to stay afloat. Known as the Center City Consortium, the school grouping had appeared for several years to be a success, test scores were up, and millions of dollars had been raised. In time, however, the contributions dried up, and deficits accumulated. So when the archdiocese scheduled a meeting to discuss the future of the consortium, Catholic-school advocates feared the worst. School closures are always devastating to the Church and to the families affected - but this was more painful still. An enormous effort had been waged on behalf of these schools for ten years, and still they were in peril. Did their situation suggest a much broader problem - that urban Catholic education might be doomed?]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/oIFjztsE-_g/can-catholic-schools-be-saved Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871023:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/can-catholic-schools-be-saved There are 87 Catholic home mission dioceses in the United States that aremostly unable to fund their own basic and essential pastoral works either owing to rugged terrain or the poverty of the local people. The Catholic Home Missions Appeal, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), works to bridge the gap between need and available resources in mission dioceses, thus strengthening the Church here at home. The national date for the Appeal is May 1, a USCCB statement says.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/UrjyzGWtNl0/ Wed, 6 Apr 2011 10:43:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871021:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.cathnewsusa.com/2011/04/us-has-87-home-mission-dioceses/ Sisters of St. Joseph Dear Neighbor Ministries has registered as a Partner in Excellence with the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, and is committed to implementing the 55 best practices in management, finance, and human resource development that comprise the Standards for Excellence, the flagship initiative of the Leadership Roundtable. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/gQzsR9aLOq8/standards_catholicadvance.pdf Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:02:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871017:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/newsroom//standards_catholicadvance.pdf For the better part of three years, the Archdiocese of Boston has undertaken an extensive review that is essential to developing a pastoral plan that will guide and shape the future direction of the local Church for the foreseeable future. The intent of this process is to formulate a pastoral plan that is mission driven and which supports the great work of our priests, laity and parishioners across the 144 cities and towns of the Archdiocese. To that end the Office of Pastoral Planning, under the direction of Father David Couturier, OFM. Cap., has conducted extensive research and analysis laying the groundwork for mission based planning for the Archdiocese. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/9bgdGqhTkGk/Content.aspx Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:02:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871015:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.bostoncatholic.org/Utility/News-And-Press/Content.aspx?id=19380 From the article: Boisi is chairman of the board of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and is himself a graduate of Catholic schools. He started off by saying that Catholic schools are "one of the great contributions" of the Church in the United States. Two attributes that once set Catholic schools apart were that they were "mission-directed" and enjoyed maximum parental involvement, Boisi said. Both areas have faltered in the past two or three decades, he said. "Unless we get back to that, we are going to be in trouble," Boisi said. Catholic schools must learn to communicate better with other, so they can learn from each other's successes and failures, Boisi explained. He also emphasized utilizing the talents of school parents and others on lay-led boards that would focus on accountability and striving for excellence. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/GJpIiA_GLk0/Investing-in-Inner-City-Education,4821 Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:02:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871013:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.cny.org/stories/Investing-in-Inner-City-Education,4821 I have the best job in the world. And I never saw it coming. Seven years ago, heartbroken over the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church, I visited my spiritual director yearning to lend myself to a meaningful, life-giving pursuit. She suggested that as a prayerful discipline every day for a month, I open myself to the world of possibility while going about the hectic demands of full-time work and motherhood. Fortified by her wisdom, I flew to Memphis for a board meeting of Catholic philanthropic foundations and received the answer to my prayers in the person of Geoff Boisi, to whom I offered my services. He later became the founding chair of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and invited me to be its first director.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/BqUgkUgG6vM/americamagazinebusinessplan.pdf Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:02:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871011:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/newsroom/americamagazinebusinessplan.pdf The use of finances of the Church should be transparent so as to support its credibility, says Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco. The archbishop of Genoa and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference stated this Tuesday in Rome during the opening address of the 16th National Congress of Diocesan Officials, an initiative of the conference's Service for the Promotion of the Financial Support of the Catholic Church. The cardinal said that the system of financial support of the Catholic Church should be founded on two pillars: "co-responsibility," which nourishes the sense of belonging to the Church as "house and school of communion," and "transparency," as an "indispensable and necessary condition."]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/QIovnkHqAIM/article-31766 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:02:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871009:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.zenit.org/article-31766?l=english Benedict XVI has appointed Cardinal Attilio Nicora as president of the new Financial Information Authority. This is the first institution in the history of the Vatican responsible for monitoring financial activities. Watch video here. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/BFj90Kq6iKs/Vatican-names-Cardinal-Attilio-Nicora-to-head-new-financial-watchdog-agency-english-3426.html Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:02:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871007:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.romereports.com/palio/Vatican-names-Cardinal-Attilio-Nicora-to-head-new-financial-watchdog-agency-english-3426.html In the wake of two fiscal years burdened by large deficits, the Archdiocese of Baltimore ended Fiscal Year 2010 with a $15.4 million surplus. The figure was released in an archdiocesan financial report provided to The Catholic Review. "I think it's clearly a plus," said Mark Fetting, chairman of the archdiocesan Board of Financial Administration and CEO and president of Legg Mason in Baltimore. "I think some of that is due to improved market conditions relative to our investments," he said, "but also a good part of it is due to the hard work everyone's done in making cutbacks." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/cav-FvxJ7Is/storyarchnew.aspx Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:50:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871005:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicreview.org/subpages/storyarchnew.aspx?action=9510 In just 10 years U.S. Catholic parishes have become considerably bigger and more diverse, the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate reported as part of a major new study on Catholic parish life. In 2000, just one-quarter of the nation's parishes had more than 1,200 registered households. By 2010 that had grown to one-third. At the lower end, parishes with fewer than 200 registered households dropped from one-fourth of the nation's total in 2000 to barely more than one in seven a decade later (24 percent to 15 percent). The overall average size of parishes grew 36 percent, from 855 households in 2000 to 1,167 in 2010. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/C0j_Y5uhJXw/us-catholic-parishes-growing-size-and-diversity Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:50:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871003:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/us-catholic-parishes-growing-size-and-diversity Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, will address the graduates and their families. "We are honored to welcome these two exemplary women to our campus in celebration of the outstanding achievements of the class of 2011," said Saint Joseph College President Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D. "Luanne Rice's novels have captured the imaginations of readers worldwide and we are delighted to recognize her body of work. Kerry Robinson has tirelessly dedicated her career to promoting excellence within the Catholic Church in the United States." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/w99bFpTUbhQ/education.php Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:50:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871002:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://mywesthartfordlife.com/education.php?id=428 Whether measured by annual revenues, number of employees or the market value of property holdings, the nonprofit sector has grown dramatically in recent decades. Indeed, it has grown faster than either the public sector or the business sector. Today, with over a trillion dollars a year in revenues, hundreds of thousands of nonprofit organizations of all sorts and sizes qualify under federal, state and local laws for multiple tax benefits. Nonprofit organizations pay no property taxes. Their donors may get federal tax deductions. Their members (like students at private colleges) may get tax-funded grants or vouchers (like loans to pay college tuition). And their leaders may apply for government aid or compete for government contracts to fund employees' salaries or to cover certain operating expenses. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/65rDGLVzado/America Magazine - The Value of Nonprofits.pdf Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:15:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352871001:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/tlr/documents/America Magazine - The Value of Nonprofits.pdf A handful of dioceses and archdioceses across the country have announced plans to change or freeze pensions for lay employees, following a nationwide trend affecting state employees and workers for nonprofit groups and private corporations. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced a change in its pension plan for lay employees, effective in January. The archdiocese, which had previously offered a defined benefit pension plan for its more than 6,800 lay employees and retirees, has switched to a defined contribution plan where employers contribute a determined amount to the employee's tax deferred annuity account. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/eGx5b8oG6yM/1100370.htm Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:15:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870999:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100370.htm Catholic young adults aren't as attached to the church as their counterparts from the 1940s and 1950s, but they are hardly a lost generation and have not abandoned the faith, according to speakers at a two-day forum at Jesuit-run Fordham University...The program is called Engaging Students to Enliven the Ecclesial Mission, or ESTEEM, and is a collaborative effort with the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/w5aqlAH-U18/1100448.htm Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:15:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870997:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100448.htm Women entering religious orders today are highly educated and experienced in numerous church activities, according to a national survey. The survey report The Profession Class of 2010: Survey of Women Religious Professing Perpetual Vows was released February 2, the Church's World Day for Consecrated Life. It was conducted by the Georgetown University-based Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) and commissioned by the U.S. bishops' Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations. The survey was sent to sisters represented by the two conferences of religious women, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, as well as contemplative communities. Respondents represented 52 religious orders. A total of 68 out of 79 sisters contacted completed the survey.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/W7glpE-cq_Y/11-023.shtml Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:15:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870995:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2011/11-023.shtml If it's true that the only thing worse than negative publicity is no publicity, then 2010 was a banner year for the Vatican. It opened with a sexual abuse crisis in Ireland that would sweep across Europe and put the personal record of Benedict XVI under a spotlight, and it ended with frenzy over the pope's comments on condoms and various Vatican efforts to explain what Benedict did, and didn't, mean. The Religion Newswriters Association, made up of beat reporters in the United States, ranked the sexual abuse crisis the third biggest religion story of the year, behind the New York mosque controversy and faith-based relief efforts in Haiti. That's quite something, given that the crisis of 2010 wasn't even primarily an American story. To be fair, the year's news wasn't all bad for the Holy See. Arguably the highlight of 2010 from the pope's point of view came in September, when his improbably triumphant trip to the United Kingdom also drew wide international interest. As is always the case when a few massive narratives dominate coverage, other storylines tend to slip through the cracks. Herewith, my annual run-down of the "Top Five Under Reported Vatican Stories of the Year" - five stories with important implications for the Vatican and the way it thinks about the world, which didn't get the traction they deserve...Finally, the eruption of these financial scandals is also likely to increase pressure for good governance in the church, not only in the Vatican but in dioceses, parishes, and other Catholic institutions around the world. In the States, groups such as the Leadership Roundtable on Church Management have a new card to play in their conversations with bishops and pastors: "Do you want to be the next Sepe?"]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/cuvtloab0YU/most-under-reported-vatican-stories-2010 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 3:40:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870993:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/most-under-reported-vatican-stories-2010 Ever since Larry Bossidy, a former C.E.O. of Allied Signal and the Honeywell Corporation, raised the question of conducting interviews with lapsed Catholics, I have been giving it a lot of thought. Mr. Bossidy is a devout Catholic and the co-author (with Ram Charan) of a bestselling book, Execution, which Bossidy likes to explain is about effective management in business, not about capital punishment. He addressed a meeting of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management a couple of years ago and pointed out that if businesses were losing customers at the rate the Catholic Church in the United States is losing members, someone would surely be conducting exit interviews. His observation was prompted by data on declining church attendance released by the Pew Research Center.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ZqNQiz3ZZ5M/article.cfm Wed, 05 Jan 2011 3:40:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870991:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12642 NCR: The National Leadership Roundtable for Church Management has developed a new tool called "Standards for Excellence." What exactly is this tool? Brough: The Standards for Excellence are a comprehensive blueprint for responsible and effective management of dioceses, parishes and Catholic nonprofits in the 21st century. There are 55 best-practice standards housed under eight guiding principles (see accompanying sidebar), all founded on the notions of uncompromising ethics, accountability and stewardship within the Catholic church.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/XKkW2ui1qP0/NCR010411.htm Wed, 22 Dec 2010 9:50:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870989:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/NCR010411.htm Priests serving in their first parish leadership role can get training and support in managing parishes, thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment. Seton Hall University's International Institute for Clergy Formation, in partnership with the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, has taken an important step forward in preparing Catholic priests for pastoral leadership. The three-year grant of $721,875 will support the Pastoral Leadership Development Program, a collaborative effort helping new pastors understand the management, finance and human resource responsibilities that are a daily part of parish life. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/wTY8zZJ_j88/Pastors121010.htm Fri, 10 Dec 2010 2:05:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870988:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/Pastors121010.htm The Leadership Roundtable's Michael Brough was a presenter at Mission Congress 2010. Over 400 delegates came from all over the world to celebrate and invigorate US Catholics in Mission. Lay women and men, priests, bishops, and women and men religious gathered in New Mexico as part of a gathering that brings together the United States Catholic Mission Association, Catholic Volunteer Network, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Offices of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, and others involved in mission activities at home and abroad.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/Dx_xuW3JXNo/MissionCongress112910.htm Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:50:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870987:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/news/MissionCongress112910.htm Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, Arizona, has been appointed chairman of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Board of Directors. Cardinal Francis George, OMI, of Chicago, outgoing president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), made the appointment with the full support of USCCB president-elect Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York during executive session of the USCCB's annual Fall General Assembly in Baltimore. Bishop Kicanas, the outgoing vice president of the USCCB, succeeds Archbishop Dolan as CRS chairman. Archbishop Dolan vacated the CRS position upon his election as the new president of the USCCB November 16.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/-J-MZcfD56Y/10-214.shtml Fri, 19 Nov 2010 4:22:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870985:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2010/10-214.shtml Social media is not only here to stay but should be recognized and used as a "new form of pastoral ministry," U.S. bishops were told Nov. 15 in their annual meeting. "Social media is proving itself to be a force with which to be reckoned. If not, the church may be facing as great a challenge as that of the Protestant Reformation," said Bishop Ronald P. Herzog of Alexandria, La., a member of the bishops' Committee on Communications, in an address to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/W7M6-KIS6WI/bishops-urged-embrace-social-media-evangelize-effectively Fri, 19 Nov 2010 4:22:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870983:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2010/11/bishops-urged-embrace-social-media-evangelize-effectively Joel Poliskey is graduating this spring with a physiology degree from Michigan State University. As part of an elite Medical Scholars program, he was admitted to medical school as a freshman and every semester has been on the dean's list. Ten hours a week are spent riding with the Michigan State cycling team -- he is their fastest rider. Yet in spite of these accomplishments, Poliskey says that his best moments in college have been those he spends in the little Catholic parish right across the street from his house, St. John Student Center. Poliskey is just one of roughly 70 similarly passionate and active students chosen to participate in a new program developed by St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., and the Washington-based National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/JXuoGjaGd5o/program-aims-foster-catholic-leaders Fri, 19 Nov 2010 4:21:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870981:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/people/program-aims-foster-catholic-leaders Most Rev. Joseph E. Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville, who was elected vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops this week, led a discussion with bishops from across the nation and representatives from the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management onbest practices in management, finance, and human resource development. Archbishop Kurtz, who served as the USCCB's treasurer for the previous three years, said that partnerships with skilled and competent laity in his diocese allow the Church's mission to flourish. He particularly highlighted the relationship with his lay chancellor, Dr. Brian Reynolds, as particularly helpful, with the two collaborating on different aspects of a singular ministry... ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/e6YcEYRIwPQ/Kurtz111710.htm Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:45:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870979:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/tlr/new-events/news/Kurtz111710.htm Embracing new and state-of-the-art forms of digital communication to reach the faithful has been a top priority of Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley. As part of that effort, effective July 1, the secretariat for Catholic Media will be added to Cardinal O'Malley's cabinet. Scot Landry, the current secretary for Institutional Advancement, will become the secretary for Catholic Media and oversee all of the archdiocese's print and digital media including The Pilot's print edition and its website, CatholicTV, the Boston Catholic Directory, Cardinal O'Malley's weekly email, the archdiocese's website, the archdiocese's new media accounts including Facebook, Twitter and photo sharing. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/cSNU-Cbl19g/article.asp Wed, 3 Nov 2010 5:00:00 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870977:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=11853 Similar to the Leadership Roundtable's Pastors Toolbox program (learn more at http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/new-events/PNM.html), the Catholic New World (Chicago) reports, "The University of St. Mary of the Lake's Ongoing Formation for Priests Program is partnering with the Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management to offer a certificate in advanced pastoral leadership. Kellogg runs four daylong sessions and USML runs three. The Kellogg faculty cover such topics as leadership, team building, managing generations, finance, stewardship, negotiations and decision-making. The USML faculty takes care of the theology." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/iDjmgfMPhHc/1.aspx Thu, 28 Oct 2010 3:43:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870975:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnewworld.com/cnwonline/2010/1010/1.aspx Father Joseph Mele, diocesan vicar general, said he thought the diocese "hit a grand slam" with the speakers at the Triennial Convocation of Priests, which was held Sept. 27-30 at Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling, W.Va. "Each speaker did everything we asked them to do for our priests and more," Father Mele said. "I heard from many priests already that they felt the speakers were speaking directly to them about their lives in ministry. That is always a good thing." Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, really energized "the troops," he said. "She symbolized all that is right and good with the Catholic Church," Father Mele said. "She lifted us up, not only by her talk that was both motivational and practical, but by her genuine love for the Catholic faith and for priests in particular. She told her story as an intelligent and faith-filled Catholic woman in such a way that enabled almost every priest in the assembly to recall so many other wonderful members of the laity in our own lives." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/TjQDIwSP2dg/newsarticles_more.php Mon, 18 Oct 2010 4:07:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870973:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/newsarticles_more.php?id=2893 The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management together with the National Federation of Priests' Councils and the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators have been engaged in a performance development and evaluation project called Catholic Leadership 360 Assessment. The three organizations believe that the ongoing development of lay leaders and priests is a central element of Pastoral Ministry. The project collaborating agency was the Center for Creative Leadership, a worldwide leadership and education group with three US campuses. The main objective of this project is to enhance performance development for both ordained and lay leaders across the country.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/IIsqWAOXmpM/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:29:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870971:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nfpc.org/THIS_WEEK/week_398/#03 The clerical sex abuse crisis was a serious proving ground for the Catholic Church and its commitment to be open and honest with the world about the failures of its members, the Vatican spokesman said.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ufnuCJvhm20/1004072.htm Tue, 12 Oct 2010 4:38:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870969:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1004072.htm A new information management system created by a New Hampshire company specifically for U.S. dioceses and parishes will help them promote "better financial stewardship, accountability and transparency," according to company officials.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/xG8NoGmoFFY/accountability-transparency-goals-new-diocesan-management-system Tue, 12 Oct 2010 4:35:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870967:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2010/10/accountability-transparency-goals-new-diocesan-management-system The Foundation Center, a New York nonprofit organization that aids grant seekers nationwide, has started GrantSpace, a new site filled with educational content, videos, and podcasts. The new online resource is designed to make it easier for nonprofit workers to get information on financing their operations, getting grants, and operating effectively.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/FUlL3Libzf8/27475 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 4:33:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870965:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://philanthropy.com/blogs/prospecting/new-tools-available-to-grant-seekers/27475 Charity governance practices were among the key topics discussed by charity regulators and lawyers for nonprofit groups at a meeting Monday of the National Association of State Charity Officials. Lois G. Lerner, director of the Internal Revenue Service's Exempt Organizations division, noted that the tax agency has received criticism in recent years for its interest in the governance practices of charities.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/lpQoEvU2eKQ/27436 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 4:31:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870963:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://philanthropy.com/blogs/government-and-politics/charity-regulators-focus-on-governance/27436 From the article: "Father Small said the program also will require accountability and transparency and allow people who contributed to church special collections in the United States and elsewhere to know how money is being spent." For more of the Church's efforts in Haiti, watch Catholic Relief Service's Ken Hackett at the 2010 Leadership Roundtable Annual Meeting: http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/aboutus/2010-annual-meeting-kenhackett.html]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/K-sPqegntl0/1003943.htm Tue, 12 Oct 2010 4:28:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870961:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1003943.htm Click to download an article from the newspaper of Michigan State University about that school's adoption of ESTEEM-Engaging Students to Enliven the Ecclesial Mission. ESTEEM is a joint venture of the Leadership Roundtable and Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Cetner at Yale, aimed at empowering young adult Catholics to be leaders in the Church. Learn more at www.esteemleadership.org.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/4VNwncv9HWw/esteemmsu.pdf Fri, 24 Sep 2010 1:15:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870959:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/newsroom/esteemmsu.pdf After the U.S. bishops approved with a two-thirds affirmative vote the document "Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord," their guidelines for the development of lay ecclesial ministry, in November 2005, it was hailed as "the most mature and coherent ecclesiastical document ever produced on a theology of ministry." Those were the words of theologian Richard Gaillardetz, speaking at the first gathering of the National Association for Lay Ministry after the bishops approved the document. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/VYBHTbhZZgw/document-delivers-its-promises Wed, 22 Sep 2010 2:30:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870957:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/document-delivers-its-promises A business group has pledged $4 million in matching grants to help seven urban Catholic schools create endowments during the 2010-11 academic year. Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools (BLOCS) on Thursday announced that it had signed partnership agreements with the schools as it launches its urban endowment initiative. The pilot program advances an approach to helping financially strapped urban parish schools that BLOCS officials have been discussing for the last few years.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/6V_-9jlbYOs/20100903_Business_group_pledges__4_million_in_grants_to_aid_7_urban_Catholic_schools__endowments.html Wed, 22 Sep 2010 2:30:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870955:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.philly.com/inquirer/education/20100903_Business_group_pledges__4_million_in_grants_to_aid_7_urban_Catholic_schools__endowments.html When St. Paul describes the gifts God has given the church, he includes teaching among the most important (1 Cor 12:28). No surprise there. "Go teach!" was the final mandate of Jesus. History has long taught that without teachers to announce the Gospel and educate the young, the church struggles to survive. Evangelization through good teaching is essential to Catholic life. Pastoral leaders in developing nations say that Catholic education is what attracts people to Jesus and his church. When it comes to education, nobody has a better track record than the church.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/eXPeLUpqZcc/article.cfm Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:22:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870954:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12448 In the September 13-20 issue of America Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York calls upon all Catholics to recommit themselves to the mission of Catholic education. "The truth is that the entire parish, the whole diocese and the universal church benefit from Catholic schools in ways that keep communities strong," Archbishop Dolan writes. "So all Catholics have a duty to support them. Reawakening a sense of common ownership of Catholic schools may be the biggest challenge the church faces in any revitalization effort ahead." In the interest of continuing the conversation, we have asked a panel of educators, scholars and parents to respond to the archbishop. Responses follow from Melanie M. Morey, Maureen T. Hallinan, John J. Convey, Robert Sullivan and Patrick J. McCloskey.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/fUuy7CTBiTc/article.cfm Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:20:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870953:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12453 In an effort to further the Church's mission of evangelization and enhance parish communication tools, BCTV and its Pilot Media Group division announced today that it has acquired Parish Communications Solutions, Inc., a leading bulletin provider and printing service to parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston and surrounding dioceses. The bulletin service will become part of the Pilot Media Group and be renamed Pilot Bulletins. The printing service will be called Pilot Printing. "Bulletins are such an important tool for communication and evangelization" said Cardinal Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. "Parish bulletins reach more Catholics weekly than any other media vehicle in the Archdiocese. We are hopeful that Pilot Bulletins will innovate in the ways weekly bulletins share our faith, convey important news, and invite Catholics to important events. We hope to make Pilot Bulletins the best Catholic bulletin service in the country."]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/PBe9_8KdWik/articleprint.asp Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:17:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870951:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://thebostonpilot.com/articleprint.asp?id=12346 Communication consultant Anne Curley would never wish a crisis on any institution, church-related or otherwise, but handled well, a crisis can be an opportunity for growth in faithfulness and trust, she said. The key, especially for church leaders, is to remember that people can take the truth. They expect the truth. Curley writes and speaks frequently on best practices in strategic communication and has made presentations on crisis communication to various organizations, including the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. She is a member of the board of directors of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee's Resource Development Council and of its Catholic Community Foundation. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/MdZWbg_7cqw/anne-curley-do-the-right-thing Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:07:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870947:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://faithandleadership.com/qa/anne-curley-do-the-right-thing Ever since Lawrence Bossidy, former CEO of AlliedSignal and Honeywell International, raised the question, I've been giving it a lot of thought. Bossidy is a devout Catholic who co-authored with Ram Charan the bestselling book Execution, The Discipline of Getting Things Done. A couple of years ago, Bossidy addressed a meeting of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, pointing out that if a business was losing customers at the rate the Catholic Church in the United States is losing members, someone would surely be conducting exit interviews. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/jChNzWERyYI/detail.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:05:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870945:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicherald.com/detail.html?sub_id=13642 When Bishop Larry Silva returned in 2005 to Honolulu, his birthplace, he knew instinctively that he needed a map. But it wasn't the physical geography of the 6,500-mile, 66-parish diocese serving the state's six major islands that puzzled the church's new leader. Rather, Silva needed a strategic plan to help guide the future of this statewide church, which is expected to grow by more than one-third over the next 20 years. Silva turned to Fr. Marc Alexander, diocesan vicar general and theologian, and the late Tom Papandrew, director of planning. Between 2006 and 2008, they laid the groundwork, acting as itinerant listeners while hosting open meetings that included dozens of lay leaders at every parish. The process was demanding on everyone. Each parish created a fact sheet and had to list in writing its goals and concrete steps to implement them.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/TTuaIF7S1nQ/hawaiian-style-road-map Tue, 07 Sep 2010 3:45:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870943:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/faith-parish/hawaiian-style-road-map Joan Neal, former executive vice president for U.S. Operations at Catholic Relief Services (CRS), has been appointed to the newly-created position of Vice President of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness at Cabrini College. Neal will serve as chief planning officer of the College, providing leadership and oversight for key planning, implementation and evaluation processes at both the strategic and operational levels.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/lH8EXgvDzsA/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 3:23:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870941:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.cabrini.edu/News-and-Events/News-Releases/News-Articles/2010/Former-Catholic-Relief-Services-Executive-Named-VP-of-Planning/ After 25 years, Bishop Donald Trautman of Erie, Pennsylvania, is stepping down from his duties as episcopal moderator of the Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (DFMC), the national association of financial leaders of dioceses in the United States and Canada, and will be succeeded by Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas. Bishop Farrell will assume the episcopal moderator's duties at the conclusion of the DFMC's 41st annual conference in New Orleans, September 26-29. Bishop Trautman asked Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), to name a replacement. "It has been an honor and privilege to see firsthand the work of faith filled professionals strengthening the Church in fiscal management," said Bishop Trautman in a message to the members of DFMC. Bishop Trautman has served as Episcopal Moderator of the organization since 1985. He has served as bishop of Erie since 1990. Bishop Kevin Farrell has served as bishop of Dallas since 2007 and is also the chairman of the USCCB Committee on National Collections. The Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference is allied with the USCCB through both its episcopal moderator and the bishops of the dioceses. The DFMC's ministry is to support the free exchange of best practices, provide on-going professional educational opportunities, and promote both the spiritual development and professional relationships of its members in matters of fiscal and administrative expertise in service to the local and national Church.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/-2QloPVMgz4/10-153.shtml Tue, 07 Sep 2010 3:10:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870939:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2010/10-153.shtml Whoever suggested that all publicity is good publicity clearly never envisioned the wave of catastrophe engulfing high-profile corporations over the last year, laying waste to some of the most meticulously tailored reputations on earth. Toyota, celebrated for engineering cars so utterly reliable that they seemed boring, endured revelations that its most popular models sometimes accelerated for mysterious reasons. The energy giant BP, which once packaged itself as an environmental visionary, now confronts the future with a new identity: progenitor of the worst oil spill in American history. And the Wall Street icon Goldman Sachs, an elite player in the white-collar-and-suspenders set, found itself derided in Rolling Stone as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." Last month, Goldman agreed to pay $550 million to settle federal securities fraud charges. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/bHc96BCsksc/whatnottodoinemergency.pdf Mon, 23 Aug 2010 9:41:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870937:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/newsroom/whatnottodoinemergency.pdf In statements, speeches, interviews and at least one pastoral letter, bishops in various parts of the world have begun raising provocative questions about whether something intrinsic to the Roman Catholic church -- perhaps its clerical culture, its manner of governance, its exercise of authority, or a combination of such elements -- has either caused or abetted the priest sex abuse tragedy. From South Africa to Australia, Austria to Ireland, prelates are suggesting that perhaps deeply ingrained habits that have become inherent to clerical and hierarchical behavior, yet are inimical to the message the church proclaims, have contributed to the depth and scope of the scandal.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/GdRA5GznLdg/some-bishops-questioning-clerical-culture Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:28:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870937:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/some-bishops-questioning-clerical-culture "Excellence is the standard: The Catholic Church has been described as an organization as large as Walmart that operates on a feudal model. But the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management hopes to change that, starting with standards for excellence adapted from the nonprofit world." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/fOLmypZe7IY/excellence-the-standard Tue, 17 Aug 2010 4:05:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870933:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.faithandleadership.com/features/articles/excellence-the-standard "I want to be like them: Kerry Robinson, who was formed in the world of Catholic philanthropy and inspired from childhood by modern-day saints, now leads a remarkable effort to assist and strengthen the Catholic Church in the United States." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/TB38MmDTPcw/i-want-be-them Tue, 17 Aug 2010 4:02:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870931:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.faithandleadership.com/profiles/i-want-be-them The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities is pleased to announce that effective August 16, 2010, Dr. Michael Galligan-Stierle assumes the duties of President of the Association upon the retirement of Dr. Richard A. Yanikoski. Dr. Galligan-Stierle is a veteran of forty years in the fields of higher education and campus ministry. He has served for the past four years as the Vice-President of ACCU overseeing conferences, the newsletter, the Journal of Catholic Higher Education, and church-university issues. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/2LMHyhmup1s/MGS_ACCU_presidency_press_release.pdf Tue, 17 Aug 2010 4:02:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870935:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.accunet.org/files/public/MGS_ACCU_presidency_press_release.pdf Catholic and other church-owned health systems demonstrate greater quality and efficiency than not-for-profit or investor-owned systems, according to a new analysis by Thomson Reuters. The analysis released Aug. 9 divided 255 U.S. health systems into four ownership categories and then compared them according to eight performance measures, including mortality rates, complications, patient safety, readmission rates and average length of stay. "Catholic and other church-owned systems are significantly more likely to provide higher quality performance and efficiency to the communities served than investor-owned systems," said a report prepared by David Foster of Thomson Reuters' Center for Healthcare Improvement in Ann Arbor, Mich.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/8zNrs2TVYW4/1003243.htm Fri, 12 Aug 2010 2:05:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870929:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1003243.htm Americans now spend more time using social networks and online games than they do on e-mail, according to a Monday report from Nielsen. In June, U.S. Internet users spent about 22.7 percent of their online time on social networking sites, up from 15.8 percent just one year ago, the report said. About 10.2 percent of their time was spent gaming, up slightly from 9.3 percent last year. This increased focus on Facebook, Twitter, and Farmville resulted in a drop for e-mail. Users spent 8.3 percent of their online time using e-mail, down from 11.5 percent last year.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/Y8OGPhERmD8/0,1217,a=253279,00.asp Mon, 02 Aug 2010 2:05:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870927:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a=253279,00.asp?hidPrint=true The findings have surfaced with ominous regularity over the last few years, and with little notice: Members of the clergy now suffer from obesity, hypertension and depression at rates higher than most Americans. In the last decade, their use of antidepressants has risen, while their life expectancy has fallen. Many would change jobs if they could...But while research continues, a growing number of health care experts and religious leaders have settled on one simple remedy that has long been a touchy subject with many clerics: taking more time off.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/G3iuAXoslfY/clergyburnout.pdf Mon, 02 Aug 2010 1:58:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870925:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://theleadershiproundtable.org/newsroom/clergyburnout.pdf From the post: Six universities and colleges have been asked to partner with Saint Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University and the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management to address the growing challenge of keeping talented young adult Catholics engaged in church leadership roles following their graduation from university. The program, ESTEEM, Engaging Students to Enliven the Ecclesial Mission, debuts this fall at St. Thomas More, Yale, Michigan State University, Stanford, Sacred Heart University, and UCLA.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/V_sgmLtb3Og/college-students-chosen-and-trained-advise-bishops Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:08:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870923:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/college-students-chosen-and-trained-advise-bishops The transcript from Ken Hackett's acceptance speech. Ken accepted the 2010 Leadership Roundtable Best Practices Award on behalf of Catholic Relief Services at the 2010 Annual Meeting.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/U6IdwZdMDi8/entry.cfm Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:44:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870921:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://crs.org/newsroom/testimony/entry.cfm?id=1975 Videos of the presentations at the 2010 Annual Meeting, A Blueprint for Responsibility, are now online. See presentations from Fr. Jim Martin, NCR's John Allen, Bishop Dale Melczek, The Leadership Roundtable's Kerry Robinson, Catholic Relief Services' Ken Hackett, and an update from our board of directors.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/jpY_1PTlQm4/2010-annual-meeting-videos.html Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:44:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870919:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/aboutus/2010-annual-meeting-videos.html Check out this new video: New pastors face a plethora of managerial challenges, from budgets to reporting to communication. These aren't skills that are taught in seminaries. So each summer, pastors from around the country come together to learn how to manage more effectively at the Pastors Toolbox, a joint initiative of Seton Hall University International Institute of Clergy Formation and the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/hCApMaSoDtk/watch Thu, 15 Jul 2010 1:40:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870917:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIUdQDpbUJs From the article: Buried within a core document of the Second Vatican Council is a surprising sentence about the laity. Laypeople, "The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church" says, are "permitted and sometimes even obliged to express their opinion on those things which concern the good of the Church." In other translations, the laity are "duty bound" to do so. In the wake of the sexual abuse crisis, many laypeople struggle with how to express those opinions in ways that will influence church policy...The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management is an organization of laypeople, religious and members of the clergy, along with a few bishops. Together they promote excellence and "best practices" in management throughout the church in the United States, drawing on the expertise of the laity. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/RpLrR1xq12A/article.cfm Wed, 14 Jul 2010 9:55:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870915:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12387 A report on a recent meeting of Leadership Roundtable staff with leaders from the Diocese of Knoxville. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/lAgA9TiDbzI/EastTNCatholic.pdf Wed, 14 Jul 2010 9:55:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870913:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/tlr/documents/EastTNCatholic.pdf The Catholic Church in the US was beginning to make significant strides in addressing the sexual abuse crisis when Catholic institutions were faced with another daunting obstacle: the global financial meltdown. Both subjects were topics of discussion at the recent annual meeting of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management at the Wharton School, where over 100 business and Church leaders gathered to find collaborative solutions to these challenges.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/2mnqUy_Yd4g/2010annualmeeting.pdf Wed, 30 Jun 2010 4:07:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870911:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/tlr/documents/2010annualmeeting.pdf NCR's John Allen writes about the talk he delivered at the Leadership Roundtable's 2010 Annual Meeting, in which he says there is a global case to be made for solid Church management. He says that transparency, accountability, and collaboration is literally a matter of survival for the Church in some areas, particulary in the Middle East, Africa, and India. He also had very positive things to say about the Leadership Roundtable. From the article: The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, by the way, is a striking player on the American Catholic stage for at least a couple of reasons. One is the impressive quality of people the group manages to bring together. On Thursday morning, a panel of board members reviewing the Roundtable's activity for the past year included Tom Healey, Assistant Treasury Secretary in the Reagan administration, and Charles ("Chuck") Geschke, co-founder of Adobe. When heavy-hitters like that talk about how the "best practices" of the public and private sectors might be applied to the church, people tend to listen. Another striking feature about the group is that it's one of the few venues where Catholics who inhabit different "tribes" in the Church rub shoulders. At an opening reception Wednesday night, for example, I bumped into a couple who had been among the founding members of Voice of the Faithful in Boston, and then shared snacks with a couple of members of Opus Dei, one currently living in Italy and the other in Spain. There were Republicans and Democrats, self-described liberals and conservatives, people who work inside the institutional Church and others who definitely pitch their tents on the outside. According to executive director Kerry Robinson, the secret is that good management basically isn't ideological. As a result, a common desire to see the Church run well has a chance to supplant, at least briefly, the hot-button debates that usually drive Catholics apart.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/c280pDxGsWE/global-case-good-government-church Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:07:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870909:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/global-case-good-government-church Catholic journalist and commentator John Allen addressed over 100 members of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and Church officials at the organization's 2010 annual meeting Thursday at the Wharton School, highlighting major demographic changes in the global Catholic Church and the opportunities that they present in promoting transparency, accountability, and collaboration throughout the Church. "In the twenty-first century, it will be difficult to make an argument for anything using only American or western viewpoints," Allen said, noting that only a century ago most of the world's Catholics were white and lived in the developed world. By 2050, 75% of Catholics are expected to reside in the global south, representing new and complicated contexts. The changing face of the Church worldwide means that advocates for transparency, accountability, and collaboration must find new ways to spread their messages, taking global experience into consideration.]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/q2xKDbhpAaY/johnallen.pdf Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:00:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870907:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/tlr/documents/johnallen.pdf Listening to sexual abuse victims can be an "opportunity to recalibrate" the whole of a bishop's ministry, Bishop Blase Cupich of Rapid City said today, because it's a powerful reminder that "there are voices out there which the leadership doesn't usually hear." Cupich spoke as part of panel on lessons learned from the U.S. sexual abuse crisis sponsored by the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, which is holding its annual meeting June 23-25 in Philadelphia. Cupich serves as the chair of the U.S. bishops' Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/N3QuU6X5Czw/listening-victims-model-ministry-bishop-says Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:26:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870905:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/listening-victims-model-ministry-bishop-says The 2010 Annual Meeting, A Blueprint for Responsibility: Responding to Crises with Collaborative Solutions, is underway. Check for real-time updates at www.twitter.com/leadershipround and check for new photos at www.flickr.com/leadershiproundtable. For links to all our social media platforms, head over to http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/socialmedia.html. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/qjzN50VIo5A/socialmedia.html Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:29:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870903:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/socialmedia.html Sacred Heart Academy's class of 2010 took the first steps toward their future as newly minted graduates after an emotional commencement ceremony Saturday morning. The commencement speech was delivered by Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, who advised the young women to hold onto their faith and "embrace the exquisite opportunities that will present themselves to you." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/TPTmu084s2M/doc4c0510b3b9ba4289238752.txt Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:02:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870899:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.ctpostchronicle.com/articles/2010/06/01/life/doc4c0510b3b9ba4289238752.txt From an America magazine editorial marking Pentecost: Pentecost is a time for the church to take note of the varieties of gifts through which the Spirit is already rebuilding the church following the failures of decades. Among those we would note are: the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, the retrieval by religious congregations of their founding charisms, lay pastoral associates, lay people ministering in hospitals and prisons, novel education programs for the poor and service by young people and seniors. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/bbHYE71o_xc/article.cfm Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:02:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870897:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12322 Most Rev. Timothy Senior, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, will be principal celebrant at a Mass during the annual meeting of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management held later this month. "We are thrilled to have Bishop Senior lead us in worship as we gather for the Eucharist in Philadelphia," said Kerry Robinson, executive director of the Leadership Roundtable. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/lJs5tkPYKFA/bishopseniortocelebratemass.pdf Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:26:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870895:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/tlr/documents/bishopseniortocelebratemass.pdf Tony Spence, director and editor-in-chief of Catholic News Service since 2004, is the winner of the Catholic Press Association's 2010 St. Francis de Sales Award. Accepting the award at a luncheon during the Catholic Media Convention in New Orleans, Spence said that when Msgr. Owen Campion gave him his first Catholic press job at The Tennessee Register, diocesan newspaper in Nashville, Tenn., more than 25 years ago, "I thought I would give it a year. It hardly took that long to realize it was much more than a job," he said. "It was a vocation. And one I truly love." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/j7uig00K8ww/1002344.htm Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:26:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870893:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1002344.htm Jack Connors and John Kaneb, two of Boston's most prominent Catholic philanthropists, will address the 2010 Annual Meeting of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, a network of Catholic business and religious leaders focused on strengthening the finances and management of the Catholic Church in the US. This year's meeting, "A Blueprint for Responsibility: Responding to Crises with Collaborative Solutions," will offer ideas to strengthen the Church as it encounters new revelations of clergy sexual abuse across the globe, as well as address the precarious situation in which Catholic organizations find themselves as a result of the worldwide economic collapse. It will be held June 24-25 at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/pqZhKOlNqEM/BostonWharton.pdf Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:55:50 EDT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870891:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://theleadershiproundtable.org/TLR/documents/BostonWharton.pdf The bishops who met with Catholic media professionals in New Orleans June 4 said they hoped the gathering would lead to more such dialogues and pledged to report on the session to their fellow bishops. Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans promised to propose that the bishops' communications committee draw up a "bill of rights" of sorts outlining both the bishops' expectations of the Catholic media's role in the church and what those media organizations expect of the bishops, such as access to information and church officials. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/Ygifg4MVv4s/1002367.htm Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:41:50 EST manual:1244129018625:43538453352870889:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1002367.htm The majority of priests, 94 percent, use internet each day. A study on how priests use the internet has confirmed this. It was carried out by two universities and supported by the Vatican. The report is based on data on 4,992 priests, 1.2 percent of the total. Half of them consider use of the internet very useful in helping them prepare their homilies and almost all use the internet to gather information or to carry out activities of the church. Also, 72 percent think the internet is a good way to carry the faith in the world and 52.5 percent consider it positive for spreading the Christian message. At the same time, 79 percent of surveyed priests believe the digital world is very useful to connect with others, although only 26 percent access social web sites like Facebook or Hi5 habitually. Most consider that the internet does not serve for prayer or for offering spiritual advice. Only 27 percent use it for these reasons. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/w4Okd12vpTo/94-percent-of-priests-use-the-internet-daily-english-2227.html Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870887:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.romereports.com/palio/94-percent-of-priests-use-the-internet-daily-english-2227.html A new study of America's 17,000 permanent deacons has found that 62% are 60 or older, while only 18% receive financial compensation for their ministry. The study, conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, found that 21 dioceses have more than 200 deacons, with Chicago (646), Trenton (442), Galveston-Houston (383), Hartford (355), and New York (316) having the most. 92% of deacons are currently married, while 4% are widowed. The study also found that in 2009, 215 deacons retired, 14 deacons became divorced or separated, 15 requested laicization, and three married without a requisite dispensation. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/IBxVAJ8pHWs/getstory.asp Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870885:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=102319 A new study about the use of digital technology by priests worldwide shows that the Internet has become a frequently utilized tool in homily preparation, evangelization and pastoral support. The PICTURE (Priests' Information and Communication Technologies Use in Their Religious Experience) study was presented Monday in a press conference at Vatican Radio. Cardinal Claudio Hummes, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy underlined the "new cultural world" of digital technologies. This study, he explained, aimed to take a snapshot of the actual use that priests make of technology, in order to be more effective in reaching the heart of the greatest changes in the cultural world. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/bl2U8sLhU_g/getstory.asp Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870883:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=102320 The seminar featured four presentations by canon lawyers: [Roundtable trustee] Fr. John Beal, Catholic University of America, Fr. Lawrence DiNardo, Diocese of Pittsburgh, [Roundtable member] Sr. Sharon Euart, RSM, Canon Law Society of America, and Fr. Kevin McKenna, Diocese of Rochester. All four speakers are active members of the Society; three are Role of Law recipients and three are Past-Presidents of the Society. The speakers focused on the canonical aspects of clergy sexual abuse of minors, including the relationship between canon law and civil law, a history of the US experience, canonical penalties and canonical penal procedures. ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/RaxljiRRwgY/Canon-Law-Seminar-for-Media-a-Success.htm Thu, 27 May 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870881:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.clsa.org/news/42742/Canon-Law-Seminar-for-Media-a-Success.htm Kerry Robinson, executive director of the Leadership Roundtable, is quoted in this NCR profile of Fr. Ron Rolheiser, one of the most sought after theologians and speakers in the English-speaking world. From the article, a quote from Kerry: "He reminds us of what it means to be fully human, and how to live lives of reconciliation and grace," said Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable for Church Management. Robinson said that what she takes away from reading Rolheiser is "a mature, adult faith." ]]>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/SEyaWhtpMH8/be-fully-human-rolheiser-gets-essentials Thu, 27 May 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870879:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/spirituality/be-fully-human-rolheiser-gets-essentials Leadership Roundtable member Chuck Zech was recently profiled in the Chronicle of Higher Education, highlighting his work as director of Villanova University's Center for the Study of Church Management, which recently launched a MS in Church Management program. One of Zech's answers from the interview: Our mantra is that the church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to use its resources effectively. Sometimes that stewardship responsibility requires them to use business-management techniques. That's what we're about. We're about helping churches use their resources more effectively, be better stewards of the resources they have, so they can better carry out God's work on earth. ... Frankly, most church workers don't have a background in business. They advance through the ranks, or they have a degree in theology or religious studies or social work or education, and at some point they find themselves in a managerial situation that they're not prepared for. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/B3tiklekURw/zech_chron_5.16.10.pdf Wed, 26 May 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870867:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.theleadershiproundtable.org/tlr/documents/zech_chron_5.16.10.pdf Leadership Roundtable trustee Sr. Carol Keehan was named one of Time magazine's 100 "people who most affect our world." Another Leadership Roundtable trustee, Vicki Kennedy, wrote for Time: "Courageous and purposeful, Sister Carol Keehan, 66, is a deeply religious Catholic woman dedicated to carrying out the healing ministry of Jesus Christ on earth. Her leadership of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) has been defined by advocacy for the poor and an unwavering respect for human dignity. Her fight to reform health care was an extension of her concern for the most vulnerable in our society and was as integral to the mission of CHA as providing medical services. Undeterred by her critics, she refused to back down as she fought for reforms that would include prenatal and maternity care and coverage for uninsured children. She fought for those who couldn't fight for themselves." ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ycG57_FpTgo/0,28804,1984685_1984864_1985418,00.html Thu, 13 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870865:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984864_1985418,00.html New York's Archbishop Dolan is on a mission: to breathe new life into the city's struggling Catholic schools. From the article: "When the invitation first came in to come to the Manhattan Institute, being new in this great city, I didn't know what it was," confided Archbishop Timothy Dolan, in his opening remarks last week at a luncheon a few blocks from Saint Patrick's Cathedral. "I said to my secretary, I'd be much more inclined to accept an invitation from the martini institute." After the chuckles subsided, the tall, broad-shouldered 60-year-old prelate went on with his remarks, in his warm St. Louis twang. It presumably did not take Dolan long to learn that the Manhattan Institute has long been a champion of Catholic education, and has even supported public funding of Catholic schools. Dolan was at the luncheon - dotted with the likes of the institute's Sol Stern, investment banker Peter Flanigan, and the Wall Street Journal's Bill McGurn - to discuss his strategy for improving Catholic education in inner-city New York. The archbishop's plan to reinvigorate the city's underfunded and underpopulated Catholic schools, dubbed "Pathways to Excellence," is a multi-pronged - and controversial - approach. Some schools will be shut down, others consolidated, and management will flow from the diocese, not the parish. Implementing such institutional changes, he admits, is a daunting challenge. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/VIVUOsdi9uQ/robert-costa Thu, 13 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870863:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://article.nationalreview.com/434021/reviving-the-catholic-schools/robert-costa The Leadership Roundtable's Standards for Excellence were recently introduced at a conference for parishes held in the Archdiocese of Boston. Cardinal Sean O'Malley spoke of the requirement of a culture of pastoral planning, and explained the importance of pastoral planning in the Church today. Roundtable member, Fr. David Couturier, encouraged pastoral leaders to strive for excellence as increasing demands on staff time and decreasing resources challenge their work. He encouraged Church leaders to practice values of excellence in church management such as transparency, equity, accountability, solidarity, simplicity, and collaboration. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/lP7AmRbM0Hg/articleprint.asp Tue, 4 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870861:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://thebostonpilot.com/articleprint.asp?id=11726 From the Times' On Religion column, a piece highlighting the success of Catholic Schools in urban areas, and what public education can learn. From the article: Within the 242 pages of Diane Ravitch's lightning rod of a book, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," there appear exactly three references to Catholic education. Which makes sense, given that Ms. Ravitch is addressing and deploring recent efforts to reform public schools with extensive testing and increasing privatization. Yet what subtly informs both her critique and her recommendations for improving public schools is, in significant measure, her long study of and admiration for Roman Catholic education, especially in serving low-income black and Hispanic students. In that respect, Ms. Ravitch and her book offer evidence of how some public-education scholars and reformers have been learning from what Catholic education is doing right. What one might call the Catholic-school model is perhaps the most unappreciated influence on the nation's public-education debate. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/yX1OUqaVgmc/01religion.html Tue, 4 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870857:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/01religion.html Bishop Blase Cupich, a perennial friend of the Leadership Roundtable, writes an exclusive online piece for America magazine discussing what the Church in the US has learned from the clergy sexual abuse and mismanagement scandal. From the article: The Catholic bishops of the United States have learned many lessons from the sex abuse crisis. These twelve are among the most important. 1. The injury to victims is deeper than non-victims can imagine. Sexual abuse of minors is crushing precisely because it comes at a stage in their lives when they are vulnerable, tender with enthusiasm, hopeful for the future and eager for friendships based on trust and loyalty. 2. Despite the justified anger felt by victims toward the church, bishops still need to reach out to them as pastors. Meetings with victims can be challenging for all involved, but they also can be a moment of grace and insight... ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/lLzLPIlnSrk/article.cfm Tue, 4 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870855:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12272 Americans give large amounts of money to religious institutions. This story takes a look at scriptural exhortations toward giving, and how that plays out in the pews. From the article: Americans gave away 2.2 percent of their personal disposable income to nonprofit groups of various sorts in 2008, according to Giving USA, an annual report on philanthropy. Of the $229 billion that individuals donated that year, about half went to religious institutions. Given our support for houses of worship, it seems reasonable to ask how much the various holy books would have us give. Perhaps the best-known prescription for giving is the Mormon practice of tithing, where members give 10 percent of their income to the church each year. The concept of tithing appears in several places in the Bible, including the book of Genesis, where Jacob promises to give a 10th of what he receives back to God. In Deuteronomy, meanwhile, there is the commandment to tithe "all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year." The year-by-year yield does indeed sound like an ancient agrarian version of what we now think of as annual income. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/IEM0mNIfxfs/01money.html Tue, 4 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870852:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/your-money/01money.html An example of the importance of having thoughtful lay Catholics in positions of leadership in our dioceses and parishes. From the article: From November 2001, when Bishop Wilton Gregory was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, he was known as a good listener. At the time, he was the shepherd of the small 107,425-member Belleville Catholic diocese. He had served in Belleville since 1994 when Pope John Paul II had dispatched him to clean up a sex abuse cesspool involving 10 percent of the Belleville diocese's priests. The Beacon is making public a 10-page memo, a cry from the heart, read aloud to Gregory on Feb. 22, 2002, by a Catholic father of three children. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/hnY1flq-8XY/ Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870844:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.stlbeacon.org/content/view/102010/143/ The Vatican Publishing House has recently released a new edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Church, comprising information on the main aspects of Catholic Church activity in various countries for the period 2000-2008. Over these nine years, the Catholic presence in the world has grown from 1,045 million in 2000 to 1,166 million in 2008, an increase of 11.54 percent. Considering the statistics in detail, numbers in Africa grew by 33 percent, in Europe they remained generally stable (an increase of 1.17 percent), while in Asia they increased by 15.61 percent, in Oceania by 11.39 percent and in America by 10.93 percent. As a percentage of the total population, European Catholics represented 26.8 percent in 2000 and 24.31 percent in 2008. In America and Oceania they have remained stable, and increased slightly in Asia... ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/qDsE2I36CGI/b0_en.htm Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870851:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vis/dinamiche/b0_en.htm Transcript of a speech given by Sister Sharon Euart, a canon law consultant and former associate general secretary of what is now the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The talk, from 2007 and very much relevant again today, calls for "A genuine spirit of openness and transparency about finances, allegations, negotiations and settlements if trust is to be restored and credibility rebuilt" after the clergy sex abuse crisis. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/yA2baWLNJK4/euartarticle.shtml Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870846:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.usccb.org/ocyp/euartarticle.shtml A document from the USCCB that highlights steps the Church in the US has taken to address the sexual abuse of children. From the document: The Catholic Church has worked hard to protect children. Much has been done but more needs to be done. Until child sexual abuse is no longer a part of society, the Church will continue its efforts to stop it. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/GJo-5pkJ7yw/CatholicChurchSexualAbuse.pdf Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870849:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://theleadershiproundtable.org/newsroom/rss/CatholicChurchSexualAbuse.pdf Coverage of a presentation by the Leadership Roundtable's Michal Brough to an assembly of Church personnel from the Archdiocese of Anchorage at the request of Archbishop Roger Schwietz. Michael highlighted the work and success of the Roundtable in bringing best practices to the Church in the US, and offered practical ideas for dioceses, including the adoption of Catholi Standards for Excellence. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/lfXtl0Jo20A/CatholicAnchorOnline.pdf Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870847:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://theleadershiproundtable.org/newsroom/rss/CatholicAnchorOnline.pdf Geoff Boisi, founding chair of the Leadership Roundtable, offers his thoughts on the economic ramifications of Pope Benedict's encyclical Caritas in Veritate at Princeton University's Center for the Study of Religion. Geoff's remarks bein at 35:00. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/NhlCyO5HE-M/4x3.html Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870845:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://bc.princeton.edu/flash/4x3.html?videofile=StreamAS/flash/religion/20100409_morning_sessionB.mp4 The Leadership Roundtable's Kerry Robinson writes, "The first and foremost goal for all of us must be the prevention and elimination of the sexual, physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual abuse of children everywhere, all of the time, for the rest of time. We cannot in good conscience begin this discussion without acknowledging the tremendous hurt and harm, agony and anguish that has been caused by the sexual abuse crisis. The first response by anyone who belongs to the Church must be heartfelt, penitent, unremitting apology..." ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/3wJntngWRnU/a_time_for_prophetic_leadership_and_accountability.html Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870843:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/kerry_robinson/2010/04/a_time_for_prophetic_leadership_and_accountability.html The sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Roman Catholic Church is by far the most tenacious and complex crisis Pope Benedict XVI has faced. And it is a crucial test for a papacy that many Vatican observers say has a deep internal flaw: its management. A shy theologian, Benedict is "a brilliant teacher and preacher, but not a strong administrator," said George Weigel, an expert on the Vatican and a biographer of Pope John Paul II, in an e-mail message. "That's fine for a pope, so long as he gets a strong administrator or administrators to do that side of the job." "To be candid," Mr. Weigel added, "that's what has seemed to many sympathetic observers of this pontificate that it has been missing thus far." ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/hRtPSqjF4QA/07vatican.html Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870840:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/world/europe/07vatican.html?ref=world The Department of Communications of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will undergo reorganization, effective May 1. "These changes will allow us to tap the benefits of the rapidly changing media environment around us," said Helen Osman, secretary of the Communications Department. Under the new design, the department will include two new offices, the Office of Creative Services and Office of Customer and Client Relations, and a unit for Project Management in the Office of the Secretary for Communications. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/6d60vaR1HWk/10-055.shtml Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870841:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2010/10-055.shtml Bishops and other church leaders should rely on research and make better use of it, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., said March 24 at the Catholic University of America. Decision-making based on "one's instincts, hunches and untested opinions" rather than on sound research "can lead to tragic results," he said. Bishop Kicanas, who is vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivered the inaugural Dean Hoge Memorial Lecture, sponsored by CUA's Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies, formerly known as the Life Cycle Institute. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/d6o4ziCf0PE/bishop-kicanas-church-should-make-better-use-research Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870839:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/bishop-kicanas-church-should-make-better-use-research Imagine a scenario in which a pastor in San Francisco is grappling with how best to approach his parishioners about a looming budget shortfall and the finance council's recommendations for cutting vital programming. He knows that his decisions will be met with resistance from many members of his parish, no matter which programs survive. But the money simply is not there to continue operating at current levels. He is unsure about how to proceed. In Boston a few months prior, a pastor grappled with similar challenges. When he went to his finance council, they advised him to hold a series of conversations with parishioners about the state of the parish's finances, how much money various programs require to continue, and to ask for input on ways to move forward. When the time came to cut programs, most people understood the process, and while many lamented the loss of key programs, they expressed their goodwill for the pastor and the process. What if there were a way to connect the pastor in California to the one in Massachusetts? ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/nwEyWND1jdc/VirtualCommunitiesPDF.pdf Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870837:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://nlrcm.org/nlrcm/newsroom/2010/VirtualCommunitiesPDF.pdf An article discussing "a three-day conference about the future of American Christianity at the Claremont School of Theology. Pagitt was among about 150 ministers, laypeople and academics who gathered to discuss 'Theology After Google.' The consensus: It's a whole new world out there. Churches will ignore it at their peril. 'I think things like denomination and ordination are part of the old system of control and domination that has to go,' Pagitt, 42, said as he relaxed after the conference's first day at the Theo Pub set-up for participants. Around him, beer flowed and conversation leaped from Twitter to evangelism to church formation to corn toss, a beanbag game popular in the Midwest and Appalachia that is gaining a toehold among the theologians in Claremont. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/n44suKBZJaU/la-me-beliefs15-2010mar15,0,4976077.story Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870835:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs15-2010mar15,0,4976077.story The sixth edition of The Catholic Funding Guide, a directory and database providing information on 1,189 private, corporate, fraternal, and church based funding agencies, is available. The Guide, now in its eleventh year of publication, has been used by thousands of parishes, schools, universities, healthcare institutions, and missionary groups as a resource for preparing grant proposals and reaching funding agencies with Catholic interests. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/D9ILMF_zSvQ/CatholicFundingGuideSixthEditionPublished.pdf Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870833:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://nlrcm.org/nlrcm/newsroom/2010/CatholicFundingGuideSixthEditionPublished.pdf Head over to www.nlrcm.org/newsroom for an informative chart about the effective of social media platforms. Article: Five years is a lifetime for the average teenager's habits. In 2005, MSN was top dog in the social-networking scene; two years later it was MySpace (owned by News Corp., publisher of this service), which was then quickly superseded by Facebook. And now, work by Capgemini Consulting suggests that another trend may be on its way, with many of the younger demographic moving away from conventional social networking and toward sites based on particular interests such as games, TV, music or movies. The research indicates that the average number of minutes spent on Facebook per user by 18 to 24 year olds globally declined every month for the three-month period ending September 2009. At the same time, a site like FarmVille, where users chat while playing the game, saw its unique users explode to 15.5 million from virtually zero in three months. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/MRdEcj3cgJI/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870831:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2010/03/09/the-changing-face-of-social-networks/ [Leadership Roundtable Trustee] The Rev. J. Bryan Hehir is a Catholic priest, the secretary for health care and social services in the Archdiocese of Boston, and the Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at HKS. He has been dean of Harvard Divinity School, president of Catholic Charities USA, and director of the office of international affairs of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops. In the past 20 years Hehir has thought and written extensively on the moral dimensions of military intervention. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/8Mw7jpz60AA/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870829:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/publications/hks-magazine/archives/winter-2010/q-a-the-rev.-j.-bryan-hehir/ The Vatican is launching an iPhone application, and it chose a San Bernardino priest to deliver the app's inspirational message. The Rev. Michael Manning, 69, host of a longtime show on Trinity Broadcasting Network, author of several books and recipient of a 2006 papal award, will deliver daily inspirational video messages on the app. The app's release is expected in early April. The app, sponsored by the Vatican Observatory Foundation, is apparently the first from a Vatican-affiliated institution. The Rev. Paul Tighe, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said from his Vatican office that he is unaware of any other. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/KlMFufehTHo/PE_News_Local_N_vaticanapp28.48af7af.html Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870827:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_N_vaticanapp28.48af7af.html By some key measures, Americans ages 18 to 29 are considerably less religious than older Americans. Fewer young adults belong to any particular faith than older people do today. They also are less likely to be affiliated than their parents' and grandparents' generations were when they were young. Yet in other ways, Millennials remain fairly traditional in their religious beliefs and practices. Pew Research Center surveys show, for instance, that young adults' beliefs about life after death and the existence of heaven, hell and miracles closely resemble the beliefs of older people today. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/ZaB4lCDwIPo/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870825:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=510 Sick patients want to be treated by the best-trained doctors and nurses available. But is that enough or do patients need pastoral care as an integral part of holistic health care? While most hospitals offer spiritual care to their patients, do patients really need professionally trained and board-certified Catholic chaplains? One organization thinks so. "Chaplaincy work is a remarkable ministry, but requires knowledge of the setting," said David Lichter, executive director of the Milwaukee-based National Association of Catholic Chaplains. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/yuuunq-uY3I/should-catholic-chaplains-be-board-certified Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870823:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/should-catholic-chaplains-be-board-certified A sufficient number of volunteer parishes have stepped forward to begin the test phase of a new model of the financial relationship between parishes and the archdiocese. In late 2009, Cardinal Sean O'Malley called for 30 volunteer parishes to be part of the first phase of the new financial model's rollout. This week, the Archdiocese of Boston announced it has 34 parishes who have volunteered to implement the plan during the next fiscal year, which runs from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/hHSBv-ks0G8/article.asp Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870821:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=11417 The ads ask Catholics to return to their pews. But some churches in suburban Chicago want to take it a step further. They are ready to listen to complaints about the church from inactive Catholics, and prepared to apologize for any hurt the church has caused. As part of the Catholics Come Home initiative and similar efforts, churches in Chicago, Joliet and Rockford, Ill., have reached out through television ads, special classes, and social nights to attract inactive members before Lent. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/93-40o_z8Lc/Catholics%20Come%20Home%20Chicago.pdf Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870819:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/2010/Catholics%20Come%20Home%20Chicago.pdf Academic excellence and public service should be the twin goals of Catholic education, according to the president of the oldest and biggest assembly of Catholic universities in the US. Leadership Roundtable member Anthony J. Cernera sets out his vision to Peter Kavanagh. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/fPyPU5Hw4T8/Cernera.pdf Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870817:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://nlrcm.org/nlrcm/newsroom/2010/Cernera.pdf Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA) has announced the Conrad N. Hilton Fund for Sisters as the recipient of this year's Charles Carroll Award for its support of Catholic nuns worldwide. The Los Angeles-based Fund for Sisters was established in 1986 by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, whose founder, hotelier Conrad Hilton, left his fortune to help the world's most disadvantaged and vulnerable people. To date, the fund has awarded grants totaling $75 million to support the educational, health, and social service ministries of sisters in one hundred and thirty countries. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/2Z-XEObrRTg/story.jhtml Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870820:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=284500002 The arrival of digital media is affecting every aspect of society from policing, to health care, to education, to news reporting and to entertainment. The greeting-card business is not immune. An estimated 300 million e-cards are sent each year. The legendary Hallmark Cards, based in Kansas City, Mo., and celebrating its 100th birthday this year, sent more than 47 million e-cards in 2008 alone. One business owner, a group of Benedictine monks who are used to centuries of ink and parchment, is also adjusting to this new reality. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/SrZ_YpWhqSM/monks-and-mbas-dynamic-duo Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870815:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/monks-and-mbas-dynamic-duo A communique published today announces that the Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organisational and Economic Problems of the Holy See met on 20 and 21 January under the presidency of Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. The order of the day was the discussion of the consolidated budget of the Holy See and the budget of the Governorate of Vatican City State, for the year 2010. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/3VZIB3XYqeM/getstory.asp Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870801:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=99980 Extraordinary Pastoring was the title given for this conference gathering those who lead parishes under a special provision of canon law during times of priest shortage. The group shared many positive experiences of leading Catholic parishes across the nation and began planning for the development of a national professional ministry organization. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/Lipv6VnrAjw/Extraordinary%20Pastoring%20Conference.pdf Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870802:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/2010/Extraordinary%20Pastoring%20Conference.pdf An article appearing in the magazine of the National Federation of Priests' Councils, written by Leadership Roundtable Director of Planning and Programs Michael Brough. The article discusses Catholic Standards for Excellence and the 360-degree performance review tool offered by the Roundtable, as well as ways for the Church to adopt best temporal practices so that ministry and service can flourish. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/miiKmQvAFNw/Brough_NFPC.pdf Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870813:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://nlrcm.org/Newsroom/2010/Brough_NFPC.pdf Giving money away is not as easy as one might think. It becomes even more complicated if individuals and institutions integrate a Catholic socially responsible approach into their philanthropy. We help people with their philanthropy and are able to create amazing opportunities for kids and families to attend Catholic schools, as one example of our work, said Leadership Roundtable member Marilou Eldred. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/RfyF4L29Q3g/giving-money-away-catholic-model Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870811:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://ncronline.org/news/accountability/giving-money-away-catholic-model Catholic Charities USA, the national office that represents local Catholic Charities affiliates, had expected to fall several million dollars short of its $7.1-million goal for the year. But giving rallied at the end of December: Donations grew 21% that month compared with the same time last year, and the number of donors grew by 30%. Catholic Charities USA has so far recorded $6.6 million for 2009 and is still processing gifts. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/GFCyQbGvgC4/1 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870809:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://content.usatoday.com/communities/kindness/post/2010/01/a-flurry-of-last-minute-giving-lifted-charities-holiday-appeals/1 Leadership Roundtable board member Susan King is interviewed on Busted Halo's radio show by Fr. Dave Dwyer. Check out the interview at http://www.bustedhalo.com/videoandaudio/interview-susan-king/ ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/nuXmvn1bQbw/ Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870807:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://www.bustedhalo.com/videoandaudio/interview-susan-king/ The Catholic Church requires parishes to have a committee of laity with financial know-how. Financial councils help pastors and parish business managers come to sound decisions on internal controls, budget, payroll, investment, real estate, fund drives, building campaigns and poor funds. ]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nlrcm/roundtablenews/~3/aK-HRbEtOts/10603 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:22:50 GMT manual:1244129018625:43538453352870805:http://www.nlrcm.org/Newsroom/RSS/Newsroom.xml http://sentinel.org/node/10603