A Framework for Formation for Mission in Catholic … mission of being in the heart of people is not just a part of my life or a badge I can take off; it is not an “extra” or just

A Framework for Formation for Mission

in Catholic Education

My mission of being in the heart of people is not just a part of my life or a badge I can take off; it is not an “extra” or just another moment in life. Instead, it is something I cannot uproot from my being without destroying my very self. I am a mission on this earth; that is the reason why I am here in this world. We have to regard ourselves as sealed, even branded, by this mission of bringing light, blessing, enlivening, raising up, healing and freeing.

(PopeFrancis, Evangelii Gaudium, 273)

NihilObstat:Most Rev Terence R Curtin TitularBishopofCabarsussiAuxiliary Bishop ofMelbourne

Imprimatur:Most Rev Timothy J Costelloe SDB ArchbishopofPerthChair, Bishops Commission for Catholic Education29November2016

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A Framework for Formation for Mission in Catholic Education

FOREWORD

Asiswellknown,CatholicschoolsinAustraliaeducateoneinfiveAustralianchildren.ThisisanextraordinarycontributiontothesocialfabricofoursocietyandoneoftheprimarywaysinwhichtheCatholicChurchseekstoplayaconstructiveroleintheAustraliancommunity.

OurschoolsareunapologeticallyCatholicin inspirationandinnature.Weaimtoprovidethebesteducationpossibletoeverychildwhoattendsoneofourschools.Believingaswedothat,in thewords of GeraldManlyHopkins “theworld is chargedwith the grandeur of God”,werecognise that every aspect of human knowledge and activity, to the extent that it is trulyhuman,revealssomethingofthemysteryofGodandofGod’screativeintentionfortheworld.

Becauseitisourfirmintentiontoeducatethewholeperson,andbecausewebelievethateducationisforlifeandnotjustforajob,wealsoacknowledgeandinsistthataneducationwhichsidelinesorexcludesthemysteryofGodfromconsiderationisaneducationwhichcanonlyeverbelessthancomplete.ByleavingGodoutoftheprocess,weareindeedsellingourchildrenandyoungpeopleshortandleavingthemwithalimitedanddistortedunderstandingofwhatitmeanstobeahumanpersonlivinghisorherlifetothefull.

FortheCatholicschooltoachieveitsobjectives,itneedspeoplewhoarecommittedtothisfaith-filledvision,confidentintheirunderstandingoftheChristianfaithasitcomestoexpressionintheCatholictraditionandeagertodotheirbesttohelptheirstudentsgrowintheirownunderstandingofthepresenceofGodatworkintheirlives.ThisFramework

for Formation for Mission in Catholic Education hasbeendeveloped toassistour teachersandotherstaffintheirunderstandingoftheawesomeresponsibilitytheyhaveaccepted,mindfuloftheoldLatintag:“nemodatquodnonhabet”–noonecangivewhatheorshedoesn’thave.

OnbehalfoftheCatholicbishopsofAustralia,Ithankallthoseinvolvedinthepreparationofthisimportantresource.Mayyouberewardedforyoureffortsbyseeingourschoolsbecomemoreandmoreplaceswhere“theGodthing”reallymatters.

Chair, Bishops Commission for Catholic Education

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RATIONALE

The National Catholic EducationCommissionpublishesthisdocumentasaresourceforeducationalleaderswithresponsibilityforstafffaithformationforthemissionofCatholiceducation.Thisresponsibilityappliestotheprincipals,leadershipteamsandschoolgovernancebodiesofCatholicschoolsandtothosewithdirector,missionleadership,governanceandformationrolesindiocesan,religiousinstituteandministerialpublicjuridicpersonentitiesandsystems.

ThisframeworkisofferedasaresourcefortheevaluationofcurrentpracticeandstrategicenhancementofformationformissionofleadersandstaffinAustralianCatholicschoolsandsystems.ThereisaformativedimensiontoeveryaspectofCatholic schooling.Therefore, thisdocumentprovidesnotonlyaframeworkforformationbutanorientationforthewholelifeofaCatholiceducationalcommunity.Allmembersofthecommunitycanfindthemselvesinthisframeworkasitpresentsunderstandingsthatarefundamentaltotheformationofallindividualsandcommunities,leaders,staff,parentsandstudents.

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INTROUCTION

AcrossAustraliatherearemanycommitted,well-formedCatholicleadersandteachersplayinganessentialroleinthemissionofCatholicschools.TherehasbeenincreasingstrategicactivityinformingleadersandstaffforthemissionofCatholiceducation.Thespiritualjourneysofschoolandeducationalofficestaffareindividualanddiverse.Somestaffmembershaveacquiredtheologicalandreligiouseducationqualifications,mostmeetaccreditationrequirementsbuttheneedforgreaterstrategicfocusonformationisincreasinglyapparent.

Bishops,diocesaneducationoffices,religiousinstitutes,publicjuridicpersonsandleaders

atschoollevelhaveidentifiedtheneedforsystematic,developmentalandwell-resourcedprogramsfortheevangelisationandspiritualgrowthofschool,systemandothercommunitymembersasapriority.

Whilesomedioceses,religiousinstitutesandpublicjuridicpersonsinvestconsiderableresourcesinfaithformationofstaff,othersrequiregreaterexpertiseand/orresourcesastheyworktowardsprovidingcomprehensive,systematicprograms.Effectivefaithformationrequiresanorganisedandintentionalapproach,giventheunevenlevelsofknowledge,experienceandpersonalappropriationoftheChurch’s spiritualtraditionsandreligiouspractices.

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A VISION

I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full.

Jn 10:10

Catholicanthropologyguidesthisframeworkfor formation formission.Catholicschoolingrepeatedlyemphasisestheneed foraneducationalphilosophybuiltonthefoundationofaCatholicunderstandingofthehumanperson.“ThepersonofeachindividualhumanbeingisattheheartofChrist’steaching:thisiswhythepromotionofthehumanpersonisthegoaloftheCatholic school”.1The Catholic school iscommittedtotheeducationofthewholepersonsinceinJesusChristallhumanvaluesfindtheirfulfilmentandunity:“hereinlies thespecificCatholiccharacteroftheschool”.2Christ is “thecentreandfulcrumoftheentireenterprise”and“thestandardandmeasure of a school’s Catholicity”.3

Thisframeworkrecognisesparentsasthefirsteducatorsoftheirchildren.ItaffirmsthatCatholicschoolingisapartnershipwiththehomeandtheparish,thepre-eminentplaceofcatechesis.4ItaffirmstheChristianvocationofeducationalleadersandteachersandtheirneedforformationoftheheartforitdependschieflyonthemwhethertheCatholicschoolachievesits

purpose.5 Itrecognisesthatschoolstaff“whotrulylivetheirfaithwillbeagentsofanewevangelisationincreatingapositiveclimatefortheChristianfaithtogrowandin spirituallynourishingthestudentsentrusted to their care”.6

TheformationofthewholepersonrecognisestheinnatedignityofthechildandyoungpersonwhoiseducatedintheCatholicschool.They“aretheonesmostreceptiveto thegiftofGod”and in“theiropennessandtrust,theyofferusaglimpseofwhat it is tobeopen toGod”.7CatholicanthropologydemandsthatthisframeworksupportsallintheCatholiceducatingcommunityinaffirmingthestudents’inherentgoodnessintheimageofGod,developingtheirgiftstothefullest,andformingthemasmissionarydisciples8 ofJesus.Itcallsoncurriculumandpedagogiesinwhichthelearnersareactiveparticipantswhoareengagingtheirwholeperson(“head,heartandhands”)inasystematicandcriticalsynthesisofcultureandfaith,andof faithand life.9

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A CATHOLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN PERSoN

You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

StAugustine, Confessions, 1.

ThedesireforGodiswritteninthehumanheartbecausethehumanpersoniscreatedbyGodand forGod.10ThestartingpointforaCatholicunderstandingisthateveryhumanbeingisapersonmadeintheimageandlikenessofGod;11hencehumannatureis essentiallygood.Thisisassuredindisputably bytheIncarnation,whereinthemysteryof theWordmadefleshthetruemeaningofthehumanpersonbecomesclear.12“Thedivinebecamehumansothatthehumancouldbecomedivine”.13

Thedivineimage isneverlost,evenbysinandthemisuseof humanfreedom.Throughthelife,deathandresurrectionofJesusChrist,humanity isrestoredandthegraceofsalvationisofferedtoallmenandwomen.Asaresult,a Catholicanthropologyisshapedbyhopein themercyofGod.Nohumanpersoniseverself-sufficientbutaboveallinrelationtoGod,wearealwaysinneedofGod’sgrace.Thehumanpersontransformedbygraceisanimatedbythetheologicalvirtuesoffaith,hopeandcharity.

IntheCatholicunderstanding,thehumanpersonisamoralagent,an“actingsubject”14initiatingandresponsibleforone’sownactionsandcapableofrepentanceforsinandongoingconversioninresponsetoGod’smercy. A Catholic theologicalanthropologyrejectsanynotionofthepersonasamerevictimoffate.Atthesametime,asamirroroftheTrinity,thehumanpersonisessentiallyrelational,findsGodinandthroughothers,andhasanobligationtoworkforjusticeforallinthehumancommunityandto“careforourcommonhome”.15Inthisitopposesexcessiveindividualism.TheCatholicunderstandingseeslifeasagiftfromGodthatshouldbeaffirmedanddefendedforitsessentialdignity,andlivedjoyfullyandhopefullyinthepromiseoflifewithGodforalleternity.

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FORMATION FOR MISSION IN A FAITH COMMUNITY

Theunderstandingofformationformissioninafaithcommunityoperativeinthisframeworkisasfollows:

Faith formation of Catholic school community members is Christ- centred. It is an intentional, ongoing and reflective process that focuses on the growth of individuals and communities from their lived experiences, in spiritual awareness, theological understanding, vocational motivation and capabilities for mission and service in the Church and the world.

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THE CONTEXT FOR FORMATION FOR MISSION IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION

It is absolutely necessary for us to take into account a heritage of faith that the Church has the duty of preserving in its untouchable purity,

and of presenting it to the people of our time, in a way that is as understandable and persuasive as possible.

PopePaulVI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, 3

TheworldwidepictureofCatholicismhaschangeddramaticallyoverthelastcentury.Therehasbeenaglobalshiftsouthwards.Whereas100yearsago,70percentofCatholicswereinEuropeandNorthAmerica,now70percentareinLatinAmerica, Africa and Asia.

Thegrowthinthosecontinentshasbeenparalleledbysignificantsocial,culturalandreligiousshiftsinWesternsociety,includingAustralia.Therehasbeenanerosionoftraditioninreligionandsocietyaccompaniedbyprocessesofincreasingpluralisationandsecularisation.Beliefinmeta-narrativesisquestionedandindividualsaresaidtoconstructtheirownmeaninginanautonomousandself-reliantmanner.Formany,religionisnolongerthe self-evidentanswertohumanaspirations.

Evenso,adesireforalifeofmeaningremainsstrong.Manypeople,particularlytheyoung,whohaveabandonedinstitutionalreligionfavourformsofspiritualitythathavebeendescribedas“beingspiritualbutnotreligious”.16 In this overall context, Catholicschools,schoolleaders,staffandstudentsnowincreasinglychoosetobeChristian

ratherthanlivinginadominantChristiancultureasamatterofcourse.

Inthepast,Catholicschoolsdemonstratedtheirreligiousidentitymainlybyhabit,traditionalformsofpiety,sacramentalpractice,familyoforiginandlocality.TheverytightandveryvisibleAustraliancultureofparishandreligiouslifehasaltered.ParticipationinSundayEucharisthasdeclinedsignifigantly.Whilesomeadults inCatholiceducationcontinuetoexpresselementsofconfessionality,thetraditionalnotionofhandingonfaithinfamily,schoolandparishcannolongerbepresumed–eitherforstudentsorforstaff.

AsPopeFrancishasemphasised,these“vastandrapidculturalchangesdemandthatweconstantlyseekwaysofexpressingunchangingtruthsinalanguagewhichbringsouttheirabidingnewness”.17TheserenewedformsofexpressionarisefromreflectionandreinterpretationoftheCatholicheritageinresponsetothesignsofthetimesinordertore-presentittothenextgenerationsothatitalsoaddressestheircontextandquestions.

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TheformationandcapabilitiesrequiredforleadersandstaffinCatholiceducationwithinthiscontextspeaktotheverymissionoftheChurch.TeachersandleadersneedtoknowconfidentlywheretheChurchcomes fromandwhereCatholicismstandsasa faithtradition,andtheirplacewithinit.ThiswillenablethemtosustainengagementwithcontemporaryexpressionsofCatholicismandopendialoguewithfellowstaffandwith studentssothattheytoomightexperiencethemasmeaningfulfortheirlives.

ThestaffofAustralianCatholic schoolsandsystemscomefromavarietyofbackgrounds:

• Nationally,80percentofprimaryschool

teachersand61percentofsecondaryschoolteachersidentifyasCatholic.

• Someoftheseareengagedregularly

in theworshippingcommunityofaCatholicparishoutside theirschoolexperience.ResearchinWesternAustraliashowsthatabout25percentofstaffareinthiscategory.18

• Otherresearchshowsthattheseteachers

haveastrongsenseofbelongingtotheCatholicChurchandaremostactiveinleadershipandministryrolesintheparishes.19

• Somestaffhave little familiaritywith

Catholic beliefs and values. Formoststaff, theCatholicschool is theironlyregularexperienceofthemissionand

lifeofCatholicism.Thisincludesthe29percentnationallywhoarenotCatholicorwhosereligiousaffiliationisnotrecorded.

SeveralstudiesshowahighdegreeofsupportamongstaffforthemissionandidentityofCatholicschools.Thereligiousidentity profiforVictorianteachersinEnhancingCatholicSchoolIdentityProject2012 researchshowsthat96percenthadfaithin Christ,including48percentwhohadstrong faithinChrist.Furthermore,94percent supportedCatholicschoolidentityorthey “think it’s OK”.20

TheWesternAustralianresearchmentionedabovewasamong4,000Catholiceducationstaffandprovideddataontheirdifferingfaithformationneeds.Thesurveysoughttofindoutfromstaffwhatexperiencesnurturefaith,whatexperiencesdetractstafffromengaginginformationalopportunitiesandwhatsortsofexperiencestheyidentifyasneedsinfaithformation.Thedatarevealedsevengroupingsor“faithsegments”ofstaffs.Each “segment”has similardescriptivefeatures,particularlywithregardstoenhancers,detractorsandneeds.Itisclearthatacriticalaspectofintegratedandsystematicplanningistoofferexperiencesforstaffthatequipthemformissioninawayrespectfulofthediversityoftheirbackgroundsandexperiences.

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SOME KEY Arising out of the Understanding

‘Come and see’ (Jn 1:39)

Aspects of the Understanding of Faith Formation for Mission

ItisChrist-centred:• it articulates the life, death and resurrection of Jesus and his Gospel as a revelation

ofGod’sloveforusandthewaytotruefreedomasitisproclaimedandlivedinthecontemporary Catholic Church.

Itisaprocessthatis• intentional • ongoing • reflective.

Itfocusesonthegrowthof• individuals, and • communities.

Itisfrom• their lived experiences.

Itisgrowthin• spiritual awareness • theological understanding • vocational motivation, and • capabilities for mission and service in the Church and the world.

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QUESTIONS of Faith Formation for Mission

and go and do (Mt 28)

Some corresponding factual questions to consider across a suite of formation programs

IsthesuiteofprogramsandthecontentexplicitlyChristological,scripturallyrichandecclesiallygrounded?

DoesitinvitestaffintoapersonalrelationshipwithJesusanddeeperorrenewedparticipationintheEucharistandafaithcommunity?

Isitpurposeful,strategic,developmentalandsequential? Isformationoftheheartcharacterisedbyprayerfulness,reflectionandcelebrationoftheEucharist?

Istheredifferentiationaccordingtoindividualbackgrounds,needsandroles?DoesitbuildcommunalCatholic identityandculture?

Isitrespectful,experientialandrelevant,buildingonparticipants’personalstoryandeverydayreality?

Isthereanaffectivefocusonaperson’sfaithjourneyanddiscipleship?

Istheresubstantivetheologicalcontent?

Arepersonalvocationandresponsivenesstomissionpromoted? Doesitseektodevelopthewillingness,confidenceandcapacitiesofparticipantstoservetheevangelisingmissionofCatholicschooleducation?

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SOME KEY PRINCIPLES FOR CATHOLIC FORMATION FOR MISSION

Catholic educators need a “formation of the heart”: they need to be led to

that encounter with God in Christ which awakens their love and opens their spirits to others, so that their educational commitment becomes a

consequence deriving from their faith, a faith which becomes active through love (cf. Gal 5:6)

(Educating Together in Catholic Schools, 25, cf Deus Caritas Est, 31)

Formationformissionisaprocessthatissystematic,collaborative,graduatedandongoing.Thisprocessholdsitselfwithinrelationshipsbuiltonaccompanimentcentredontheself,others,creationandGod.

FormationformissioninCatholiceducation:

1. Is “formation of the heart” that ischaracterisedbyprayerfulnessandreflection.

2. Isrespectful,experientialandrelevant,buildingonparticipants’personalstoryandeverydayreality.

3. IsexplicitlyChristological,scripturallyrichandecclesiallygrounded.

4. Hasanaffectivefocusonaperson’sfaithjourneyanddiscipleship.

5. Hassubstantivetheologicalcontent.

6. SetsouttobuildcommunalCatholicreligiousidentityandculture.

7. Isdifferentiatedaccordingtoindividualandcommunityneeds.

8. Promotespersonalvocation,connectionwiththeCatholictraditionandresponsivenesstomission.

9. Developsthewillingness,confidenceandcapacitiesofparticipantsintheirrolestoservetheevangelisingmissionofCatholic school education.

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SOME KEY INTENTIONS

The Church will have to initiate everyone – priests, religious and laity – into this “art of accompaniment” which teaches us to remove our sandals before the sacred ground of the other (cf. Ex 3:5). The pace of this accompaniment

must be steady and reassuring, reflecting our closeness and our compassionate gaze which also heals, liberates and encourages growth in the Christian life.

PopeFrancis, Evangelii Gaudium, 169

Theintentionofformationformissionistoenable:

• deeperfaithrelationshipswithGod,Church,self,othersandcreation

• greater engagement between individuals’ livesmarkedby“accompaniment” in theserviceofothers

• acultureofdialogue

• strongercommitmenttotheministryofteachingandparenting

• adeepercallintomissionarydiscipleship.

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MISSIONARY DISCIPLESHIP

isexpressedby:

diakonia

Serving Christ

Theseintentionscometolifewhenformationformissionisakeystrategicpriorityinschoolandsystemleadershipandgovernance.Theywouldbeevidentwhentherearesystematic,differentiatedformationopportunitiesprovidedbyschoolsandsystemswithaccountabilityidentifiedinschoolandsystemannualplans,budgets

andreviewandschoolimprovementcycles.Attheleveloftheindividualleadersormembersofstaff,therewouldbeinclusionofformationinannualprofessionalgoals,widespreadparticipationandpositiveevaluationdataonitsimpactonthemasindividualsandintheirministryinCatholiceducation.

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DESIGNING AND FACILITATING FORMATION

Formationtakesmanyforms,operatingindiversesituations,bothformalandinformal,witharangeofsubjects.Attimes,itmaybeintegratedwithstaffprofessionallearning.Oftenithasafacilitatororformator;sometimesitdoesnot.Thereisarangeofprocessesforformationandthereisnoonewayofdesigningit.However,therearecertainfundamentalconsiderations.

Theparticipantsarethekeyresourceinformation.TheprogramfacilitatororformatorisnotbringingGodtopeople,forGodisalreadythere.Eachperson’slifeissacredandtheirlifeexperiencesalreadycontainthestoryoflife,deathandresurrection.

Formationbuildsontheexperienceoftheparticipantsthroughprocessesofinput,reflection,sharingandapplication.Thefacilitatordoesnotknoweverythingbutinsteadletstheprocess,participantsandHolySpiritdo thework.

Eachaspectorsessionofformationbuildsonthepastandhasacontextahead,soeachaspectorsessionbuildsintothenext.Thisreflective,developmentalprocessenablesparticipantstoapplytheexperiencetotheireverydaylifeandtheirministryinCatholiceducation.

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CONCLUSION

We have come to believe in God’s love: in these words the Christian can express the fundamental decision of his life. Being Christian is not the result

of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.

PopeBenedictXVI, Deus Caritas Est, 1

The National Catholic Education CommissionencouragesthosewithresponsibilitiesfortheformationofleadersandstaffinCatholiceducationtoreflectonthisdocumentandshareitasaresourcefortheevaluationofcurrentpracticeandasanenablerofongoingdevelopmentofsystematicformationofleadersandstaffthatequipsthemforthemissionofCatholiceducation.

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ENDNOTES

1 CongregationforCatholicEducation(1997).The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium,n.9.

2 SacredCongregationforCatholicEducation(1977),The Catholic School,n.34.

3 Miller,ArchbishopM.J.(2006).The Holy See’s Teaching on Catholic Schools.Strathfield:StPaulsPublications,p.23.

4 CongregationfortheClergy(1997),General Directory for Catechesis, 257.

5 SecondVatican Council (1965),Gravissimum Educationis,n.8.

6 PopeStJohnPaulII(2001),Ecclesia in Oceania, n. 33.

7 CatholicEducationSouthAustralia(2015),Children: Close to the Mystery of God, p. 6.

8 PopeFrancis(2013),Evangelii Gaudium,n.120.

9 The Catholic School,n.37.

10 Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 27.

11Gen 1:27.

12SecondVaticanCouncil(1965),Gaudium et Spes,n.22.

13 A dictum commonly repeated by theChurchFathers,originatingwithIrenaeus,Against the Heretics,IV,28.1.

14 Pope St John Paul II (1993), Veritatis Splendor,nn.74-75.

15 SeePopeFrancis(2015),Laudato Si’.

16 Forexample,asdescribedinMackay,H.(2016),Beyond Belief.Sydney:PanMacMillanAustralia.

17 PopeFrancis,Evangelii Gaudium,41.

18 In2015,CatholicEducationWesternAustralia (CEWA)undertookasurveyofallstaffinschoolsandofficestounderstandtheirfaithneeds.Anexternalresearchcompany,PaintedDogResearch,conductedtheresearchandpresentedareportin2016.

19 AustralianCatholicBishopsConferencePastoral Research Office,Pastoral Research Online,October2015.

20 Pollefeyt,D.,andBouwens,J.(2014)Identity in Dialogue: AssessingandenhancingCatholicschoolidentity.ResearchmethodologyandresearchresultsinCatholicschoolsinVictoria,Australia.Berlin:LITVerlag,p.123&p.136.

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