Mission Directors Group

The Education Committee of CLRI(NSW) organised a seminar day this year for the member of the school staff who has prime responsibility for promoting the charism and mission of the school.

We hosted an inaugural meeting on Friday May 9 at the Good Samaritan Centre, Glebe of those engaged in promoting mission in the school, with a view to providing some input, support and encouragement to the staff member/s and if there was interest, beginning a network of those involved.

By Director of Mission we refer to the person who

assists in fostering the ethos of the College, based on Gospel values and the charism of the founder;
monitors policies and practices within the College to ensure they are consonant with the charism of the College;
works collaboratively with, for example, the Liturgy Co-ordinator, the Social Justice Co-ordinator, the Religious Education Co-ordinator and the College Chaplain to deepen the experience of the College Community in the spirit of the founder;
works collaboratively with the Director of Pastoral Care, the Counsellors and the Director of Studies in implementing values across the curriculum and within Pastoral Care programs and practices.

Our aim was to get staff involved in charism and mission development together to share “how do you do it?”

Thirty five congregational schools in NSW sent their mission director to this seminar day -a great beginning. Julie Taylor, Facilitator of Adult Spiritual Formation, Chevalier Institute, led the day and began with a session on Exploring the nature of formation for mission in general and formation in relation to a charism. A later session, led by Alison McKenzie from Chevalier College, Bowral and Sr Carmel McDonough rsm of Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, North Sydney, was Exploring the role of leader of mission. The final session of the day was Sharing & Networking.

An outcome of the day was the decision to create a Google Group for Mission Directors in congregational schools in NSW.

Another outcome of the day was the decision to make available the contact details for Mission Directors on this website page.

Hopefully, both these initiatives will encourage Mission Directors to be in contact with each other.

List of Mission Directors (excel spreadsheet)

Documents

Document	Word File	PDF File
A reminder for those who attended the Mission Directors' Seminar Day in May: some material from Session One	Word