1. Rev. John E. Hurley, CSP, D.Min Executive Director Department of Evangelization Archdiocese of Baltimore

2.  Why are we doing what each of us is doing?  Create a culture of formation in our schools and programs.  Equipping His People with all that they need to live full lives.  Unique opportunity we have…

3. Matthew 28:19 Therefore GO and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

4. Discipleship  Disciple of Whom  Disciple for what

5. Patient Persistence  We have been at this all night and have caught nothing  Same forum, different fish  Challenges & Opportunities

6. to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

8. In-Formation

9. Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.

10. Re-proposing the faith in a culture that has lost the instinct to believe.

11.  Recognizes Mission, Call and Need  Respects and Celebrates a Multicultural Church  Acknowledges the Value of Lay Ministry  Calling for Competency and On-Going Formation  Provides for formation and Celebration  Establishes Clear Expectations  Maximizes Technology  Serves as Role Models and Collaborators

12.  Acknowledges that all disciples need ongoing formation.

13.  Understands that people come from a variety of backgrounds.

14.  Acknowledges that all disciples need ongoing formation.  Understands that people come from a variety of backgrounds.

15.  Acknowledges that all disciples need ongoing formation.  Understands that people come from a variety of backgrounds  Acknowledges that it is not about clocking hours to become competent.

16.  Acknowledges that all disciples need ongoing formation.  Understands that people come from a variety of backgrounds  Acknowledges that it is not about clocking hours to become competent.  Recognizes that everyone in the church teaches one way or another.

17.  Acknowledges that all disciples need ongoing formation.  Understands that people come from a variety of backgrounds  Acknowledges that it is not about clocking hours to become competent.  Recognizes that everyone in the church teaches one way or another.  Realizes that we can teach in many different ways.

18.  Acknowledges that all disciples need ongoing formation.  Understands that people come from a variety of backgrounds  Acknowledges that it is not about clocking hours to become competent.  Recognizes that everyone in the church teaches one way or another.  Realizes that we can teach in many different ways.  Is about mission!

19. Strong Leaders

20. Empowering Leaders

21. Culture of Formation is the Work of the Church

23. Recognizes the Mission, the Call and the Need

24. Respect and Celebrate a Multicultural Church

25. Acknowledges the Value of Lay Ministry I believe that one of the important and positive results of the Council: the co- responsibility of the entire parish, for the parish priest is no longer the only one to animate everything. Since we all form a parish together, we must all collaborate and help so that the parish priest is not left on his own, mainly as a coordinator, but truly discovers that he is a pastor who is backed up in these common tasks in which, together the parish lives and is fulfilled.

26. Provides for Formation and Celebration

27. Establishes Clear Expectations

28. Maximizes Technology

29. Serves as Role Models and Collaborators

31.  Recognizes Mission, Call and Need  Respects and Celebrates a Multicultural Church  Acknowledges the Value of Lay Ministry  Calling for Competency and On-Going Formation  Provides for formation and Celebration  Establishes Clear Expectations  Maximizes Technology  Serves as Role Models and Collaborators

32. …live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, Striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: One body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; One Lord, one faith, one baptism; One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

33. But grace was given to each of us According to the measure of Christ’s gift. And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, Others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry… for building up the body of Christ.

34. www.midatlanticcongress.com Department of Evangelization Archdiocese of Baltimore 320 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201 410-547-5321 john.hurley@archbalt.org www.archbalt.org

35.  (1)What paradigm shift needs to take place, as a “formator of disciples” to engage your staff and parish/school leadership?  (2)How can you promote a unified collaboration on staff with each other in a culture of formation?  (3)How can you engage the disengaged in this culture of formation?