Leadership

Leadership Conference of Women Religious 2024 Annual Assembly - Orlando, Fl 

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Lucy Zientek is a Sister of Divine Providence, Melbourne, Kentucky, and currently serves on the leadership team of her congregation's U.S. province. She has 14 years' experience as a research and development scientist prior to entering religious life. She has served on parish pastoral teams in the areas of adult faith formation, Christian initiation and pastoral ministry. She also presents retreats and days of reflection. Supported by an educational background and career and ministry experience in science, theology and spirituality, her special area of interest is the relationship between science and faith.

To read her Nun talk on "How to repair and build communion" visit her blog here. 

InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 2018 No.3 Fall

"The questions I consider to be primary: Is the person requesting to enter this significant phase of religious life, the Novitiate, fascinated with the idea of following Jesus? Is she/he fascinated with the prospect of doing this with other women or men committed to proclaiming the Gospel? Is God the compelling reason behind the inquirer’s choice?"

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InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 2020 No.3 Fall

"I have come to understand the role of a formator as offering a context in which an individual and a group might grow to the fullness of their calling as disciples of Jesus Christ in the spirit and charism of their founders. The essential agents in the growth are the individual and the Holy Spirit. The context has a social dimension which facilitates progress in personal belonging and identification within a local community, a congregation, and the People of God. The formator is an essential companion on the journey, particularly attentive to growth and the movement of the Spirit within the individual."

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InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 1996 No.1 Jan-Feb

"I contrast this image with that of the opening ceremony of the NGO Forum when tens of thousands of doves were released into the air. I could hear the rush of the fluttering wings and see these beautiful creatures soar off into the sky! As I watched the birds, I recognized myself in the soaring. My spirit, dreams, desires, prayers, and passion took flight with the birds."

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Formation Resources - Resource Manuals - Volume IV

II. Tools for Assessing Programs

• 2.5. Additional Resources:
  • 2.5.1. "A Template for Formation Programs", Ronald D. Witherup, SS

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Formation Resources - Resource Manuals - Volume IV

I: Role Descriptions and Models for Choosing, Assessing and Valuing Formation Ministers

• 1.7-10. Additional Congregations:
  • 1.7. Sisters of Providence
    • 1.7.1. Candidate Director: Purpose Responsibilities, Other Responsibilities
  • 1.8. Benedictine Sisters of Pittsburgh, PA, Membership Team
    • 1.8.1. Membership Team: Job Description and Guideline
      • 1.8.1.1. Philosophy
      • 1.8.1.2. Rationale
      • 1.8.1.3. Prioress
      • 1.8.1.4. Vocation Director
      • 1.8.1.5. Pre-Novice Director
      • 1.8.1.6. Novice Director
      • 1.8.1.7. Temporary Professed Director
      • 1.8.1.8. All Team members
  • 1.9. Adorers of the Blood of Christ
    • 1.9.1. Temporary Professed Minister Discernment: Letter to Congregation
    • 1.9.2. Temporary Professed Period: Goals, Responsibilities, Expectations
    • 1.9.3. Background Information to Guide Endorsements
    • 1.9.4. Endorsement Form for Temporary Professed Position
    • 1.9.5. Reflection Questions for Leadership and Formation Teams
    • 1.9.6. Reflections Questions for Persons Considering the Position
  • 1.10. Society of Mary (Marianists), Formative Activity:
    Places and Agents of Formation
    • 1.10.1. Agents of Formation
    • 1.10.2. Formational Environments

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Formation Resources - Resource Manuals - Volume IV

I: Role Descriptions and Models for Choosing, Assessing and Valuing Formation Ministers

• 1.5. School Sisters of Notre Dame, Mankato Province
  • 1.5.1. Letter of Councilor Inviting to Discernment Process for Formation Ministers
  • 1.5.2. Letter of Councilor Thanking Invitees Who Responded
  • 1.5.3. Messages from Council
    • 1.5.3.1. Announcement of Position Opening
    • 1.5.3.2. Form: Recommendation for Formation Director
    • 1.5.3.3. Responsibilities/Qualifications of Postulant Director/Temporary Professional Director
    • 1.5.3.4. Formation Director Qualification/Responsibilities
    • 1.5.3.5. Formation Director Discernment Day Schedule/Process
  • 1.5.4. Discernment Prayer Service

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Formation Resources - Resource Manuals - Volume IV

I: Role Descriptions and Models for Choosing, Assessing and Valuing Formation Ministers

• 1.1-2. Acknowledgments & Introduction

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Formation Resources - Resource Manuals - Volume III

Part III: Welcoming Communities : Best Practices

• 2. Don Bisson FMS Materials:
  • 2.1. "Vocations Crisis or Creative Change?" (article)
  • 2.2. "Possible Structures to Facilitate Incorporation on the Local Level" (talk outline)
  • 2.3. "Elements of a Formative Community" (talk outline)
  • 2.4. "Ministers of Formation & Leaders Together : Formative Communities"
  • 2.5. "New Members Challenge / Transform Local Community" (article)

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