Welcome to Liverpool Hope University · for me in my school..... To acknowledge that the person I...
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Welcome
to
Liverpool Hope
University
Tuesday 14th February
2017
St. Valentine’s Day
Catholic Leadership Programme
St. Valentine’s Day A Real Character of Courage !!!
The
Radical Mission
of a
Catholic School
Courage to
make
changes!
RADICAL MISSION? RADICALIS is the
Latin word for ‘from
the root’ – rooted
and grounded in
God’s love.
Also describes
something that is
extremely different
from the usual.
Despite the recent sunshine in the
last couple of days, the weather
forecast for today was …
“Possible POTENTIAL FOR DISRUPTION !!!”
WHICH IS APT BECAUSE…
“I ask YOU to be revolutionaries, to swim
against the tide ….”
Pope Francis
HOPE NOBODY IS HERE BY
ACCIDENT!
Why are YOU really here?
How did YOU come to be here?
Your Journey …Your Story…?
TO BE BORN IS TO BE CHOSEN! Each one of us was sent here for a special
destiny.
A special destiny was carefully prepared
for you.
For millions of years the dream of your
individuality was specifically prepared.
Each one of us was sent here for a special
destiny.
A special destiny was carefully prepared
for YOU!
For millions of years the dream of your
individuality was specifically prepared.
Before I formed YOU in the
womb …
I Knew YOU through and
through
I called YOU by your name
I chose YOU to be mine
We must realise that …
We come from a God who has
DREAMED of us.
EACH ONE OF US HERE AT HOPE TODAY IS SO UNIQUELY SPECIAL …..
We have been CALLED,
CHOSEN and COMMISSIONED ! PROVIDENCE
BUT, TO DO WHAT?
We are called and chosen as teachers to ensure that the Catholic School should put Christ at the centre of everything that it does.
We do this by integrating Gospel values and the teachings of the Catholic Church into every aspect of learning, teaching and the totality of school life
In a Catholic School then, a child’s and young person’s journey into adulthood will also be a journey of Faith.
We are called to serve the poor, the marginalised, the disadvantaged and our whole School and Parish Community.
BUT...
HOW?
Remember - We are a
powerful and potent people! … whose special
destiny was
prepared
exclusively … BUT,
were given
freedom and
creativity to go
beyond the given!!
rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRemember...It’s the choices we make, not the chances we take, that determine our destiny!
REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG
AGO ……?
YOU WERE
AN
ASPIRING
LEADER !!!
ASPIRING CATHOLIC LEADERS
TO SEEK AMBITIOUSLY
TO DESIRE EAGERLY….
ESPECIALLY SOMETHING GREAT OR OF HIGH VALUE!
THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!
JESUS THE TEACHER 49 TIMES !
A SACRED PROFESSION
ASPIRARE
TO BREATH LIFE IN TO …… OUR WHOLE
SCHOOL COMMUNITY
Wisdom +Great Teachers
POPE
FRANCISIS
CONSTANTLY
TELLING US …
Talking of Great
Teachers……
TO GO BEYOND THE
ORDINARY
Beyond Expectation
in our Catholic Schools so
that …both children and adults can be raised to
distinction by eliciting a sense of wonder , awe and mystery of a God who is in the backdrop to and foreground of all life.
The fullness of life is to be found when …
CHRIST IS AT THE CENTRE OF OUR LIVES
All aspects of life in a Catholic school should be rooted in the mission, beliefs and values of Jesus Christ.
COURAGE
BUT
SO REWARDINGFOR
SO MANY!
IT’S WORTH IT!
DECISIONS AND ACTIONS
Consequences: 155 - 100
345 - 250
510 - 300
380 - 260
260 -215
200 - 120
3,095
LIVES!
VISIONRELATIONSHIPSENVIRONMENTWithout a vision – the people
perish!
( Book of Proverbs )
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WHAT ARE MY DREAMS
HERE AT HOPE UNIVERSITY
TODAY?
Have I
Really Got Any?
The Dream I Have
Today,
My Lord
Is only a Shadow
of Your Dreams
You have for …. ME!
Le Plan de Dieu!
(God’s Dream )
Challenges and Opportunities
for me in my school.....➢ To acknowledge that the person I teach is more
important than what I teach.
➢ To develop the potential of every pupil and member of
staff in a loving and caring way.
➢ To commit my own talents to helping others to develop
theirs .
➢ To be a positive role model in living a life that witnesses
to the values of the Gospel.
➢ To develop personally and professionally so that I can
contribute fully to the life of a community of faith and
learning in my school.
Here in this very room at Hope
University we are blessed and
privileged by having it filled with
Teachers who are :
➢ Agents of Transformation➢ Inspirers of Wonder➢ Encouragers of Potential➢ Dreamers of Dreams➢ Messengers of Hope➢ Nurturers of Meaning➢CO-CREATORS WITH GOD!!!
TRUE TEACHING TRANSFORMS LIVES!
YOU ARE AN AGENT OF
TRANSFORMATION!
You are indeed a co-creator with God – inspiring
imagination and creativity.
Encourager of potential.
I CAN CREATE…
Everyday of
my life!!!
MAKING YOUR MARKON …
THE PEOPLE (Pupils+Staff)
THE INSTITUTION ( The
Whole Community)
REMEMBER MORE WORDS OF
POPE FRANCIS …. BE PASSIONIATE
BE CREATIVE
DON’T BE MUNDANE
DON’T HAVE SOURPUSS FACES!
and …IGNITE and CONNECT!
YYYY You have been given FREEDOM and and CREATIVITY
Y0U have been called …
To inform minds
To form characters
To transform lives
CDSS
But, REMEMBER You’re NOT
The Lone Ranger !
Better to be one of
The Musketeers!
A MAVERICK!
THE LEADER OF AN ELITE TEAM
ROLE MODEL
STYLE
YOU ARE INDEED AN INSTRUMENT
OF POWER!
As LEADERS in Catholic Schools YOUR FUTURE
AND OTHER PEOPLE’S FUTURE
MAY WELL BE
IN YOUR HANDS!
What are your plans and dreams for September 2017 and beyond?
HERE I AM , LORD …
Take my hands, I give them to you, Lord.
Prepare them for the service of your name.
Open them to human need
And by their love they’ll sow your seed
So all may know the love and hope you gave.
Take my hands, take my hands, O Lord.
Sebastian Temple
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE
WHAT YOU CAN DO!!!
BEYON
D
THE
GIVEN
!
St. Brigid On EDUCATION SUNDAY, THE DAY WE DEDICATE
TO, AND FOCUS ON, TEACHING AND LEARNING IS
A DAY FOR ALL TEACHERS.
IT WAS ALWAYS AROUND THE FEAST OF ST
BRIGID WHO IS OFTEN DEPICTED IN LITURGICAL
ICONOGRAPHY HOLDING A REED CROSS AND A
LAMP CALLED
“ A LAMP OF LEARNING AND
WISDOM”
LAMPS OF LEARNING
AND WISDOM !!!!!
Leaders in
CATHOLIC Schools
are INDEED
Today, here at Hope
remember that YOU have
been CALLED and
CHOSEN to CHANGE
mankind!!!
MAY WE STRIVE TO BE
LEADERS IN CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS HOLDING LAMPS
OF LEARNING AND WISDOM
FOR THOSE ENTRUSTED IN
OUR CARE. MAY WE SET
THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS
ON FIRE WITH A THIRST FOR
KNOWLEDGE, JUSTICE,
PEACE AND THE LOVE OF
JESUS,
THE TEACHER.
The Radical
Mission of The
Catholic School
is to witness and
promote the
teachings and
values of Jesus
Christ to all its
members.
“Our duty is to
proceed as if limits
to our ability did not
exist.
We are collaborators
in creation.”Teilhard de Chardin
We pray ….
God of our hopes
And dreams
We search for meaning
And long to know
That you are present
In our lives.
By the power of your Spirit
Make us dreamers
Of your dream for ourselves
And for our world.
Give us Faith and Vision
To make that Dream
A reality!
CHRIST AT THE CENTRE
REMEMBER
WITH
Catholic schools have the potential to promote the fullness of Christian life
through an educational philosophy in which Faith, culture and life are brought
into harmony.
The Church provides the
school to be more than just
A place where pupils are equipped with
learning and skills for the workplace and
responsible citizenship.
Rather it is to be the Community where the
spiritual, cultural and personal worlds within
which we live are harmonised to form the
roots from which grow our values, motivation,
aspirations and the moral imperatives that
inform our choices and actions as persons.
So, from tomorrow and for
the days beyond…..Go back to YOUR school
and BE TEACHERS WHO ARE
LEADERS and DREAMERS
INSPIRERS and NURTURERS
MOTIVATORS and PROTECTORS
TRANSFORMERS and ENCOURAGERS
MESSENGERS OF JOY and HOPE
and who are …
CO-CREATORS WITH GOD!!!
LET YOUR HEARTS BURN WITH …....?