BCE Dialogue Schools Project
e-Update - Term 2, 2017
Welcome to Term 2
Welcome back to Term 2. It is one of those infrequent times when our school holidays are ending with the events of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum. We hope that your Easter break was a relaxing time where you were able to reconnect with friends and family while also celebrating this most important time in the Church calendar. You will have received an email at the end of last term from Jill with Easter wishes and a prayer for use at the beginning of this term. We hope you found that helpful as you begin this week.
We have had a very busy and exciting start to 2017 with lots of new work and new people joining the team. In particular we would like to offer our sincere thanks to Joe Cryle who has been the Education Officer- Catholic Identity since July 2016. Joe has been a great addition to our team and I know those who worked with Joe appreciated his knowledge and advice as well as his creative ideas in engaging others with the work of Catholic Identity. We wish Joe well as he returns to St Augustine's in the role of Acting APRE.
We welcome to the team two new Education Officers for Catholic Identity. Lindell Johnstone joins us for the remainder of 2017 and comes to us from Unity College, Caloundra. Lindell brings a wealth of experience and skill to this role. We also welcome Aleisha Connellan as Acting Education Officer for the first 5 weeks of this term. Aleisha is APRE at St Matthew's, Cornubia and we are grateful to the St Matthew's community for sharing Aleisha with us. You will have the opportunity to meet and work with both Lindell and Aleisha as we continue with school visits this term and the upcoming Master Class series.
In this edition of the e-Update there are a number of news items and resources that we would like to share with you.
Some of the key topics in this issue are:
The 2017 survey process gets underway
Reflection on the BCE Leadership Forum and the Strong Catholic Identity Strategy Map
Visit by Professor Pollefeyt
- 2017 MasterClass series
- ACU study intensive- Introducing the Enhancing Catholic Schools Identity Project (BCE Dialogue Schools Project)
- Upcoming conferences and professional learning
- New resources to support Catholic school identity
For further information about these key initiatives please read on in this e-Update.
If you would like more information on any of these areas please contact The Identity, Mission and Religious Education Services Team on 3033 7620 or MissionIdentity@bne.catholic.edu.au .
2017 Survey Process has begun!
The Dialogue Schools Project survey period has now officially begun. Good luck to the 15 schools engaging in the research this year. The survey period is open till Friday May 5th. For resources to support the survey process please visit the Dialogue Schools Project Website, which you can access here.
If you have any questions or require assistance please contact Simon Mahaffy on 3033 7378 or at smahaffy@bne.catholic.edu.au.
Strong Catholic Identity Strategy Map
The Strong Catholic Identity Strategy Map was developed to build a shared depth of understanding and to provide direction through purposeful action, building capacity, naming expected and effective practices, transparency and monitoring progress. This map was adapted from the Coherence Framework (Fullan & Quinn, 2016) and is organised around the four drivers of:
KNOWING OUR STORY- Focusing Direction
EMBRACING OUR STORY- Creating Collaborative Cultures
LIVING OUR STORY- Deepening Identity
TELLING OUR STORY- Securing Accountability
Story is the central motif as we bind together these drivers and the Catholic Christian story.
To view the Strong Catholic Identity Strategy Map please visit the Catholic Identity Portal. To read more about the map please access the Sway presentation.
BCE LEADERSHIP FORUM
At the recent Leadership Forum we had the opportunity to share the Strong Catholic Identity Strategy Map with principals and senior office staff. This was a great day and there was much interest and excitement in the room. Our colleagues had the opportunity to make their own version of the Catholic Identity Strategy Map, while they learned about the four drivers. Many personnel commented about the high-quality resources used. These are available to borrow from the North and South Service Centres and through Dutton Park. Please contact your Area Supervisor or Enza Maloney.
On the day we collected valuable feedback around where schools would like the most support in addressing the expected and effective practices. This provides us with clear direction to support schools into the future and we thank you for your feedback.
Close Encounters of the Divine Kind
This year we are fortunate to be able to offer a unique event for Year 12 SOR students and secondary teachers. Professor Amy-Jill Levine will lead two sessions on the Book of Ruth and Understanding the Historical Jesus that are open to all BCE and RI schools. The student sessions on the 30th & 31st May are offered at no cost. Schools will need to arrange their own transport and BYO lunch.
STUDENT SESSIONS
30th May
Session 1 9:30-11am- The Book of Ruth
Session 2 12:30-2pm- The Historical Jesus
Venue: Clairvaux Mackillop College, Mt Gravatt
31st May
Session 1 9:30-11am- The Book of Ruth
Session 2 12:30-2pm- The Historical Jesus
Venue: Padua College, Kedron
STAFF SESSION
30th May 5-7pm
Sin and Salvation: Biblical Perspectives
Venue: Villanova College, Coorparoo
For further information please contact Joe Cryle at jcryle@bne.catholic.edu.au or for registration queries please contact Enza Maloney at emaloney@bne.catholic.edu.au
DATE CLAIMER- Professor Didier Pollefeyt
In August 2017 we are fortunate to be hosting Professor Didier Pollefeyt and Drs Jan Bouwens for 3 days as part of their Australian tour. Professor Pollefeyt is the Vice Rector for Educational Policy at KU Leuven and is the lead professor in the Catholic Dialogue Schools Project work. He last visited in 2014.
While the final schedule of events for Brisbane has not yet been finalised there will be a number of significant workshops, Masterclasses, lectures and sharing sessions that will be on offer. This visit will be part of a larger gathering about enhancing Catholic school identity which will be hosted during that week and will provide a great opportunity to deepen our understanding and engagement in the work around Catholic school identity.
Professor Pollefeyt will be in Brisbane from the 8 - 11th of August. Once details are finalised we will communicate these to you. We can also expect our colleagues in Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton and Toowoomba to gather with us to learn and share best practice.
We would encourage you to put a date claimer in your calendar now so that you can be part of this important visit.
If you have any queries please contact the Mission & Identity Team at MissionIdentity@bne.catholic.edu.au .
Catholic Identity Masterclass Series
Following on from the very successful Master Class series in 2017, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting three distinguished guests for our 2017 series. Please see below for further details.
Timothy Radcliffe Tuesday 9 May
Topics
The Catholic Principal from Manager to Faith Leader
AND
The Imagination : Revelation, Conversation and Catholic Identity
Fr Timothy is a Dominican friar of the English Province, and former Master of the Order of Preachers (1992-2001). He is the only member of the English Province of the Dominicans to have held the office since the Order's foundation in 1216.
Timothy Radcliffe entered the Dominican Order in 1965 and was ordained a priest in 1971. During the mid-1970s, Fr Timothy was based at the West London Catholic Chaplaincy at More House, Cromwell Road, London. Fr Timothy taught Holy Scripture at Oxford University at Blackfriars, and was elected provincial of England in 1988. In 1992, he was elected Master of the Dominican Order and held that office until 2001. During his tenure as Master, he was ex officio Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome.
In 2001, after the expiration of his nine-year mandate as Master of the Dominican order, Fr Timothy took a sabbatical year. Starting in 2002, he became again a simple member of the Dominican community of Oxford. He is now a highly sought after speaker, teaching and preaching in many countries.
Registration for this event is via iLearn.
Amy-Jill Levine 15th & 16th June
Amy-Jill Levine is a university Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies. Professor Levine has been awarded grants from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. She has held office in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the Association for Jewish Studies. Professor Levine combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor.
Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus (HarperOne), the edited collection,The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton), and the thirteen-volume edited series, Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings (Continuum). With Marc Brettler of Brandeis University, she edited the Jewish Annotated New Testament (Oxford). She has written, with her Vanderbilt colleague Douglas Knight, The Meaning of the Bible: What The Jewish Scriptures and the Christian Old Testament Can Teach us (HarperOne); with Warren Carter of Brite Divinity School, she published in 2013 The New Testament: Methods and Meanings (Abingdon). Her most recent book is Short Stories by Jesus: the Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi (HarperOne).
Topics
15th June: Understanding the historical Jesus in the Jewish context.
Amy Jill will also explore the concept of dialogue, through looking at how Jews and Christians read scripture differently.
16th June: Women in scripture. Amy-Jill will look at some of the key women in scripture, with a particular emphasis on the Book of Ruth. She will also spend time with the women who walked with Jesus and the messages that their stories have for us all today.
Registration for this event is via iLearn.
Ronald Rolheiser
Date and topics: TBA
Ron Rolheiser was born in Macklin, Saskatchewan, in 1947, into a large family, to George and Matilda (Gartner) Rolheiser.
Following his school years, Ron entered the novitiate of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and professed his First Vows in September 1966. Ordained to the priesthood in 1972, Ron continued his education, receiving a B.A. (University of Ottawa, 1969), B.Th. (Newman Theological College, 1973), M.A. (University of San Francisco, 1974), M.R.Sc. (University of Louvain, 1982) and Ph.D/STD (University of Louvain, 1983). During and after his own studies, he taught theology and philosophy at Newman Theological College, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
His first book, The Loneliness Factor (Dimension Books, Denville NJ) was published in 1979. It was followed by Spirituality for a Restless Culture (Twenty Third Publications, Mystic CN 1991), The Shattered Lantern (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1994, and Crossroads, New York, 1995), Against an Infinite Horizon (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1995 and Crossroads, New York), The Holy Longing, (Doubleday, New York, 1999), The Restless Heart (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1998, Doubleday, New York, 2004), Forgotten among the Lilies (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1990, Doubleday, New York, 2005), Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Waiting for Christ in the Eucharist (Doubleday Religion, New York, 2011, Secularity and the Gospel: Being Missionary to our own Children (Crossroads, New York, 2006), and Prayer: Our Deepest Longing (Franciscan Media, Cincinnatti, 2013). Fr. Ron’s book Sacred Fire: A Vision for a Deeper Human and Christian Maturity (Image Books, Random House, New York, 2014) won Book of the Year, Catholic Book Awards, 2015, and Best Book in Spirituality, Catholic Book awards 2015. The Passion and the Cross (Franciscan Media, Cincinnati, 2015) is Ron’s latest book.
Fr. Ron is in demand and well known as a speaker. Keeping an active speaking schedule, his retreats and workshops have inspired many. Along with his academic knowledge in systematic theology and philosophy, he has become a popular speaker in the areas of contemporary spirituality and religion and the secular world. Oblate Communications and Franciscan Communications has produced fifteen DVDs of his retreats that are well loved for both individual and group use.
In 1991, while on sabbatical, Fr. Ron was asked by his religious community to serve as the Provincial Superior of his home province. He served two terms as Provincial of St. Mary’s Province (Canada). In 1998, Fr. Ron was elected Regional Councilor for Canada, serving on the General Administration of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, in Rome, for six years. In August 2005, Fr. Ron became the President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio Texas, a position he maintains to this day.
Registration is not yet open for this event.
Masterclass Resources
For access to the PowerPoints and video recordings from the 2016 Masterclass series please click here.
Association of Catholic Secondary Schools of Queensland- Conference
After two years of planning the four association bodies Catholic Secondary Principals Association of Queensland, Association of Catholic Secondary Schools Deputy Principals and Assistant Principals Administration Inc., Association of Secondary Religious Education Assistant Principals and Association of Counsellors, Catholic Secondary Schools are gathering together in a unique way to explore the Catholic tradition, story and educational frameworks presenting a combined conference for 2017.
The theme is: Expanding our Circle of Ideas.
This conference will host a number of guest speakers over two days. For more information please access the link to the conference site.
Association of Catholic Secondary Schools of Queensland Combinded Conference
gather Principals, Deputy Principals,
Assistant Principals, APREs and
Counsellors of Catholic Secondary
schools and Colleges in Queensland for
the first time so that we can share deep
knowledge, deliberate, network,
connect and explore.
Join us at Rydges in Brisbane for this
Combined Conference.
Sunday, Jul 30, 2017, 03:00 PM
Rydges South Bank Brisbane, Glenelg Street, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
CATHOLIC IDENTITY RESOURCES
To assist schools with helping staff to understand each of the three key Leuven scales, we have created a series of three posters that summarises the Post Critical Belief Scale, Melbourne Scale and Victoria Scale. The dimensions of each poster is 45cm X 100cm.
If you would to order a set of these posters please contact Simon Mahaffy or Lindell Johnstone from the IMARE Team.
Some of the common recommendations that schools often receive in their Leuven report are around the developing a vibrant prayer life and understanding the mission of Catholic education. BCE has recently developed some resources that will support schools as they address these recommendation areas.
CREATING A SACRED SPACE
Creating sacred spaces around the school or in your classroom is an important way to engage students, staff and parents in the prayer life of your school. It is not always in easy task to design and set up a meaningful and Recontextualising sacred space. Resource Link has recently created a recourse that provides you with some tips and guidelines as well as connecting you to some useful support materials.
Click below to access the Sway resource.
UNDERSTANDING THE MISSION OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION
In collaboration with Resource Link we have identified some key resources around the mission of Catholic education which are useful to school and office teams and are developing a series of infographics that provide a summary of the publication. The first two of these infographics are now available for use.
1) Instrumentum Laboris- Educating Today and Tomorrow : A Renewing Passion
2) What Makes a School Catholic by Thomas Groome
Please click on the links to access these infographics.
VIDEOS EXPLAINING THE THREE KEY SCALES
The Catholic University of Leuven has developed three short videos that explain each of the three key scales in the Leuven Project.
1. THE POST-CRITICAL BELIEF (PCB) SCALE
2. THE MELBOURNE SCALE
3. THE VICTORIA SCALE
These short videos would be a useful resource when working with staff in developing their understanding about these three key scales. They are also helpful in refreshing your own understanding of the scales in a visual way.
You can view the videos below or by clicking on the link below.
CATHOLIC IDENTITY WEBSITE
The Catholic Identity portal site is designed to support schools who are engaging in the BCE Dialogue Schools Project. This website can be accessed by clicking on the 'Strengthen Catholic Identity' link on K-Web or via the link below. It is housed as part of the IMARE Team site.
On this website there are two main sections:
1) Strengthen Catholic Identity Strategy
This site will have information regarding the BCE position paper and implementation strategy. This will be updated as the strategy progresses.
2) The BCE Dialogue Schools Project
This site will house resources that will be useful to school who are engaging directly with the Leuven research. This includes resources about the project process, how to complete the surveys and how to unpack the data. There is also a resource section that contains videos, fact sheets, articles, Power Points and other key documents that will be useful to schools.
Please find a link to this site below.
Helpful Resources
Resource Link
Resource Link has begun to curate resources that they have which will support schools engaging in the area of Catholic identity. You will be able to search for these resources by entering the key words 'Catholic identity' or for more specific resources you can search under the four priority areas:
- Catholic Identity and Mission
- Catholic Identity and Formation
- Catholic Identity and Learning and Teaching
- Catholic Identity and Culture
Click here to access the Resource Link collection.
STRENGTHENING CATHOLIC IDENTITY SHAPE PAPER AND POSITION STATEMENT
An updated version of the BCE Shape Paper for the Strengthening Catholic Identity Strategy is now available for download. This document outlines the purpose, vision and scope of this key BCE strategy. Please click HERE to download a copy from K-Web.
The Position Statement is also available for download and can be accessed by clicking HERE.
THE LEUVEN SCALES FOR DUMMIES
These documents have been written by the Catholic University of Leuven to help explain the PCB Scale, Melbourne Scale and Victoria Scale. Please click HERE to access the articles.
LINKS TO PREVIOUS ISSUES
For access to the previous issues of the BCE Leuven Project e-Update please click on the links below.
2017
Term 1, 2017 https://www.smore.com/mtud3
2016
Term 1, 2016 https://www.smore.com/seg3s
Term 2, 2016 https://www.smore.com/50a0u
Term 3, 2016 https://www.smore.com/tjhm9
Term 4, 2016 https://www.smore.com/cn2nr
2015
Term 1, 2015 https://www.smore.com/qgzfv
Term 2, 2015 https://www.smore.com/v8nrp
Term 3, 2015 https://www.smore.com/fhtxe
Term 4, 2015 https://www.smore.com/3evyk
Want to Talk to Someone about the BCE Dialogue Schools Project?
Email: MissionIdentity@bne.catholic.edu.au
Website: http://www.bne.catholic.edu.au/formationandleadership/identity/Pages/default.aspx
Location: 243 Gladstone Road, Dutton Park, Queensland, Australia
Phone: (07) 3033 7620
If you have any queries or questions about the BCE Dialogue Schools Project please direct them to Simon Mahaffy or contact the team on 3033 7620