May 2010 Leadership Conference of Women Religious Newsletter

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LCWR Update May 2010 page 1

Inside this issue:

May 2010

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Hope in theMidst of Darkness

LCWR 2010 Assembly

August 10 - 13, 2010

Dallas, Texas

Register for the 2010 LCWR AssemblyHope in the Midst of Darkness

Exploring the Ecclesial Role of Women Religious

Outstanding Keynoters:

M. Shawn Copeland

Richard Gaillardetz

Opportunities to communally

contemplate and processthe many events occurring in the church and

religious life and their implications for

elected leaders

www.lcwr.org/members/LCWRassembly10.pdf

LCWR Officers Travel to Rome for

Annual Consultation

The LCWR presidency (Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPAand J Lora Dambroski, OSF) and executive direc-tor (Jane Burke, SSND) are concluding their annual

consultation with Vatican ocials in Rome. (MaryHughes, OP had been scheduled to participate, but dueto the volcanic ash was unable to travel.) Among theiractivities were visits with the stas o: The Congregation or Institutes o Consecrated Lie

and Societies o Apostolic Lie The Congregation or the Doctrine o the Faith The Congregation or the Oriental Churches The Pontical Council or the Family The Pontical Council or Inter-Religious Dialogue

The Pontical Council or Justice and Peace The Pontical Council or the Laity The Pontical Council or the Pastoral Care o Mi-

grants and Immigrants The Pontical Council or Social Communications The Pontical Council or Promoting Christian

Unity

In addition, they met with Dr. Miguel Daz, ambas-More information can be found on pages 4 & 5
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LCWR Update May 2010 page 2From the LCWR Presidency

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by J Lora Dambroski, OSF LCWR Past President

We Are in a Time of Gods Favor

Eastertide Mary o Magdala, He is

risen, He is not here why do youlook or the living among the dead?No tomb-sitters, please!

Message o the Risen Jesus, the challengeso aithulness and sharing o truth.

Hope, Violence, New Lie, Stress, Death,Peace, Hatred, Fear, Promise.

Integrity, Truth. Discovery o what is ovalue. What is worth dying or and whatis worth living or.

Jesus lie and teaching is a challenge that contains amix o all o this. When were pressed against the wall,ater the closing Amen o our personal and commu-nal prayer, what do we take with us to the streets, ourhomes, our decisions, and our inter-actions with the person in ront ous and the larger world in which welive?

We are still in the liturgical season oEaster and moving quickly to that oPentecost. The questions acing the disciples and riendso Jesus are still ours now; how do we live the promiseo a new covenant whose benets we want now andyet dont seem to unold as we had hoped? When thedelight o the celebration o the Resurrection seems toade and conditions seem to be as stressul as they werein all o the yesterdays how do we keep on singing?

These days o March and April have had the violence,ear, and stress o deepest Good Fridays. Weather that,while it could be predicted, was out o control and outo season. People were suering and dying and thescope o the experience was more than could be de-scribed. Political dierences were not debated in therespectul manner as hoped or and worked or by ournational ounding athers and mothers. Violence andpre-judgment o personal character were the order othe day rather than challenge o issues and moral reali-ties. Scandal in our own Church and tension with ourleadership became odder or media scavengers. News

was not news unless the tone o it was

more like that o a gossip rag.

Hurting and pain are everywhere. Itseemed that violence was becoming thefavor o the month. What was morepainul was that unlike the devastation onatural disasters some o this seemed tobe intentional.

There has been a call in some circles or acovenant o civility, where those whosign it commit to the respectul exchange

o ideas and positions regarding moral concerns andpolitical issues without the attack on personal characterand demonizing the others internal orum or con-science.While meant to be a positive challenge to liverom our deepest core values as human beings, Godsloved ones, it is at the same time a sad commentary on

how easily these precious values aredismissed in the ace o dierenceso opinion and vision.

Refecting back on the 2009 assem-

bly, my own words ocused aroundthe theme o chaos, returned like

a prelude to a deeper covenant o civility. Using ourLCWR Call as the oundation the challenge I put or-ward (our own words) came back to me:

We claim and oten work rom the premise that weas women have other ways o living in and workingthrough confict and chaos more relational, respectul,transparent, dialogic, less judgmental and more refec-tive. The respectul stance is that while holding andrelating out o our own truth we are open to the trutho the other. While seeing the specks and beams in theeyes o our critics, we also can see the specks and beamsin our own eyes that may blur our vision (as well astheirs). At the same time this does not mean debasingour own expressions o aithulness.

In our moment o chaos and possible quandary, ourlistening needs to be more than hearing, and our speak-ing come rom inormed refection, study, and prepara-

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LCWR Members Invited into Solidarityand Prayer During Phase Three of the

Apostolic Visitation

LCWR members have been invited to pray or thosecongregations that have been selected or visitations,

as well as or those conducting the visitations.A listing o congregations requesting prayer can be

ound in the password-protected areao the LCWR website.

Any congregation that is scheduled to be visited andwould like to be included on the list may contactLCWR executive assistant Marianne Benson at

[email protected].

sador o the US to the Vatican; the sta and ocers o

the UISG and USG; and some o the US major superiorsliving in Rome.

Some o these meetings were attended by the ocersand executive director o the Conerence o Major Supe-riors o Men as well. The LCWR ocers will be report-ing to the membership on the content o their meetings.

LCWR Officers in Rome for AnnualConsultation

tion and less rom attack and detraction. The questionremains: Is all o this true when we nd ourselves insomeone elses cross hairs? Can we do this while underpressure, judgment, and public scrutiny? Whether inour own congregations, ministries or within the churchitsel?

Women of Spirit: Creating in Chaos are being called likeMary o Magdala at the tomb to move on to tell othersthat Jesus is here even in all o this seeming contradic-tion with integrity we need to make room or Hopein the Midst o this Darkness We are in a time oGods avor, we belong to a church and live in a culturethat is both graced and sinul, in our own words: likeMary, we are leaders in this time and in these relation-ships, here to bear the call to create structures that reeus all or the ways o Gods Spirit.

Women Religious in the News

The ollowing are links to some articles recently

published about women religious.

A Church Mary Can LoveNew York TimesOp-Ed by Nicholas KristoApril 18, 2010www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18kristo.html?emc=eta1

Not an InvestigationNational Catholic RegisterInterview with Mother Clare Millea, ASCJ

April 25, 2010www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/not_an_inves-tigation/

The Sisters WitnessEditorialAmerica MagazineApril 26, 2010www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cm?article_id=12248

We Are in a Time of Gods Favor

Religious Life Annotated Bibliographyand Reflection Questions Available

The LCWR Contemporary Religious Lie Committeehas compiled the beginning o an annotated bibli-ography on articles and books that the committee

members have ound helpul.

The bibliography (available on the LCWR websiteatwww.lcwr.org/what%27snew/biblography.htm)is accompanied by refection questions. Leaders areencouraged to utilize this new resource with their ownmembers who may be interested in the materials orindividual or communal refection.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18kristof.html?emc=eta1http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18kristof.html?emc=eta1http://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/not_an_investigation/http://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/not_an_investigation/http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12248http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12248http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12248http://www.lcwr.org/what%27snew/biblography.htmhttp://www.lcwr.org/what%27snew/biblography.htmhttp://www.lcwr.org/what%27snew/biblography.htmhttp://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=12248http://www.ncregister.com/register_exclusives/not_an_investigation/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18kristof.html?emc=eta1mailto:[email protected]://www.lcwr.org/what%27snew/biblography.htm


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Scholarships

LCWR is aware that attendance at the assembly is nan-cially challenging or some members. Any congregationthat has the means to enable the attendance o another

Margaret Brennan, IHM Selected for LCWROutstanding Leadership Award

At the assembly banquet onAugust 13, LCWR will honor

Margaret Brennan, IHM withits 2010 Outstanding Leader-ship Award.

Margaret, a Sister, Servanto the Immaculate Heart oMary o Monroe, Michigan, isa theologian, a ormer presi-dent o the Leadership Con-erence o Women Religious,and a proessor emerita o theology at Regis College(University o Toronto), where she taught or 25 years.

Table Facilitators Needed

Because o the critical importance o the conversationsthat will take place this year in small groups, LCWRis seeking members who are willing to acilitate theconversation at their assigned table. The volunteers willreceive a brieng rom the assembly acilitator as to thepurpose o each table conversation and suggestions oracilitating the discussions.

A substantial number o volunteers is needed. Anyonewilling to serve LCWR in this capacity is asked to indi-cate so on her registration orm.

Hope in the Midst of Darkness:Exploring the Ecclesial Role of Women Religious2010 LCWR Assembly

August 10 - 13, 2010

(travel home on August 14)

member is asked to consider a donation to the LCWRscholarship und. Donations may be directed to PatCormack, SCSC, associate director or business and -nance, at 8808 Cameron Street, Silver Spring. MD 20910.

The Hyatt Hotel is also oering through LCWR someassistance with hotel costs or a limited number opersons.

Any congregation that needs assistance is encouragedto contact Pat Cormack. SCSC to talk about a partialscholarship. (Partial assistance with registration and/orhotel accommodations is available through the LCWRscholarship und.)

Staying at the Hotel

When participants stay at the assembly hotel, the costso the event are lower. LCWR receives a discounted rateon the meeting rooms i a sucient number o hotel

rooms are booked by participants. I this room quota isnot met, the ull cost o the meeting room rental mustbe paid by LCWR. Because o this all members are en-couraged to book a room at the hotel or the duration othe assembly. All hotel rooms must be booked online. Alink is provided in the online registration materials.

Assembly Facilitator

Patricia Flynn, SSND will serve as the assembly acili-tator. She has served in leader-

ship in her own congregationas provincial leader and inter-national general superior. Herwork has allowed her to ex-perience a variety o cultures,religions, political ideologies,and government structures onour continents. She works outo Silver Spring, Maryland as aacilitator.


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Order Occasional Papers by June 1

An order orm or the Summer 2010 issue oLCWRs Occasional Papers is available on theLCWR website at: www.lcwr.org/lcwrpublica-

tions/OPordersSummer10.pdOrders are due byJune 1.This issue ocuses on religious lie leadership as bothprophetic and imaginative and includes an interviewwith Walter Brueggemann, author o The PropheticImagination.Although all members, associates, and subscribers willreceive their own copy o this issue, many leaders orderadditional copies or their members. I you have anyquestions about an order, please contact Pat Cormack,SCSC [email protected] at 301-588-4955.

At a recent gala held by Providence Hospital in Washington, DC to honorCarol Keehan, DC, president and CEO of Catholic Health Association, LCWRstaff members Pat Cormack, SCSC and Annmarie Sanders, IHM, as well asLCWR members Pat McDermott, RSM and Eileen Campbell, RSM met ViceAdmiral Regina M. Benjamin, MD, US Surgeon General. Dr. Benjamin ex-pressed her gratitude to women religious for their work in healthcare and theirefforts to bring about reform in US healthcare delivery.

LCWR Assembly Sponsorships

Each year LCWR invites companies that exhibit atits assembly to consider sponsoring events duringthis event. Obtaining sponsorships enables LCWR

to reduce overall costs and to support the work o theconerence. (Last year assembly revenue was approxi-mately 33% o all income.)

This year LCWR is asking its members to encour-age any o the companies whose services they use toconsider being a sponsor at the assembly. Inormationon sponsorship can be obtained through Pat CormackSCSC, LCWR associate director or business andnance at 301-588-4955 or [email protected]. Anyassistance will be greatly appreciated.

LCWR Attends Gala to Honor Carol Keehan, DC
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LCWR Update May 2010 page 6GCC and CMSM J&P Committee Visit

History Exhibit

Prior to their spring joint meeting, members oLCWRs Global Concerns Committee (GCC) andsome members o CMSMs Justice and Peace Com-

mittee visited the Women & Spirit exhibit at the Smithso-nian. (Several CMSM committee members had previ-ously seen the exhibit.) During an evening prayer andsharing, committee members debrieed the experience.GCC members were grateul or the opportunity, andboth proud o and challenged by the contributions owomen religious to the history o the United States. OneCMSM member said that he was moved to tears.

During a joint meeting, members explored ways o

working together or comprehensive immigrationreorm. In addition to brie reports on activities othe committees, other issues discussed included CRSactivity in Haiti, June Torture Awareness Month, andnancial system reorm. CMSM members encouragedthe GCC to support S. 2978, the Wyden-Nelson HaitianTrade and Investment Act. Congregational pledges notto invest in commodities indexes were also encouragedas part o nancial system reorm.

When committees met separately, GCC members identi-ed responsibilities during the August LCWR assembly,

including presentation o the proposed resolution andassisting with the public witness against the death pen-alty. They also identied topics and potential writersor uture Resolutions to Action, provided input or theLCWR annual report, discussed health reorm issues,and looked ahead to the meeting in October. Memberswhose terms are completed in August, Kathleen Storms,SSND and Jacquelyn Doepker, OSF, were thanked andgited or their valuable contributions to the GCC dur-ing the past three years.

CHA Board Commits to Challenges of

Healthcare Implementation

T

he April meeting o the CHA board is typicallyheld in Washington, DC to take advantage o advo-

cacy education and opportunities. Carol Keehan,DC, CHA president and CEO, and Michael Rodgers,advocacy sta member, provided an update on health-care reorm. Two guests addressed the board: SenatorRobert Casey o Pennsylvania and Michael Hash, senioradvisor, Oce o Health Reorm, Executive Oce othe President. Both speakers expressed deep gratitudeto CHA, and to Carol in particular, or being a valuablepartner in moving healthcare reorm and or consisten-cy in raising the importance o sacredness o lie issues.Both also spoke to the challenging implementation pro-cess or the new legislation and urged CHA members to

provide eedback on each step o the implementation,especially i something is not working well, and sugges-tions or implementation o regulations.

The CHA board visited the Women & Spirit exhibitand were very moved by and grateul or the story owomen religious in this country. A number o boardmembers represent systems which were major donorsand they were more than pleased with the results otheir generosity.

Also, the CHA board approved the nal version o Vi-sion 2020, which has gone through several drats. Thisvision provides direction or the next decade or theCatholic health ministry.

New Website on Catholic SocialTeaching

T

he USCCB and 12 collaborating organizations,including LCWR, recently announced a newCatholic social teaching website or campus

ministers and students at www.usccb.org/campus.Titled Transorming Our World: Our Catholic Faithin Action, the web site eatures Catholic social teach-ing, prayer resources, tools or action, and multi-mediasuch as videos and podcasts. The site is an onlineclearinghouse eaturing best practices to promoteCatholic social teaching in campus ministry. Campusministers, students, and others are invited to submittheir best practices and activities or possible eature onthe website.
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Upcoming Showings

Maltz Museum o Jewish HeritageBeachwood, Ohio (outside o Cleveland)May 9 - August 28, 2010

Statue o Liberty National Monument/Ellis IslandImmigration MuseumNew YorkSeptember 24, 2010 - January 22, 2011

Update is an ocial publication o the LeadershipConerence o Women Religious published monthly anddistributed to members nationally.

Editor: Annmarie Sanders, IHM8808 Cameron Street Silver Spring, MD 20910Phone: 301-588-4955 Fax: 301-587-4575E-mail: [email protected]. Website:www.lcwr.org

Update

Mississippi River Museum

Dubuque, IowaFebruary - April 2011

Center or HistorySouth Bend, IndianaSeptember 2 - December 31, 2011

Venues or 2012 are being fnalized

Nearly 300,000 Visit Women & SpiritSince May 2009

The Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in Americaexhibit closed at the Smithsonian on April 25 atera successul run since mid-January. As o April 17,

157,646 persons had visited the exhibit there.

Combined with the previous statistics on attendance(Cincinnati Museum Center -- 65,916 and The WomensMuseum in Dallas -- 49,355), the total attendance at the

exhibit as o April 17 is 272,917.

Cokie Roberts and Lindy Boggs Tour

Exhibit at the Smithsonian

Journalist and author Cokie Roberts and her mother,Lindy Boggs, who served as a member o the USHouse o Representatives and later as ambassador

to the Vatican, visited the Women & Spirit exhibit inApril.

Cokie, who is a contributing senior news analyst orNational Public Radio as well as a political commenta-tor or ABC News, served as the keynoter or the 2009

LCWR assembly.

Former LCWR executive director Carole Shinnick, SSND;Cokie Roberts; Lindy Boggs; and LCWR director of commu-nications Annmarie Sanders, IHM at the exhibit.
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Upcoming LCWR Dates

LCWR AssemblyDallas, Texas

August 10 13, 2010Travel date: August 14

LCWR Leading rom Within RetreatSan Pedro Spiritual Retreat Center

Winter Park, FLJanuary 16 21, 2011

LCWR New Leader WorkshopConference Center - University of St. Mary of the Lake

Mundelein, IllinoisMarch 24 27, 2011

LCWR AssemblyGarden Grove, California

August 9 13, 2011

LCWR AssemblySt. Louis, Missouri

August 7 11, 2012

USCCB Launches New VocationWebsite

The US Bishops Secretariat o Clergy, ConsecratedLie and Vocations initiated a new website on April25 as a resource or both laity and clergy in the

promotion o vocations.

The site has two goals: To help individuals hear and respond to the call by

God to the priesthood or consecrated lie, and To educate all Catholics on the importance o en-

couraging others through prayer and activities topromote vocations.

The Vocations Website can be ound at www.ForYour-Vocation.org. A Spanish-language site will be availablethis all atwww.PorTuVocacin.org.

On behal o LCWR, the associate director or socialmission signed the ollowing letters:

Letter to Congress requesting $1 billion or theNational Housing Trust Fund

Letter to Senators, drated by FEE (Faith, Ecologyand Economy), urging them to move the CLEAR(Clean Limits and Energy or Americans Renewal)

Act, S.2877, proposed by Senators Maria Cantwell(D-WA) and Susan Collins (R-ME)

Letter rom Hal in Ten Campaign asking Congressto include in FY2011 budget priorities signicantunds to assist people in need: job creation in poorcommunities, increase o economic security orthose most distressed by the recession, and invest-ment in children and amilies

Letter to President Obama asking that during theNuclear Security Summit he commit to an interna-tional summit in 2011 ocused on nuclear disarma-ment (This was commitment not made but partici-pants agreed to another summit in 2012)

LCWRSIGN ONs &

Letters

Site elements include discernment resources or menand women, respectively, aids or promoting a vocationculture within the home, and a range o tools or educa-tors, youth leaders, and vocation directors includingprayers, videos, best practices, lesson plans, and voca-tion awareness programs.

In response to Pope Benedict XVIs 2010 theme or theWorld Day o Prayer or Vocations, Witness AwakensVocations, the site also hosts videos o priests andreligious men and women giving witness to their voca-tions, as well as testimonies rom amily members.

ForYourVocation.org exemplies the Vaticans embraceo new communications media. In his message or the44th World Day o Communications, Pope BenedictXVI challenges clergy to employ the latest generationo audiovisual resources (images, videos, animated

eatures, blogs, websites) to put the media ever moreeectively at the service o the Word.

Religious congregations may link to ForYourVocation.org by ollowing the instructions at oryourvocation.org/web-resources.cm.
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Whats a Leader to Do?A Casebook for Leaders of Religious

Institutes

Nine case studies o situations ound in religiousinstitutes with refections rom religious whoare experts in theology, psychology, sociology,

canon law, etc. The cases and refections are the ruit ointerdisciplinary leadership orums on The Individualand the Common Good. Produced by the Center orthe Study o Religious Lie, the 162-page book can be aresource or leaders individually or collectively.

Available in printed copy or CD. Order # 2133. Saleprice $25, shipping and handling (regular price $34.99).Available rom the National Coalition or Church Voca-tions. Order by calling 800-671-6228 or 773-955-5453 oronline atwww.nccv-vocations.org. Select New Itemsand enter 2133 in the Search window.

Orientation to the Management ofReligious Institutes

Cenacle Retreat and Conference Center

513 Fullerton Parkway

Chicago

Featured speakers include Daniel J. Ward, JD, JCL,OSB, executive director o the Resource Center or Re-ligious Institutes, who will address canon and civil lawas they aect religious groups. He will also ocus on theemployment status o members o religiousinstitutes.

Keith Zekind, director o nance or the Congrega-tion o the Passion in Chicago and Hertha Longo,CSA, chair o the RCRI board and TRENDS, elder careand nancial consultant, will team to provide a pre-

conerence seminar -- An Introduction to the Cultureo Religious. Keith and Hertha will also address lead-ers introducing them to the topics they need to learnrom their treasurer or chie nancial ocer. ClareLorenzatti, DBA will help treasurers and CFOs preparetheir curriculum or assisting new leadership with theirnancial responsibilities.

Constance Neeson, LSW will provide an overviewo government programs or which members may beeligible. Bob Metzger, SM rom the National ReligiousRetirement Oce will explain how NRRO may be ableto provide assistance.

Chicago lawyers, Andrew Kopon and Rachel Yarchwill help with human resource issues such as job de-scriptions, hiring, and terminating.

Application materials, the schedule, and inormationon ees are available at www.trcri.org. Some scholarshiphelp is available. Contact Helen Burke, SSJ or inorma-tion -- [email protected] or 301-589-8143.
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