Trustees and Ministry Board Directors
As lay leaders of the Church today, your role is significant in ensuring a style of leadership that: attends carefully to Catholic Identity and the founding charisms of the ministries.
For Trustee Directors and Ministry Board Directors it requires a particular type of formation and resources to undertake the role. These are some offerings which you may find helpful in this section of the Ministry Portal.
Leadership in Mission Charism Books
Mercy Partners has produced three Charism Resource Books.
- Enflamed with God’s Love – Preserving, Nurturing, Reimagining the Franciscan Charism
- Be as Shining Lamps – Preserving, Nurturing, Reimagining the Mercy Charism
- Keep the Lantern Burning – Preserving, Nurturing, Reimagining the Presentation Charism
Prayer and Meeting Resources
Mercy Partners Formation develops an annual Prayer Resource for use with ministry leaders, directors and staff in meetings and gatherings. Prayer is an important part of any meeting for focus, to reinforce Catholic identity and to call God’s blessing on the proceedings. Prayer time is also formative as it allows those present to examine aspects of life, faith and experience. Mercy Partners prayer resources have been popular with ministries across Australia because they provide a set of prayers (10 copies of each individual prayer) packaged ready for use in meetings. The prayers allow the focus on a particular theme or aspect of Gospel life, such as Laudato Si, Catholic Social Teaching and the Parables, enabling prayer to be both spiritually enriching and a catalyst for learning.
Partners In Mission
Mercy Partners has developed two Partners in Mission publications.
- Partners in Mission: A Handbook for Leaders of Mercy Partners Ministries
- Partners in Mission: Leadership Succession
Formation Video Series
Mercy Partners has produced three videos on Leadership and Governance, Leadership and Catholic Identity and Mission which have been developed specifically for our ministry’s Board, Executive and Leadership teams.
