INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
OF PASTORAL MANAGEMENT
Study Areas: an interdisciplinary and systematic approach
There are various management areas a Pastoral worker must face.
In coherence with the actual context of disciplinary application, this approach could
have no other than a strong interdisciplinary and systematic approach.
It was therefore
necessary to set up an integrated method of study where disciplines are not seen as
being exhausted and compartmentalized but are within a practical way of work and
interpretation that helps to achieve a continual recall and connection between them.
Only by acting upon these 5 areas, integrating them together in our pastoral
actions, we can achieve the Pastoral Management.
Pastoral Management represents a system of practical thoughts that
integrates elements of entrepreneurial management and theories of
leadership, management, budget management, administrative and
communicative to help the well being of the community and the mission,
not to be seen as a profit but to be used as a gift.
DESIGN THE PASTORAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY
Analysis, diagnosis, planning to create and manage a pastoral enterprise
GROUP WORK 3 subjects – INDIVIDUAL TUTORING 8 hours
• Models and paths of theology and pastoral action more significant nationally and internationally
• Strategies and techniques of analysis of the stakeholders: understand the values, needs and expectation of the community
• Elements of feasibility analysis for a pastoral service. Analyze costs and benefits, risks and opportunities for a valuable service
• Ethical fundamentals of a company: manage services with transparency for the common good
• The Regula Benedicti as a company manual – Concrete application
• Plan and organize activities and projects: strategies, instruments and specific cases
MANAGING ECONOMICAL RESOURCES
How to do more with less
GROUP WORK 4 subjects – INDIVIDUAL TUTORING 10 hours
• Business plan and the managing of economical resources: analyze fixed, variable, general and operative costs. Identify the necessary financial resources (1-2)
• Economy and the managing of ecclesiastical goods: legal, administrative and fiscal aspects. (1-2)
CREATING AND MANAGING A NON PROFIT AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
Prospects of a pastoral enterprise
GROUP WORK 4 subjects – INDIVIDUAL TUTORING 10 hours
• Anticipate the future: how to do it without 8x1000. Pastoral prospects and concrete strategies of action
• Fundraising: finding necessary financial resources through campaigns, fund raisers and participation in local, regional and European initiatives
• Business enterprise as a motor for social inclusion
• Creating a social organization: opportunities, bonds, procedures, models
• Individualize new opportunities: valorize artistic and environmental heritage and creation of new projects of income possibilities
INNOVATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PROCEDURES
The care of people and community for a creative and missionary Church
GROUP WORK 5 subjects – INDIVIDUAL TUTORING 10 hours SPRING SCHOOL
• Plan and manage human resources carefully: roles, proxies, models. Decisional procedures and spiritual discernment
• Teamwork: manage relational and conflictual dynamics creatively
• Burnout and management of stress and conflicts
• Functional and creative leadership: the care and efficiency in managing meetings and public communication
• “Lead with Humility”: Christian models in leadership
• Creative problem solving
• Techniques and strategies for organizational innovation: to face situations of crisis with creativity and transform problems into opportunities (Exit Strategy)
• Time Management: the strategy of finding more time to do things in a better way, organizing priorities and managing your day effectively, efficiently and more
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
Know how to communicate to involve others with responsibility, to be able to work in network and stimulate affiliation and participation
GROUP WORK 4 subjects – INDIVIDUAL TUTORING 10 hours
• Strategies of communication and techniques of sensibilization of the theological ecclesiastical bases of the economical support of the Church
• Strategies of collaboration and communication, to work in network (Public relations)
• Elements of strategic communication: public speaking to involve others, empower and invite membership
• Digital communication: potentiality of the web and of the social networks
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FOR ONE SUBJECT IS INTENDED 13 HOURS STRETCHED OUT INTO 2 DAYS OF TRAINING
Monday from 14:00 to 19:00 and Tuesday from 09:00 to 18:00.
The frequence of the course is two days a month for 15 months,
including 1 week of residential Spring School
It’s possible to participate in all the modules proposed, receiving in this way a complete preparation of
competence, knowledge and styles of management and administration.
It is otherwise possible to participate in one or more of the 5 areas of study
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