Fwd: Letter from Atlanta/New York DTs -- share with your teams

[Elliott]

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Brothers in Christ,

A Blessed Ash Wednesday to all of you!

I thought that you might find the email forwarded below of interest.  Please note that two members of our own Section, Father John Hopkins and Cecilia Azcunaga (consecrated) participated in the meeting and were both very happy with the level of realism and frankness at the meeting. 

In addition, please you may want to check out the  Holy Father's message for Lent, 2011. Please note the weekly guidelines, which may be helpful.

 Finally, please note that the daily meditations at the RC website are now available by podcast.  Sign up here.  

in Christ and the Movement,

Elliott

Begin forwarded message:

From: Joseph Cieply <joe.c...@gmail.com>

Date: March 7, 2011 10:06:47 AM EST

Cc: Fr William Serra LC <gse...@legionaries.org>, Brandenburg LC Daniel <dbra...@legionaries.org>

Subject: Letter from Atlanta/New York DTs -- share with your teams

TKC!

Dear Leaders,

Following is an important announcement that was posted on the RC Website yesterday. Please share this with all your members. 

In Christ, 

Joe

 

Commission created to address areas for improvement

 

To all Legionaries, consecrated and Regnum Christi members in the Atlanta and New York Territories

 

On  March 1 – 3, we convened a meeting of 33 Legionaries, consecrated and lay staff at Our Lady of Thornwood to participate in an in-depth diagnosis of our way of working in the Atlanta and New York Territories.  The goal of this program was to identify all the major areas within the two territories where we could make important improvements to performance and mission and to develop an action plan to deal with the potential improvement points identified.  The workshop was facilitated by the Adizes Institute, an International firm specializing in organizational change through participative teamwork.

 

Unfortunately, only a limited number of us could participate in these sessions.  We wish we all could have, but it was not possible.  However, in listening to the closing comments by the participants, both of us had a sense that we have the capability to make great improvements.  And virtually everyone in the group expressed a sense of peace, gratitude and hope.

 

We identified a more than 400 Potential Improvement Points (PIPs) in all areas of the organization including dealing with formation, ongoing spiritual development, finances and decision-making.

 

In addition to identifying these points, we also analyzed how all of these impacted one another and we jointly developed an action plan for solving the priority problems.  The action plan calls for problems to be solved both by individuals and by teams.

 

We are now in the process of developing/deploying a program to systematically improve our work, avoid foreseeable problems, and improve our ability to solve problems.  The program will be led by a new cross-functional Participative Organizational Council.  The members ofthis council will vary over time, with the initial members being the following:

 

 

Fr. John Connor, LC, Chair

Father Julio Marti, LC

Father Jose Felix Ortega, LC

Father Jason Brooks, LC

Father John Hopkins, LC

Matthew Reinhardt, consecrated

Monica Trevino, consecrated

Glory Darbellay, consecrated

Betty Rivera, consecrated

Lucy Honner, consecrated

Oscar Marroquin, Operations

Kerrie Rivard, Regnum Christi

Mike Williams, Regnum Christi

Mark Correnti, Development

Jim Fair, Communications

 

We will follow through and fully support this activity, which will begin immediately. We expect to get more people involved in thisprocess as the year progresses and as we use the Adizes program.

 

Yours in Christ,

 

Father John Connor, LC

Father Julio Marti, LC

 

 

Jim Fair

Communications Director

Legion of Christ

312.953.9864

 

Elliott 

Elliott Dorham

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