Welcome

to

Liverpool Hope

University

Tuesday 14th February

2017

St. Valentine’s Day

Catholic Leadership Programme

St. Valentine’s Day A Real Character of Courage !!!

The

Radical Mission

of a

Catholic School

Courage to

make

changes!

RADICAL MISSION? RADICALIS is the

Latin word for ‘from

the root’ – rooted

and grounded in

God’s love.

Also describes

something that is

extremely different

from the usual.

Despite the recent sunshine in the

last couple of days, the weather

forecast for today was …

“Possible POTENTIAL FOR DISRUPTION !!!”

WHICH IS APT BECAUSE…

“I ask YOU to be revolutionaries, to swim

against the tide ….”

Pope Francis

HOPE NOBODY IS HERE BY

ACCIDENT!

Why are YOU really here?

How did YOU come to be here?

Your Journey …Your Story…?

TO BE BORN IS TO BE CHOSEN! Each one of us was sent here for a special

destiny.

A special destiny was carefully prepared

for you.

For millions of years the dream of your

individuality was specifically prepared.

Each one of us was sent here for a special

destiny.

A special destiny was carefully prepared

for YOU!

For millions of years the dream of your

individuality was specifically prepared.

Before I formed YOU in the

womb …

I Knew YOU through and

through

I called YOU by your name

I chose YOU to be mine

We must realise that …

We come from a God who has

DREAMED of us.

EACH ONE OF US HERE AT HOPE TODAY IS SO UNIQUELY SPECIAL …..

We have been CALLED,

CHOSEN and COMMISSIONED ! PROVIDENCE

BUT, TO DO WHAT?

We are called and chosen as teachers to ensure that the Catholic School should put Christ at the centre of everything that it does.

We do this by integrating Gospel values and the teachings of the Catholic Church into every aspect of learning, teaching and the totality of school life

In a Catholic School then, a child’s and young person’s journey into adulthood will also be a journey of Faith.

We are called to serve the poor, the marginalised, the disadvantaged and our whole School and Parish Community.

BUT...

HOW?

Remember - We are a

powerful and potent people! … whose special

destiny was

prepared

exclusively … BUT,

were given

freedom and

creativity to go

beyond the given!!

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRemember...It’s the choices we make, not the chances we take, that determine our destiny!

REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG

AGO ……?

YOU WERE

AN

ASPIRING

LEADER !!!

ASPIRING CATHOLIC LEADERS

TO SEEK AMBITIOUSLY

TO DESIRE EAGERLY….

ESPECIALLY SOMETHING GREAT OR OF HIGH VALUE!

THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!

JESUS THE TEACHER 49 TIMES !

A SACRED PROFESSION

ASPIRARE

TO BREATH LIFE IN TO …… OUR WHOLE

SCHOOL COMMUNITY

Wisdom +Great Teachers

POPE

FRANCISIS

CONSTANTLY

TELLING US …

Talking of Great

Teachers……

TO GO BEYOND THE

ORDINARY

Beyond Expectation

in our Catholic Schools so

that …both children and adults can be raised to

distinction by eliciting a sense of wonder , awe and mystery of a God who is in the backdrop to and foreground of all life.

The fullness of life is to be found when …

CHRIST IS AT THE CENTRE OF OUR LIVES

All aspects of life in a Catholic school should be rooted in the mission, beliefs and values of Jesus Christ.

COURAGE

BUT

SO REWARDINGFOR

SO MANY!

IT’S WORTH IT!

DECISIONS AND ACTIONS

Consequences: 155 - 100

345 - 250

510 - 300

380 - 260

260 -215

200 - 120

3,095

LIVES!

VISIONRELATIONSHIPSENVIRONMENTWithout a vision – the people

perish!

( Book of Proverbs )

TT

WHAT ARE MY DREAMS

HERE AT HOPE UNIVERSITY

TODAY?

Have I

Really Got Any?

The Dream I Have

Today,

My Lord

Is only a Shadow

of Your Dreams

You have for …. ME!

Le Plan de Dieu!

(God’s Dream )

Challenges and Opportunities

for me in my school.....➢ To acknowledge that the person I teach is more

important than what I teach.

➢ To develop the potential of every pupil and member of

staff in a loving and caring way.

➢ To commit my own talents to helping others to develop

theirs .

➢ To be a positive role model in living a life that witnesses

to the values of the Gospel.

➢ To develop personally and professionally so that I can

contribute fully to the life of a community of faith and

learning in my school.

Here in this very room at Hope

University we are blessed and

privileged by having it filled with

Teachers who are :

➢ Agents of Transformation➢ Inspirers of Wonder➢ Encouragers of Potential➢ Dreamers of Dreams➢ Messengers of Hope➢ Nurturers of Meaning➢CO-CREATORS WITH GOD!!!

TRUE TEACHING TRANSFORMS LIVES!

YOU ARE AN AGENT OF

TRANSFORMATION!

You are indeed a co-creator with God – inspiring

imagination and creativity.

Encourager of potential.

I CAN CREATE…

Everyday of

my life!!!

MAKING YOUR MARKON …

THE PEOPLE (Pupils+Staff)

THE INSTITUTION ( The

Whole Community)

REMEMBER MORE WORDS OF

POPE FRANCIS …. BE PASSIONIATE

BE CREATIVE

DON’T BE MUNDANE

DON’T HAVE SOURPUSS FACES!

and …IGNITE and CONNECT!

YYYY You have been given FREEDOM and and CREATIVITY

Y0U have been called …

To inform minds

To form characters

To transform lives

CDSS

But, REMEMBER You’re NOT

The Lone Ranger !

Better to be one of

The Musketeers!

A MAVERICK!

THE LEADER OF AN ELITE TEAM

ROLE MODEL

STYLE

YOU ARE INDEED AN INSTRUMENT

OF POWER!

As LEADERS in Catholic Schools YOUR FUTURE

AND OTHER PEOPLE’S FUTURE

MAY WELL BE

IN YOUR HANDS!

What are your plans and dreams for September 2017 and beyond?

HERE I AM , LORD …

Take my hands, I give them to you, Lord.

Prepare them for the service of your name.

Open them to human need

And by their love they’ll sow your seed

So all may know the love and hope you gave.

Take my hands, take my hands, O Lord.

Sebastian Temple

DON’T UNDERESTIMATE

WHAT YOU CAN DO!!!

BEYON

D

THE

GIVEN

!

St. Brigid On EDUCATION SUNDAY, THE DAY WE DEDICATE

TO, AND FOCUS ON, TEACHING AND LEARNING IS

A DAY FOR ALL TEACHERS.

IT WAS ALWAYS AROUND THE FEAST OF ST

BRIGID WHO IS OFTEN DEPICTED IN LITURGICAL

ICONOGRAPHY HOLDING A REED CROSS AND A

LAMP CALLED

“ A LAMP OF LEARNING AND

WISDOM”

LAMPS OF LEARNING

AND WISDOM !!!!!

Leaders in

CATHOLIC Schools

are INDEED

Today, here at Hope

remember that YOU have

been CALLED and

CHOSEN to CHANGE

mankind!!!

MAY WE STRIVE TO BE

LEADERS IN CATHOLIC

SCHOOLS HOLDING LAMPS

OF LEARNING AND WISDOM

FOR THOSE ENTRUSTED IN

OUR CARE. MAY WE SET

THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS

ON FIRE WITH A THIRST FOR

KNOWLEDGE, JUSTICE,

PEACE AND THE LOVE OF

JESUS,

THE TEACHER.

The Radical

Mission of The

Catholic School

is to witness and

promote the

teachings and

values of Jesus

Christ to all its

members.

“Our duty is to

proceed as if limits

to our ability did not

exist.

We are collaborators

in creation.”Teilhard de Chardin

We pray ….

God of our hopes

And dreams

We search for meaning

And long to know

That you are present

In our lives.

By the power of your Spirit

Make us dreamers

Of your dream for ourselves

And for our world.

Give us Faith and Vision

To make that Dream

A reality!

CHRIST AT THE CENTRE

REMEMBER

WITH

Catholic schools have the potential to promote the fullness of Christian life

through an educational philosophy in which Faith, culture and life are brought

into harmony.

The Church provides the

school to be more than just

A place where pupils are equipped with

learning and skills for the workplace and

responsible citizenship.

Rather it is to be the Community where the

spiritual, cultural and personal worlds within

which we live are harmonised to form the

roots from which grow our values, motivation,

aspirations and the moral imperatives that

inform our choices and actions as persons.

So, from tomorrow and for

the days beyond…..Go back to YOUR school

and BE TEACHERS WHO ARE

LEADERS and DREAMERS

INSPIRERS and NURTURERS

MOTIVATORS and PROTECTORS

TRANSFORMERS and ENCOURAGERS

MESSENGERS OF JOY and HOPE

and who are …

CO-CREATORS WITH GOD!!!

LET YOUR HEARTS BURN WITH …....?