How do we understand ‘Organic System/Organisation?

Organic - ‘relating to, derived from, or characteristic of living things’

An organic system is alive, ever changing and adapting, interdependent, unpredictable, resilient, sustaining and sustainable.Participation is not a choiceLeadership does not reside in a person or team but in the whole groupBefriends confusion and sometimes chaosOutcomes are not predetermined

Requires letting go ofWell established mindsetsHabitual behavioursEgo

Requires suspendingJudgmentOpinionWhat we already know

Organic - ‘relating to, derived from, or characteristic of living things

Organic - ‘relating to, derived from, or characteristic of living things’

Nature is the expert in organic organisation

External:To strive for a just and compassionate world where the rights of the whole community of life (and the Earth) are respected.

Our Purpose

Internal:To be Passionists for our timeTo support the transformation of the congregation

Our Structure Zone Group

Authority resides in the whole group

ClustersCLUSTERS

Geographical communities

First place of support and accountability

Clusters are accountable to the whole Zone group.

HUBS

Hubs are task oriented groups e.g.

Finance, Process, Communication, New Members, or new ministries to name but a few.

Hubs are accountable to the whole Zone group.

Core values

CourageCommunication

CommitmentJustice

Wisdom

Core values at work in the group

Seeing and operating from a new story“In the twentieth century the glory of the human

has become the desolation of the Earth. The Desolation of the Earth is now becoming the destiny

of the human.All human institutions, professions, programs and

activities must now be judged primarily by the extent to which they inhibit, ignore or foster a

mutually enhancing human-earth relationship.”

T Berry

Integrity of Creation

WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSE

‘The important thing is this; to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.’ Charles Du Bois

UNFINISHED, EVOLVING, EVER-CHANGING