Joining the Dots One Year On Amalee Meehan
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Joining the Dots: One Year On Amalee Meehan CEIST Moira Hunter St Mary’s Mallow Nora Quane Mercy Mounthawk
Outline v Where the programme came from v What it involves v Joining the Dots: course outline v Participants’ experience § Mercy Mounthawk § St Mary’s Mallow v What we’ve learned. . .
Spirituality of Teachers We can’t give what we don’t have There is nothing in everyday life that is ‘irrelevant to the spiritual life’ (Paul VI 1965)
Spirituality of Teachers • Formation is indispensable … and must be kept up to date and on the same level as, and in harmony with human formation as a whole CCE 1982 #62 (Lay Catholics in Schools) • CEIST is committed to building school faith communities …. where staff are supported and facilitated in their vital role within the school (CEIST Charter p. 11)
Joining the Dots: A pilot programme Joining the Dots: Faith, Life, Teachers, Teaching and Theology Invitation to all teachers, regardless of subject area to explore their spirituality in conversation with the Catholic Christian tradition Emerged as a response…
Over to you. . . • What tides are you facing at the moment? • How can Joining the Dots help in meeting these tides?
Joining the Dots what they said. . . Mercy Mounthawk, Tralee “Finding the spiritual side of myself, looking at my relationship with God and relating this to students that I teach. I reflected a lot” “It helped and pushed me to think about myself, God, and how I relate to others, [things] that I would normally not think about or ask myself”
Joining the Dots what they said. . . St Mary’s, Mallow “Time out to reflect and ponder the many questions I have wanted to explore for so long” 100% of participants said that the programme both enhanced their faith understanding and spirituality
Key Learnings Teachers appreciated the opportunity: § to bring their own lives into conversation with Christian faith & spirituality § to do this with colleagues in community
Key Learnings Teachers - beginning and experienced – need and appreciate time & space to turn to the spiritual dimension of the human person and their own spirituality
