NEW! Core Competencies of Sponsor

"Core Competencies of Sponsor" is a new sponsor resource from the Catholic Health Association to guide and inspire Members of Public Juridic Persons in their canonical responsibility for the health ministry of the Catholic Church.

CHA engaged Members and leaders of sponsored ministries to help develop core competencies to ensure the growth and vitality of the church’s health ministry now and in the future. The publication contains eight core competencies and supporting abilities for each competency.
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Recommended

• Go and Do Likewise
• A Guide to Understanding Public Juridic Persons
• Catholic Social Tradition Module
• Canon Law
• Formation Programs
• Sponsorship Institute

 

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Caritas in Communion: Theological Foundations of Catholic Health Care

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International Outreach Video Presentations

   
Two video resources to help your organization consider its international outreach activities, with specific attention to:

• Being neighbor – particularly now when scarce resources and unending need make reality very unlike that of the Good Samaritan. Presented by Ron Hamel, Ph.D., CHA senior ethicist.
• How the call to this work is part of a tradition—a tradition that includes the need for cultural competence. Presented by Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, CHA vice president, mission services.

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NEW! Temporal Goods at the Service of the Mission of Ministerial Juridic Persons

CHA presents this new publication in support of persons with direct responsibility for the temporal goods of Public Juridic Persons in the Catholic Church. The resource updates and builds upon the 1994 CHA document, Inventorying Church Property and Other Administrative Matters, and provides a great deal more foundational canonical information and praxis in the administration of temporal goods. Written by Fr. Frank Morrisey, OMI, Ph.D., JCD, and Sr. Peggy Martin, OP, JCL, the publication is part of a series of resources from CHA to assist sponsors of Catholic health care in the effective exercise of this important ministry of the church.

To set the stage for the 2017 publication, the preface is a reprint of a 2016 Health Progress article, "Ministerial Juridic Persons and their Communion with Diocesan Bishops," that highlights the need for doctrinal, pastoral and canonical formation – particularly in the area of stewardship of temporal goods. The Appendix contains three sample inventory documents to assist administrators in applying material in this document in maintaining accurate inventories of ecclesiastical goods. The Appendix also includes a reprint of an August 2014 Vatican circular letter that provides much of the basis for the current understanding and practice that this publication expands and applies to the Catholic health ministry.
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Upcoming Events

08/08/17

Pre-LCWR Assembly Sponsorship Conference (Invitation Only)

CHA Sponsor Formation Program for Catholic Health Care

The new program for CHA members will prepare individuals to serve as current or prospective members of Juridic Persons to carry out the health ministry of the Catholic Church.

The in-depth formation program will incorporate group interaction, personal reflection and presentations about key dimensions of sponsorship including theology, ethics, canon law, Catholic social tradition, discernment and spiritual growth.

The program takes place over 18 months in four weekend sessions from Oct. 2015 to March 2017. Participants are selected and endorsed by a sponsoring organization that is a member of CHA. Enrollment is limited.

For more information, contact Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, CHA vice president, mission services, mhaddad@chausa.org, (314) 253-3422.

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