Transitioning

Tomorrow

For

Our Challenge:

How do we sustain our mission and identity

as we face the reality of our ageing and the declining number

of available ministry positions?

I can beupgraded-Can you???

Smart aleck

computer!

The average person today will have eleven jobs in his/her lifetime

Most people change careers three to four times in their lifetime

Transitioning for IHM’s

• Look at your gifts and skills – Rekindle your passion and dreams

• How do the choices I make today/we make today affect persons who are in need in our time?

What choices must we make as we live out our commitment to God and God’s people?

I can beupgraded-Can you???

Smart aleck!

Leadership Training

Today’s Realities• Upheaval in our institutions

• Diverse needs of the vulnerable

• Decrease in religious vocations and ageing of current members

• Fewer “mentors”

• Fewer administrative opportunities

• Members living/ministering apart from other members

Leadership Training for Our World

• Mercy Leadership Development Program

• Inter-Congregational Collaborative Initiative for Leadership Development

• Preliminary IHM Leadership Sessions - 2012

Oh, my goodness!I can’t believe Sr. Esther has more friends than I. She must

have already “upgraded” and signed up for Leadership Training!

Councilors & Membership2010

451 Sisters

Sr Amy Zychal 135

Sr Mary Jo Gallagher 33

Sr Susan Hadzima 131

Sr Kathryn Clauss 152

2011

438 Sisters

Sr Ellen Maroney 175

Sr Chris Koellhoffer 75

Sr Rosemary Goulet 188

Age Distribution & Location

95-95-100100

88 88 00 00

90-9490-94 2525 2424 00 11

85-8985-89 4040 2424 99 77

80-8480-84 6666 2525 2020 2121

75-7975-79 7171 1313 1616 4242

70-7470-74 7474 55 66 6363

65-6965-69 7070 33 11 6666

60-6460-64 4242 11 00 4141

Age Total OLP IHM Ctr. On Mission

55-5955-59 1313 00 11 1212

50-5450-54 1818 00 11 1717

45-4945-49 77 00 00 77

40-4440-44 11 00 00 11

35-3935-39 11 00 00 11

30-3430-34 11 00 00 11

25-2925-29 11 00 00 11

TOTALSTOTALS 438438 103103 5454 281281

Age Total OLP IHM Ctr. On Mission

Age Distribution & Location

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Total OLP IHM Ctr Mission

95-100

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

2142

63

6641

12

1771

11

1

71

0

Age Distribution

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70 95-100

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

On Mission

40-----------2590-9445-49

50-5455-59

60-64

65-6970-74

75-79

80-84

85-89

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

OLP IHM Ctr Mission

OLP

IHM Ctr

Mission

Membership & Location

Our Work,the Work of the Spirit

Ronald Rolheiser

•The lack of time to cultivate an interior life

•The struggle for interiority and prayer inside a culture that constitutes a virtual conspiracy against depth and serenity

Parker Palmer

To become a school of the Spirit, mind and soul,

we must create a micro-climate of quietude.

Mary Oliver

Let me keep my mind on what matters,which is my work,which is mostly standing stilland learning to be astonished.

12,144

Number of miles our leadership team traveled

for Moving Forward

• 2,606 by car• 9,538 by air

300+

Number of Sisters present

13

Number of sessions of

Chapter 2010: Moving Forward

6

Number of states in which sessions were held:• Delaware• Florida• Maryland• New York• North Carolina• Pennsylvania

2

Number of countries in which sessions were held:

•United States

•Peru

Beyond calculation

Number of snacks consumed

by the leadership team on the road

Priceless

The experience of gathering,

praying, and sharing life

together

What we discovered along the way

• Our living into a new reality in our time is a clear continuation of our IHM history

• This new reality involves a corporate grieving of what we have let go

and a corporate gratitude for what God is revealing that we should hold onto, the essence of our lives together

• We are willing, patient, and open to live with uncertainty – embracing the “IT”, the emerging reality

• We are aware that the call to deeper contemplation and the desire for it

is bubbling up in Congregations

all over our world

Evenings of Prayer 2010 - 2011

• September: Living the Questions• October: An Empty Place at the

Table• November: Founders’ Day• December: Finding Time, Advent

Evening• January: Vocation, An Encounter

with Jesus

• February: Prayer for Haiti• March: Communal Celebration

of Reconciliation• April: Contemplating the

Heartbeat of Creation• May: Being a Blessing

E-courses

• Welcoming Prayer: Consent on the Go (Contemplative Outreach)

• Practicing Spirituality in Winter• Practicing Spirituality with

Brother David Steindl-Rast• Contemplation with Richard Rohr

(Center for Action and Contemplation)

• Creating a Monastery of the Heart (Joan Chittister)• Practicing Spirituality with Henri

Nouwen• Practicing Spirituality in Summer• Spiritual Practices for Hot Weather!

E-courses

Moving Forward Together

• Advent and Lenten Reflection Guides, Journey

• Contemplation: the Bridge to Justice

• OSP IHM Retreat – July 2011

Moving Forward Together

• The prayer and witness of each Sister and Associate for the life

of the world• Conversation Circles• Mission Groups – all that we

heard in our opening prayer

Moving Forward: to come

“Joining God’s Prayer in Me”An experience

of contemplative prayingwith Rose Mary Dougherty, SSND

October 15, 2011

Moving Forward: to come

“Praying with the Mystics”Nancy Hawkins, IHM

March 24, 2012

To hold the tensions of the world,

the suffering of the world, in ways that enhance spiritual

creativity and build the beloved

community

Standing still and

learning to be astonished