TRS 657A The Art of Pastoral Leadership
The goal of this course is to enable students to develop and demonstrate pastoral leadership in a parish setting. Students will be engaged in the practice of parish ministry. The seminar addresses pastoral skills such as group facilitation (giving special attention to the dynamic of the capstone seminar group), pastoral planning, lay empowerment, the exercise of authority, the importance of boundaries, effective collaboration, conflict management, and pedagogy. Students will prepare a proposal for a parish project that they will implement in the second part of the capstone seminar.